Discover Design, the premier design destination at the International Home + Housewares Show, offers a collection of more than 100 companies showcasing the latest designs found in housewares. Exhibitors are based on recommendations from and approval by the retail and design community. Since 2011, exhibitors in Discover Design have been in contention for gia Global Innovation…
CONTINUE READINGIntroducing the 2014 gia Global Honorees
This year’s IHA Global Innovation Awards (gia) awards had such a wonderful group of winners and the panel of editor judges and expert jurors found it so difficult to choose just five top retail stores from the 23 regional 2014 gia global honorees that they had to choose six instead. The six top stores declared 2014 gia Global Honorees were: TheSuperCool from Australia, K…
CONTINUE READINGInternational Housewares Association Connects Directly with Consumers
New “Inspired Home” Initiative Targets Consumers, Aims to Motivate Their Housewares Purchasing Decisions The International Housewares Association (IHA) announced today that this fall it will launch a new consumer engagement initiative, called Inspired Home, designed to directly market its members’ housewares products to consumers. Since its beginnings in 1938, IHA has…
CONTINUE READINGSurviving Tourist Season Travel
Chris McGinnis, Editor of TravelSkills.com comments on how to manage business travel in the thick of tourist season travel in this CNN Video. http://travelskills.com/2014/05/21/surviving-tourist-season-airport-chris-cnn/ Source: TravelSkills.com…
CONTINUE READINGEuropean Retail: Schwarz Group – Implications with Carrefour & Tesco
In the UK, the Guardian is quoting a new Planet Retail report as saying "the company behind the Lidl supermarket chain is set to become western Europe's biggest grocery retailer by 2018 as discounters become mainstream across the continent.": According to the story, the report predicts "that the privately owned Schwarz Group, which is controlled by a German multibillionaire…
CONTINUE READINGCIT – Growth Financing Opportunities for Housewares Companies
With globalization, most companies now compete on an international basis. As brands gain acceptance, companies seek to grow their revenues by pursuing growth on two fronts – domestically and globally. The International Housewares Association has had several forums about international sales in the housewares industry. The need to ship to customers on open credit terms has…
CONTINUE READINGParisian Chic: Merci
Michelle Hespe speaks to Jean-Luc Colonna d’Istria, Executive Vice President of Merci in Paris. The impressive retail store was one of six Global Honorees at the 2014 gia Global Innovation Awards in Chicago, held during the International Home + Housewares Show. Since 2009, fashion, design and food lovers have been drawn to a store that has smoothly forged ahead in an area of…
CONTINUE READINGHomewares Retail, Italian Style: Galleria Fiaba
Michelle Hespe checks out one of Italy’s finest retail stores — Galleria Fiaba — which was one of six Global Honorees at the 2014 gia Global Innovation Awards held in Chicago. The spectacular façade and the name of Galleria Fiaba, which is situated in the historical center of Vittoria, Sicily, reflects the overall store’s approach to retail: to be like a gallery showcasing…
CONTINUE READINGLIVE from the IBC Global Forum: Market Overview – Brazil, Paulo Kruglensky, Etna
By Vicki Matranga, Design Programs Coordinator Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Paulo Krugelsky, CEO of Etna, outlined the Brazilian retailer’s position in its market region. Based in Sao Paulo, Etna has grown rapidly in ten years and now operates 18 outlets in the major cities of 12 Brazilian states. Brazil’s long-term fundamentals are strong and its political and economic…
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