Don’t Risk Missing An Opportunity
The summer gift-and-housewares trade show circuit is in full swing, presenting, as these mid-term shows typically do, a valuable first chance for exhibitors and retailers to begin mapping out the next year.
VIEWPOINT: PETER GIANNETTI, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Selling A Better Quality Of Life
The annual HomeWorld Business Health & Wellness Report in the June 24, 2019, issue underscores an evolving consumer state of mind and the brimming opportunity for housewares suppliers and retailers that have responded by placing healthy living and wellness at the heart of their marketing and merchandising execution.
Paying A Steeper Price For Tariffs
We’re approaching the midway point of a year that started with so much forward momentum. But after the uneven retail sales results released the past few weeks, uneasiness is setting in as the housewares business speeds toward the second half.
Hitting The Target Once Again
Target, the 2019 HomeWorld Business Retailer of the Year (see the May 27 issue), was the first mass retailer I could claim as my own.
Harness Hubert Joly’s Best Buy Transformation
Hubert Joly was an unconventional pick to lead Best Buy in 2012. Skeptics wondered then how a former hotel chief with no retail experience could stop Best Buy’s spiral toward oblivion.
Home Improvement Spotlights Housewares
The 2019 National Hardware Show in Las Vegas (May 7-9) marks the 14th year for HomeWorld Business as the show’s official housewares publication. The partnership reflects the commitment by the show to keep housewares in the home improvement retailing spotlight.
Respectfully Speaking Of As Seen On TV
The pending sale of IdeaVillage’s Flawless and Finishing Touch hair removal brands to Church & Dwight for what could be nearly $1 billion requires some historical perspective.
Amazon Sets Off Alarming Wakeup Call
Amazon sparked panic during the International Home + Housewares Show when several exhibitors had their Amazon Vendor Central codes deactivated and orders halted without notice.
It’s Not Always Written In The Stars
HomeWorld Business has learned that Walmart recently told some vendors it might drop items from its e-commerce platform that don’t have at least a four-star rating.
United By Transformative Vision And Charity
The Housewares Charity Foundation celebrates its 22 years of philanthropy this evening at the Navy Pier when it honors Wayfair co-founders Niraj Shah and Steve Conine; Ulta Beauty CEO Mary Dillon; and Libbey Chairman and CEO William Foley.
Follow The Signs To Retail Artistry
The International Home + Housewares Show honored 30 home and housewares retailers from 29 countries for their merchandising excellence during last night’s annual gia gala.
Yes, People Still Shop In Stores
“Nobody shops in stores anymore.” How many of you get irritated when you hear that?
Back To School
It didn’t take long, traveling through a full slate of year-opening trade shows and conferences, to get schooled on the housewares business outlook for the year.
Look Beyond The Shiny New Objects
This time of year, as the housewares industry turns from Frankfurt’s Ambiente toward the International Home + Housewares Show, the race to discover the latest, greatest new products shifts into higher gear.
Marching Into 2019 Together
Signals— and feelings— likely are a bit mixed as housewares retailers and their suppliers march into 2019.
Ready. Set. Show!
The beginning of the year is an anxious time for housewares retailers and their suppliers. It’s a moment when the nervous evaluation of year-end sales tallies quickly gives way to the eager pursuit of the new year’s sales goals.
Make An Exceptional Difference In 2019
The December 15 edition marks the close of 2018 for HomeWorld Business and its annual look back at the year’s newsmakers in housewares.
Celebrate Traditional Housewares Ingenuity
The U.S. housewares business enters this week expecting reports of a robust Thanksgiving weekend, the traditional start of the holiday shopping season… even though the season now shifts into full gear the day after Halloween.
Observe The Art Of Perception
Amy Herman teaches people how to see and say what matters… using art.
Turn Sears Sadness Into Opportunity
Shed a tear for Sears Holdings if you must. Despite any flicker of post-Chapter 11 hope Eddie Lampert tries to peddle, all that seems left of this story— even if in some way the Sears and Kmart brands are salvaged or reincarnated— is for the plug to be pulled on what is left of the business as we know it and the remnants of its assets to be redistributed.