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Five NYIGF Exhibitors Earn Highest Sustainability Status Five participants in the New York International Gift Fair's "SustainAbility: design for a better world" display at the summer edition of the fair have been designated as achieving the highest level of sustainability for their products, production processes and business practices. Continued... Posted Today - 11:39:14 AM |
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Lifetime Brands' Products Featured On FOX's 'MasterChef' Lifetime Brands' Mikasa's Pure Red and Swirl White dinnerware and Italian Countryside flatware were selected to be part of "MasterChef," featuring celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, a new culinary competition to find the best home cook in America on FOX. Continued... Posted Today - 10:01:47 AM |
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Cuisinart's Rodgers Talks Social Media At SIA Conference At the recent Shopper Insights in Action (SIA) conference, held in Chicago, Mary Rodgers, director/marketing communications for Cuisinart and Waring, offered social media insights in her presentation, “The Power of Social Media: Driving Shoppers to Retail, from First Point of Contact to Point of Sale." Continued... Posted 7/29/2010 - 11:12:49 AM |
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Winn-Dixie To Close 30 Stores Supermarket chain Winn-Dixie Stores said it will close 30 under-performing stores and cut 120 corporate and field support staff jobs to reduce costs, incurring related charges in the first quarter of fiscal 2011. Continued... Posted 7/28/2010 - 2:12:40 PM |
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Knight Joins Buddeez As Business Development Manager Cheryl Knight has been appointed business development manager at Buddeez Inc. She formerly served in both merchandising and operational functions at retailers Walmart and Kmart. Continued... Posted 7/27/2010 - 4:06:14 PM |
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Consumer Confidence Down In July The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had declined sharply in June, retreated further in July. The Index now stands at 50.4, down from 54.3 in June. Continued... Posted 7/27/2010 - 10:40:25 AM |
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Office Depot Q2 Sales Down 4% Second quarter sales at Office Depot were down 4% but the results exceeded company expectations, officials said. Continued... Posted 7/27/2010 - 10:35:54 AM |
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Takeya USA Hires Carlson, Lillis Takeya USA has appointed Ed Carlson as national sales manager and John Lillis as director/operations. Continued... Posted 7/26/2010 - 3:37:05 PM |
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2009 Housewares Design Awards Finalists Named, 'Green House' Winners Selected The 65 finalists are set for the 2009 Housewares Design Awards. In addition, the winners were selected for the Housewares Design Awards first annual "Green House" honors. Continued... Posted 12/1/2008 - 11:41:52 AM |
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NPD Group Research Names Dinnerware Top Housewares Gift According to The NPD Group’s housewares consumer tracking service, from August 2008 until February 2009, dinnerware was the number one housewares category sold as giftware. Continued... Posted 4/21/2009 - 3:56:23 PM |
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Plastics Supplier Aero Housewares Shuts Operations Plastics supplier Aero Housewares has ceased operations in its McDonough, GA, plant and closed its Leominster, MA, administrative offices on May 30, the company announced. Continued... Posted 6/9/2008 - 11:11:13 AM |
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Housewares Design Awards Winners Named This year, at the sixth annual Housewares Design Awards, housewares companies were honored for design innovation with the 13 “Best in Category,” and three “Best of the Best” Awards in Gold, Silver and Bronze. In additon, three companies received recognition with the first annual Green House Awards, recognizing eco-responsive housewares design. Continued... Posted 1/22/2009 - 4:03:34 PM |
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Sustainable Packaging Website To Launch In Fourth Quarter A new website, which will offer tools and resources for materials suppliers, package development professionals and packagers looking to make environmentally responsible business decisions is set to debut in fourth quarter 2008. Continued... Posted 7/22/2008 - 12:58:37 PM |
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Lifetime Brands Acquires Mikasa Lifetime Brands Inc. has acquired the business and certain assets of Mikasa, Inc. from Arc International SA. Continued... Posted 6/9/2008 - 8:56:36 AM |
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Agroplast Aims To Transform Pig Urine Into Plastic Dinnerware Denmark-based Agroplast recently announced that it wants to transform pig urine into plastic dinnerware and household items Continued... Posted 6/16/2008 - 11:32:47 AM |
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Lenox Group Files For Chapter 11 The Lenox Group has filed for Chapter 11 and the company intends to file a variety of first day motions with the court, that, with court approval, will allow it to continue to conduct business without interruption. Continued... Posted 11/24/2008 - 10:26:22 AM |
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27 Products Named 2009 Design Defined Honorees At Housewares Show The International Housewares Association has announced the honorees of its fifth annual Design Defined product design recognition at the 2009 International Home + Housewares Show. Continued... Posted 4/23/2009 - 1:41:16 PM |
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Six Products Earn Gourmet Gold Awards ORLANDO— Six new products took home Gourmet Gold awards at the recent Gourmet Housewares Show here. Continued... Posted 6/4/2007 - 3:24:10 PM |
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Steam Cleaning Gains Traction As Productive Retail Categoy NEW YORK— The steam cleaner category is hot, red hot. In an economy where many business segments consider flat sales to be a victory, the steam cleaner segment is growing exponentially, said vendors, catching consumer attention both via infomercial and on retail selling floors. Continued... Posted 11/23/2009 - 1:14:19 PM |
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Inaugural Homewares Show Awards Recognizes New Innovations Four housewares/home goods suppliers were honored for innovative new products at the first annual Homewares Show Awards. Continued... Posted 5/26/2008 - 10:25:21 AM |
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Iron Suppliers Look To Grow At Retail With ‘Professional’ Features NEW YORK— Irons are one of the most stable categories in small appliances, with replacement purchases making up the bulk of the business. Continued... Posted 5/12/2008 - 12:38:32 PM |
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Gibson Launches Mr. Coffee Accessories Gibson recently entered into an agreement with Jarden Consumer Solutions to license the Mr. Coffee brand for coffee serveware and accessories, which will launch at the International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago later this month. Continued... Posted 3/11/2009 - 1:52:16 PM |
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HONG KONG NOTEBOOK
Here’s one indicator that the Hong Kong Houseware Fair has earned a place alongside top U.S. and European housewares shows as a global fashion trendsetter. One of the more unlikely visitors to a Hong Kong fair focused on non-electric housewares was a senior personal care appliance buyer for a U.S. specialty chain. Continued... Posted 5/26/2008 - 10:22:03 AM |
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Epoca Introduces ‘Ecolution’ PFOA-Free Non-stick Cookware Collection CHICAGO— Epoca is introducing a new line of cookware here at the 2009 International Home + Housewares Show, Ecolution. Continued... Posted 3/23/2009 - 5:27:40 PM |
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I’d like to take credit for summing up why expanding U.S. manufacturing and warehousing programs by housewares companies have regained favor among retailers. But I can’t. The credit goes to Chris Robason, national retail sales manager for veteran U.S. cookware producer Regal Ware, who, while being interviewed for a story in this issue, said, “Now [retailers] can manage their business instead of managing their inventory.” Sums it up nicely, doesn’t it? Continued... |