Author: Derek Miller, Vice President, International, IHA
The 2010 International Home + Housewares Show was a success with strong attendance in terms of both exhibitor and attendee data. To recap the Show, to follow are some Show facts and figures:
- Number of Exhibitors: 1,958 +13% increase from 2009
- Number of New Exhibitors: 550
- Number of non-U.S. Exhibitors: 795
- Number of Countries Represented: 43 Including
- USA: 1163
- China: 379
- Europe: 144 (Including: 32 Germany, 23 France, 14 Italy & 13 UK, 9 Spain, 9 Denmark, 8 Switzerland, 8 Turkey, 7 Belgium & 7 Sweden…)
- Hong Kong: 52
- Canada: 51
- India: 34
- Taiwan: 31
- Brazil: 19
- Egypt: 13
- Vietnam: 12
- Korea: 11
- Mexico: 11
- Number of Total Attendees: 60,294 +10% increase from 2009
- Number of Countries Represented: 125
- Number of U.S. Press Attendees: 351
- Number of non-U.S. Press Attendees: 49
- Consumer Marketing Impressions: >200 million
- A Sampling of U.S. Consumer Media in Attendance:
- The Today Show (NBC)
- Good Morning America (ABC)
- The New York Times
- Good Housekeeping
- Cooks Illustrated
- Martha Stewart Living
- Real Simple
- Country Living
- Bride’s
- Bridal Guide
- Traditional Home
- Woman’s Day
- Chicago Tribune
- Chicago Sun-Times
- UPI
- Dow Jones
- Reader’s Digest
- Economic Impact on the City of Chicago: $75 million (estimated)
The 2011 International Home + Housewares Show will be held March 6 – 8 at McCormick Place, Chicago USA, and also feature co-location with The Travel Goods Show, which will be located on Level 1 of the North Building. For more information about Attendee registration and exhibiting, visit www.housewares.org.
