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Celeb Chefs Headline Cooking Theater Line-up at 2014 International Home + Housewares Show

Grant Achatz, Rick Bayless, Chris Cosentino, Curtis Stone, Buddy Valastro, Fabio Viviani Among Celeb Chefs Celebrity chefs including Top Chef Masters host Curtis Stone and Cake Boss Buddy Valastro will top the line-up of stars appearing in the Cooking Theater at the 2014 International Home + Housewares Show, March 15-18 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. The Cooking Theater is the…

Innovation Insights: An Interview with Jon Lindholm, Steve Cozzolino and Samantha Rose

By Vicki Matranga, Design Programs + Services Learn how to develop and launch the right products for the right customer—with the right methods! The four days of the 2014 International Home + Housewares Show will be packed with events as well as educational sessions. In these final weeks before the Show, we preview presentations that will take place in the Innovation…

Innovation Insights: An Interview with Jessica Blue, Advanstar Licensing, Steven Ekstract, License! Global Magazine and Lia Buffa, Food Network

By Vicki Matranga, Design Programs Coordinator Learn how to develop and launch the right products for the right customer—with the right methods! At the 2014 International Home + Housewares Show, the Innovation Theater in the Lakeside Center will present 20 educational programs, beginning Saturday morning and running through Tuesday morning. In these final weeks before the…

Housewares Charity Foundation to Honor Three Industry Leaders

Tony Mantuano, James Beard Chefs to Create Dinner, Culinary Tastings The Housewares Charity Foundation has announced its third honoree for 2014. David Ortiz, vice president/divisional merchandise manager for cooking/dining at Walmart U.S., will receive the Lifetime Humanitarian Award during the 17th Annual Housewares Charity Foundation (HCF) Gala on Monday evening, March 17,…

Show Seminar Speakers To Share Insights on Color, Consumers and The Path to Purchase

Experts whose ideas influence what consumers see on store shelves months and even years later will take center stage at the 2014 International Home + Housewares Show as part of the educational sessions that inform attendees where the leading edge lies. Presenting these sessions, which are held in the Grand Ballroom/S100 of the South Building and are free to all Show attendees,…

Today’s Need for Integrated Multi-channel Marketing

By Larry Stopa, President of E-Power Marketing The world, including technology, marketing and consumer behavior, has changed rapidly through the years. Television grew from four networks into hundreds. Then countless websites further fractured mass communications channels. Users are flocking to Social communities, which are rapidly proliferating on the Internet. How are you…

Social Media Services Make it Easy to Follow Show Events, Find Hot Products

This year attendees at the International Home + Housewares Show can stay in the loop on what is happening at the Show much easier through an expanded array of social media access. From live Twitter feeds to Facebook postings and the IHA blog, attendees can stay up-to-date on events and the newest products and trends even if they don’t stay all four Show days. And planning your…

Discover Design: Meet the Judges – Mary Rose Gearon and Jens Bauerle

Retailers and media looking for trend-setting, high-design products at the 2014 International Home + Housewares Show head for Discover Design in South Building. The inspiring Discover Design Gallery, accessible to buyers and media, features products submitted for the Global Innovation Award (gia) for Design. Specialty retailers, editors at influential websites and print…

Discovering Design: Meet Lehmann Glass

Get to know the people behind the stylish products that will appear at the 2014 International Home + Housewares Show in Discover Design. Our conversations with exhibitors give you a glimpse of the inspirations, influences and ideas that go into creating the exciting products that you’ll see in March at McCormick Place. Today we are speaking with Mateo Bouatta, export manager…