The World’s Leading Home + Housewares Show
March 9–11, 2027 | McCormick Place | Chicago, IL
The 70 finalists in the IHA Global Innovations Awards (gia) for product design have been announced by the International Housewares Association. Global honorees in each of 14 categories will be announced in during the invitation-only gia dinner Saturday, March 4 during The Inspired Home Show 2023.
Bloomingdale’s Daniel Leppo, Select Brands’ William Endres and The Home Edit’s Clea Shearerto Receive Honors
The Inspired Home Show and the IHA announces the national gia winners for 2022-2023: 27 outstanding home and housewares retailers from 26 countries around the globe.
Katherine Gaylord, a junior at University of Notre Dame, captured first place and $3,500 for Stack, a breast pump drying rack for the breast pump pieces. It helps nursing mothers who pump at work or in public restrooms to safely, easily and discreetly wash, dry and store breast pump equipment.
Creating strategies for success in the current economic marketplace will be the focus of this year’s presentations in the Innovation Theater at The Inspired Home Show 2023, March 4-7 at McCormick Place in Chicago.
As economic concerns begin to dominate the news cycle and consumers feel the pinch of inflation, they are responding by bringing more experiential activities back into their homes. At-home entertaining is one of these activities and it is back in a big way.