Joe Wells III, former president and CEO, part owner, and chairman of the board of Homer Laughlin China, died on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. He was 77.
Blake Nordstrom, co-president of Nordstrom, died January 2, at the age of 58.
John C. Portman, Jr., founder of AmericasMart, home to the Atlanta International Gift and Home Furnishings Market, has died. The architect, real estate developer, entrepreneur, artist and altruist passed away on December 29, 2017, at the age of 93.
Leandro P. Rizzuto, co-founder and chairman of the board of Conair Corporation, died on December 3 after battling pancreatic cancer.
Jeff Murphy, vp/international at the International Housewares Association, passed away June 7 during a hiking trip to Yellowstone National Park. He was 53.
Oscar Lasko, former chairman of home comfort appliance manufacturer and marketer Lasko Products, died on April 2. He was 96.
Tabletop industry veteran Dennis Marton, senior vp/marketing at Lenox Corp., died Thursday after a brief illness. He was 63.
John Meier, formerly chairman and CEO of Libbey Inc., died on March 2 at age 69, in Sylvania, OH.
Retired small appliance industry veteran Patrick Dinley passed away December 10 at his Delray Beach, FL, home following a two-year battle with cancer. He was 76.
Susan Corwin Miller, former manager of the GLM-owned Gourmet Housewares Show, died following a short battle with cancer. She was 76.
Bialetti has reported that Renato Bialetti, son of Alfonso Bialetti, who founded the company in 1933, died February 11 at the…
International Housewares Association membership services veteran Judy Colitz died Tuesday, January 26, from complications of breast cancer. Colitz joined the…
Chuck Williams, founder of Williams-Sonoma, and a retail and culinary icon who ignited America’s passion for cooking and desire for high…
Bruce Dayton, father of Minnesota’s governor and part of the founding family of what is now Target Corp., has died.…
Thomas Stemberg, a former grocery executive who founded Staples, passed away Friday, October 23, at home in Massachusetts, according to…
Longtime supermarket executive Robert Weis, former chairman of Weis Markets Inc., passed away, Monday, October 19. He was 96. Weis…
Marcel Trepanier, founder and former president of Luigi Bormioli’s U.S. subsidiary, died at his home in Southern Pines, NC, on…
AmericasMart’s Andrew Patton, vp/leasing for holiday, floral and home decor, passed away Tuesday, August 4. Patton died peacefully in the presence…
Vincent Marotta Sr., a driving force behind the introduction and rise of the Mr. Coffee automatic drip coffeemaker, died Saturday.…
Christina Inmon Pearson, owner of the Atlanta-based A La Carte tabletop, gift and gourmet housewares showroom, passed away on July…