With The Inspired Home Show 2021 postponed to August, the International Housewares Association is launching several new initiatives — including an updated online marketplace and two virtual events— this winter and spring.
If 2020 was a year that put flexibility and adaptability at the forefront of retailer and supplier considerations, the International Housewares Association has observed that anyone participating in the home goods sector will face new and ongoing challenges, such as rising costs from many factors, as the COVID-19 pandemic fades.
Derek Miller, president of the International Housewares Association has released a letter detailing new ways the organization is linking members digitally and discussing the Inspired Home Show, which will run this summer.
The International Housewares Association will take a deeper look at the textiles category and the overall trends shaping consumer buying in a new webinar, “Trends in Home Textiles” on Thursday, December 3 at 12 p.m. CST.
The Housewares Charity Foundation has raised funds to provide masks and related personal protective equipment for workers in the coronavirus-hit restaurant industry.
Seven new directors have been elected to the board of directors of the International Housewares Association (IHA), as well as new board officers.
Derek Miller, president of the International Housewares Association since 2018, joined the IHA in December 1999 as director of international business development, then was named vp/international services in October 2001. He became IHA vp/global marketing in March 2014.
The International Housewares Association has announced that its annual home and housewares gathering, The Inspired Home Show, will be held in-person August 7-10, 2021 at McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago. The event had previously been scheduled for March 13-16, 2021.
As it begins to prepare for The Inspired Home Show 2021, the International Housewares Association is taking steps to ensure a safe and productive return to Chicago.
Although its annual Housewares Cares Charity Gala was canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Housewares Charity Foundation (HCF) is making $350,000 in donations to beneficiary charities.
Housewares product developers or retailers looking for guidance on where to focus critical resources in the coming months and years can find some insights in a new webinar series from the International Housewares Association. The six-part series, which runs Tuesday and Thursdays July 9-28 and features the newly created IHA Market Watch report, offers a deep-dive into each of five key consumer lifestyle trends, highlights shifts in light of the pandemic and includes implications for both suppliers and retailers.
Just because host International Housewares Association had to cancel the 2020 Inspired Home Show due to the COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t mean IHA gave up on its annual ColorWatch by Pantone presentation.
The International Housewares Association will present its next series of virtual education webinars starting June 17 and continuing through the week of June 22, covering topics including counterfeit goods, growth opportunities that derive from having robust omnichannel consumer purchase data, how to create a great brand name and new solutions for recycling plastic.
Colors that appear most frequently in nature are unique enough to catch the consumer’s eye but still feel somewhat familiar and widely appealing, said Lee Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, in an International Housewares Association webinar titled Discovering Nature’s Crossover Colors.
Lee Eiseman’s second keynote presentation on color, an update on the next normal for consumer thinking and opportunities of seasonal trends are topics of upcoming webinars in the ongoing virtual education series developed by the International Housewares Association.
A special program for independent retailers, an update on the next normal for consumer thinking and best practices for returning to work after COVID-19 are topics of upcoming webinars in the ongoing virtual education series developed by the International Housewares Association.
Educational sessions planned for the Innovation Theater and Smart Talks stage at The Inspired Home Show 2020 will be presented as a series of webinars over the next few months, the International Housewares Association said.
The International Housewares Association has released a letter to the housewares industry from president Derek Miller, which looks at some encouraging housewares sales data during the current pandemic.
A pair of webinars next week by Leatrice Eiseman, executive director, and Laurie Pressman, vice president, Pantone Color Institute, will present the Monday keynote Eiseman would have given at The Inspired Home Show 2020 in March and a companion program showing how the 2021 Pantone home interiors color palette is illustrated by new products that were to be part of the Pantone ColorWatch display at the show.
Joe Derochowski, vp and home industry adviser for The NPD Group, will deliver a webinar update on shifting consumer spending during the coronavirus pandemic.