The Show Blog
What’s New, Next and Moving The Market
Holiday Celebrations Staged for Comeback
At-home entertaining is staging a major comeback overall. As COVID-19 fears subside in many parts of the world, people are looking to reconnect with family and friends in person. In addition, inflation is driving more consumers to entertain at home, where many are eager to use cooking skills they learned during the pandemic.
IHA Announces 2022 Global Honorees for gia Top Window Awards
The Inspired Home Show and the International Housewares Association (IHA), the global sponsors and organizers of the IHA Global Innovation Awards (gia) program, announced the Global Honorees for the gia Top Window Awards during the “Enhance Your Visual Toolbox / gia Top Window Award” presentation by gia expert juror Anne Kong earlier today during Connect FALL.
Connect FALL, IHA’s Virtual Industry Event, Features Sessions on Shifting Lifestyle Trends, Critical Business Developments
Connect FALL, an IHA virtual event, is set for Oct. 11-13 with exclusive, in-depth content designed to bring the housewares industry together around critical industry education.
Exhibitors Return to The Inspired Home Show 2023 After COVID Break in 2022
Top housewares brands that were unable to participate in The Inspired Home Show 2022 are committing to returning to the Show in 2023.
QVC Joins Forces with Prominent Home Brands to Support Feeding America Through the Second Annual Living for Giving Shopping Event
QVC and the Housewares Charity Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the home and housewares industry, have joined forces once again to present Living for Giving, a cross-platform shopping event to support Feeding America.
Housewares Homecoming Brings CHESS, IBC Global Forum and Credit Group Meeting Together in One Event
Two critical International Housewares Association educational summits, CHESS: Chief Housewares Executive SuperSession and the International Business Council’s Global Forum, will be held in-person this fall along with a new event by the recently formed Housewares Credit Group (HCG) under the banner Housewares Homecoming.
Heart of the Community
Jamie Butler went from running a kitchen and homewares business from a retro-inspired truck that became a well-known attraction at farmers’ markets, to owning a much-loved store that has community firmly in its heart.
Wings of Success
gia Global Honoree—Westwing Brasil—initially made its name and garnered its millions of followers online. Today however, its physical stores are proving to be just as popular, and as wonderfully creative, as its online campaigns and editorially led content.
In The News
The Inspired Home Show attracts a wide variety of top-tier consumer, trade, internet and social media professionals each year. Whether you’re an exhibitor, buyer or media professional, check out a sample of recent coverage to see how forward-thinkers are making headlines at the Show – and how you can be part of it all next year.
