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How to Effectively Communicate Online

By E-Power Marketing Team Online communication has become more and more important, whether you’re talking to customers across the country or suppliers across the globe. Keeping up with communication trends and being able to tailor your communication methods to your audience’s needs will keep you ahead of the competition. The Internet has created a shift from Push to…

Using Online Marketing to Build Branding, Part 2: Display Your Brand’s Personality on Social Media

By Larry Stopa, President of E-Power Marketing Social Media provides a powerful means to interact with your target audience. Listen to what is being said about your brand in social chatter. Is that the perception you want? If not, Social Media offer channels to change audience perception. When posting on Social Media sites, don’t limit your communications to your brand. Expand…

Welcome to the 2013 International Home + Housewares Show!

The International Home + Housewares Show is the largest show of its kind. Every March, 2000+ manufactures from all over the globe descend on Chicago to exhibit their new products, as buyers and retailers attend looking for the next hot item to fill the shelves. Here are some facts about the 2013 Show: The 2013 International Home + Housewares Show is expecting more than 60,000…

Join Cooking With Caitlin at #IHHS13 for Twitter Parties, Innovation Theater Discussions on Social Media and More!

By Kelly Trush, Cooking with Caitlin Well, HELLO housewares! As we stare down another gathering of the international food and housewares communities, we’ve got Chi-town on the brain. We’ve packed our Facebook fans, our Twitter followers, our fellow Pinterest pinners – all of our social-hungry audience – and we’re headed to McCormick Place to gather the good news happening…

PARK HYATT CHICAGO: A Gold Coast Hotel embodying sophisticated luxury

Take advantage of the discounted rate with complimentary daily breakfast During your time in Chicago for the International Home + Housewares Show, experience the art of fine living at Park Hyatt Chicago. The embodiment of sophisticated luxury, our hotel in downtown Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood, on the Magnificent Mile of shopping has been recognized as one of the top 20…

Help us choose the 2013 Industry Breakfast Speaker!

The 2013 International Home + Housewares Show is just FIVE months away! In preparation for the 2013 Show we're asking for help in deciding who should be chosen for our annual Industry Breakfast Speaker. Would you like to see a political figure like Rahm Emanuel or Colin Powell from years past? What about an industry-specific celeb like Martha Stewart? Or maybe a business leader…

IHA Giveaway: Victorinox Swiss Army

This week's giveaway comes to us from member Victorinox Swiss Army, makers of fine cutlery for over 125 years! Victorinox Swiss Army can be found at booth S1874 of the Dine + Design expo of the 2012 International Home + Housewares Show next month in Chicago, but right now you have a chance to take home some of their fine cutlery without leaving your chair! To enter the…

Enter our Giveaway with Emjoi!

Time for another Housewares giveaway! This week we're featuring our member company Emjoi and their Micro Pedi, an all in one device for home pedicures! Emjoi MicroPedi is an innovative device created to smooth dry, rough and callused skin on the feet. Unique micron rollers rotate 360 degrees, an amazing 30 times a second, to gently and effectively buff away hard, jagged…

Housewares 2011: A visual experience

By Wes French, Social Media Coordinator Miss the 2011 Housewares Show? Catch up with all our videos and pics from YouTube and Facebook! Check out all the videos from this past Show and other events from past years including old shows and press events on our YouTube page! See photos from the 2011 Show floor as well as some of the great events that took place in Chicago this…