trends

What’s Trending Now?

Despite vast differences in geography, climate and clientele, retailers across the country point to similar consumer trends they say are helping drive business this summer. For instance, from the Deep South to the Far West, products that inspire healthier cooking are a hit with shoppers; the market for grilling tools continues to flourish year round in all sorts of weather…

Change & Challenge in the Economy of Expectations

Tom Mirabile, the IHA’s lifestyle trend forecaster and the senior vice president, Global Trend and Design, at Lifetime Brands, Inc., was joined at his annual International Home + Housewares Show keynote presentation by Peter Giannetti, editor-in-chief of HomeWorld Business and Gourmet Insider, and Susan Yashinsky, vice president of innovation trends at Sphere Trending. The…

Iberian Spirit SS18

by Jenna Galley, Marketing and Insight Assistant, Trend Bible Trend Bible is a home and interiors-dedicated forecasting agency working with leading international brands to help them understand the future of their market. They forecast future trends in the behavior of consumers in a two-to-five year timeframe and analyze how this will impact the home environment. Looking…

PANTONE®VIEW home + interiors 2018 Communicating with Color/Design: Inspiring and Defining Essential Trends

by Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director Pantone Color Institute Key color stories for 2018 break free from traditional thinking. Colors are revitalized, hues are mixed in novel combinations and new color directions instantly and effectively express a fresh approach that satisfies the consumers continuing need for newness. Metallics we know are classic, but they have…

Top 5 consumer trends affecting housewares revealed at 2017 Int’l Home + Housewares Show

The consumer marketplace is changing in dramatic ways, so it’s important to get to know today’s ‘real’ consumers, said IHA’s trend forecaster Tom Mirabile at the 2017 International Home + Housewares Show today. Mirabile, who is also senior vice president, global trend & design at Lifetime Brands, was joined at his annual keynote presentation this year by Peter Giannetti,…

Disrupt Today’s Trends and Point Them in Your Direction

IHA caught some time to chat with Joe Derochowski, executive director and Industry analyst – home, at The NPD Group for a preview of his upcoming presentation at the 2017 International Home + Housewares Show, the Innovation Theater will feature 21 presentations over four days covering topics ranging from new product design to the Smart Home. Joe Derochowski has been…

PANTONE®VIEW home + interiors 2016 Future Color/Design Trends: Innovation and Impact

In our highly competitive global marketplace, would-be consumers are continuously being wooed by evocative, imaginative and innovative uses of color and design. Staying on top of the latest color trends and forecasts in a highly visual world is vitally important to selling your products or services. Introducing the 2016 Pantone View home + interiors color palettes at the…

Retail Design Trends of 2015

What are the current and emerging trends in retail design and what should you watch out for to ensure that you are ahead of the game? After all, one thing will never change, to be a top retailer you have to remain top of people’s minds, and that means continually offering a refreshing and exciting retail experience that is unique and arresting. Wolfgang Gruschwitz is a man…

What Shapes the Trends for 2015?

Trend Bible is a home and interiors-dedicated forecasting agency working with leading international brands to help them understand the future of their market. They forecast future trends in the behavior of consumers in a two-five year timeframe and analyze how this will impact the home environment. The Trend Bible seasonal forecasts for the home and interior industry are…