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What Millennials Want: Focus Group Speaks Out at 2017 Housewares Show

Millennials’ Opinions on Housewares, Shopping and What They’re Looking for May Surprise You! No holds were barred at a focus group discussion with millennial consumers this morning at the 2017 International Home + Housewares Show. The Show’s first keynote, “Millennials Have a Lot to Say About Housewares,” was moderated by Maureen Azzato, HFN editor in chief, and Warren…

The Good, Bad and Ugly of Connected Things

IHA catches up with digital lifestyle expert Carley Knobloch, for a preview of her discussion about Smart Home technologies at the upcoming 2017 International Home + Housewares Show in the Innovation Theater. Carley Knobloch is on a mission to help people improve their relationship with technology, one tap or swipe at a time. She’s a home automation expert and host for…

Retail Profile: The Kitchen Koop

Owner: Deon Foster Location: Portsmouth, Va. Founded: 1998 What is special about The Kitchen Koop? The retailer’s customers say it is the store’s service and great selection of cookware. They come in and stay a while, enjoying the Southern hospitality. “Dropped in with my spouse after a lunch date just to look around,” writes one customer. “We spent a lovely hour or so…

IHA Working with the AAP Coalition to Provide Border Adjustment Tax Information

The International Housewares Association, representing the more than 1,700 housewares suppliers around the globe, is working with the Americans for Affordable Products (AAP), a growing coalition of more than 100 businesses and trade associations that represents millions of American jobs, to provide information on the Border Adjustment Tax or BAT. AAP is running a national…

Trends: Gift Giving – It’s the Thought That Counts

From wedding registries to gift baskets, gifting gives back to kitchenware and housewares retailers all year long. The tradition of giving other people presents drives sales during the all-important fourth quarter and retailers spend their year plotting a strategy to stock and merchandise the products that their customers will want to give to others. But what makes a good…

Stats: Older Customers are Happier Customers. In Some States.

Although much ado is made about the millennial generation’s potential influence on retail, Americans above the age of 55 are a key consumer group to retailers. The Baby Boomers have the money and many have the leisure time to get involved with hobbies, like taking cooking classes, which might lead them to buy new cookware, or DIY classes that might lead them to pick up a new…

Retail Profile: Kitchen a la Mode

Owner: Ben Salmon Location: South Orange, N.J. Founded: 2008 Square Footage: 1,000 sq. ft. Many retailers use Facebook. Not so many enjoy using it, choosing to turn the medium over to tech savvy underlings or to outsource social media altogether. Ben Salmon of Kitchen a la Mode in South Orange, N.J., is a bit different and he doesn’t shy away from Facebook. In fact,…