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Discovering Design: Meet Epare

IHA spoke with Eugene Khayman, president of New York-based Epare, a young specialty manufacturer of kitchen accessories and lifestyle goods with a focus on functional design. Epare will exhibit alongside other design-focused companies at the 2017 International Home + Housewares Show in Discover Design. Attracted to entrepreneurship at a young age, Eugene Khayman began…

New Digital Media Trends for Driving Outcomes at Retail

IHA gets acquainted with Connie Johnson, EVP, Business Development, Manufacturer Vertical at OwnerIQ, for a preview of her upcoming presentation about digital media marketing trends at the 2017 International Home + Housewares Show in the Innovation Theater. Connie Johnson, a founding team member of Boston-based ownerIQ, oversees the manufacturer business development…

Discovering Design: Meet Sophistiplate

IHA chatted with Daniel Seehoff, CEO and Gary Seehoff, Chairman and co-founders of Sophistiplate, a fresh new company that offers sophisticated disposable paper tableware products for home entertaining. Sophistiplate will exhibit at the 2017 International Home + Housewares Show in Discover Design alongside other designs and trend leaders. In 2016, Sophistiplate was founded…

Philippines Market Visit

IHA Staff recently made a market visit to the Philippines in preparation for the planned November 2017 trade mission to that country. The visit included meeting with key importers and distributors, meeting with relevant key major chain retailers and touring multi-chain retailers and malls to better understand the market. The United States is among the Philippines’ top trading…

February Currency Outlook

In their February 2017 Currency Outlook report, Tempus, an exchange rate and global payments company, provides a detailed report including the following topics and sections: In Brief U.S. Dollar momentum from last year faded as Donald Trump’s inauguration neared Economic plan from new administration described as “America First,” critical of current trade agreements…

Global Retail Intelligence – February

To follow is a brief review of retail news from around the world: February 1 - Temasek, Others Plan to Sell Stake in Indonesian Retailer Matahari Major shareholders, including Singapore state investment firm Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd., are planning to sell their stake in the Indonesian retailer Matahari in a deal that could value the company at as much as $1 billion,…

Discovering Design: Meet Black + Blum

Get acquainted with the people behind Black + Blum and their stylish products that will appear at the 2017 International Home + Housewares Show in Discover Design. We are speaking today with Dan Black, co-founder and lead designer for London-based Black + Blum, a respected brand that is one of the headliners in Discover Design. Dan, where do you find inspiration when…

Discovering Design: Meet W&P Design

IHA chatted with Josh Williams and Eric Prum, founders of W&P Design, to learn more about their approach to developing their business and their elegant line of barware and products for home entertaining. Get acquainted with the people behind the stylish products that will appear at the 2017 International Home + Housewares Show in Discover Design. We’ll be posting…