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Conference Board: Consumers Rethink Spending Despite Confidence Gain in May
The Conference Board noted consumer spending shifts while reporting the Consumer Confidence Index increased by 12.3 points in May to 98, just below the 100 line between positive and negative and up from 85.7 in April.
Williams-Sonoma Acquires Dormify IP Out of Bankruptcy
Williams-Sonoma has acquired the intellectual...
Macy’s Lowers Full-Year Earnings Guidance After Q1 Wall Street Beat
Macy’s lowered its earnings guidance for the...
Sally Beauty Scales Back Guidance After Mixed Q2 Results
Sally Beauty posted mixed second-quarter results...
Consumers Aim To Buy Ahead of Possible Tariff Upcharges
A majority of recently surveyed shoppers...
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Peter Giannetti
Editor-In-Chief
New IHA State of the Industry Report Helps Cut Through the Fog
Strategic vision is pointless without well-calculated precision, even in times of relative clarity.
Conference Board: Consumers Rethink Spending Despite Confidence Gain in May
The Conference Board noted consumer spending shifts while reporting the Consumer Confidence Index increased by 12.3 points in May to 98, just below the 100 line between positive and negative and up from 85.7 in April.
Williams-Sonoma Acquires Dormify IP Out of Bankruptcy
Williams-Sonoma has acquired the intellectual...
Macy’s Lowers Full-Year Earnings Guidance After Q1 Wall Street Beat
Macy’s lowered its earnings guidance for the...
Sally Beauty Scales Back Guidance After Mixed Q2 Results
Sally Beauty posted mixed second-quarter results...
Consumers Aim To Buy Ahead of Possible Tariff Upcharges
A majority of recently surveyed shoppers...
HomePage Views
Peter Giannetti
Editor-In-Chief
New IHA State of the Industry Report Helps Cut Through the Fog
Strategic vision is pointless without well-calculated precision, even in times of relative clarity.
Special Reports
- State of the Industry
- Occasions & At-Home Entertaining
- InSight Trend Index
- Top 50 Housewares Retailers
- Consumer Outlook
Introducing the 2025 IHA State of the Industry, the home and housewares industry’s first total market research report examining U.S. retail sales volume by category, retail sales percentages by channel, consumer purchase intent by category and consumer lifestyle values and drivers.
Market Scope
Analysis of market size data on the total U.S. housewares business, including sales growth by key housewares categories and share of sales by retail channel. Market data and analysis provided by Circana.
Click here to view the full report.
Market Outlook
A detailed look at consumer purchase intent in key home and housewares categories, including key features, benefits and other factors. Exclusive consumer research by Morning Consult commissioned by IHA.
Coming soon.
Market Watch
In-depth, direction analysis of primary values and trends influencing consumer attitudes, behavior and home lifestyle preferences. Exclusive consumer research by Springboard Futures commissioned by IHA.
Coming soon.
The home and housewares industry is stepping into 2025 ready to pop the champagne — or at least set the table — for what promises to be a new era of steady growth and celebration. After years of unpredictable twists and turns, consumers and businesses alike are eager to embrace life’s special moments and year-round celebrations.
2025 Occasions & At-Home Entertaining Reports
The home and housewares industry is stepping into 2025 ready to pop the champagne — or at least set the table — for what promises to be a new era of steady growth and celebration. After years of unpredictable twists and turns, consumers and businesses alike are eager to embrace life’s special moments and year-round celebrations.
Click here to view the full report.
2024 Occasions & At-Home Entertaining Reports
The 2024 IHA Occasions and At-Home Entertaining Surveys (in partnership with market researcher Morning Consult) underscore the product development, marketing and sales opportunities available to the home and housewares industry by serving key life moments and increasing frequency of at-home entertaining for all sorts of get-togethers.
Click here to view the full report.
2023 Occasions Report: Housewares Joins The Celebration
The 2023 International Housewares Association (IHA) Occasions Report provides insight into how consumers are once again embracing key life moments and plan to in the year ahead and beyond.
Click here to view the full report.
HomePage News InSight Trend Index 2024/25: World of Wellness
The ninth portfolio in the HomePage News InSight™ Trend Index 2024/25 examines the World of Wellness: As wellness becomes more of an at-home insperience than experience, products and appliances are expanding features to address physical, emotional and nutritional well-being.
2024/25 InSight™ Trend Index
The HomePage News InSight Trend Index 2024/25 is the second annual series of digital portfolios providing a guide to emerging and enduring housewares trends through the products and innovations that embody them.
This comprehensive series is produced and presented in partnership with Springboard Futures and its founder and industry trend authority Tom Mirabile, along with creative director Dawn Evans, who also serves as director of marketing for the International Housewares Association.
Click here to view the portfolios.
2023/24 InSight™ Trend Index
The HomePage News InSight™ Trend Index 2023/24 is an exclusive digital guide that explores emerging and enduring home and housewares trends through the products and innovations that embody them.
This comprehensive series is produced and presented by HomePage News in partnership with Springboard Futures and its founder and industry trend authority Tom Mirabile, along with creative director Dawn Evans, who also serves as director of marketing from the International Housewares Association.
Click here to view the full report.
The HomePage News Top 50 Housewares Retailers report demonstrates that while the biggest retailers command the majority of housewares sales, the variety of companies that generate significant revenues in the sector is noteworthy. The HomePage News Top 50 Housewares Retailers report demonstrates that while the biggest retailers command the majority of housewares sales, the variety of companies that generate significant revenues in the sector is noteworthy. Click here to view the full report. The HomePage News Top 50 Housewares Retailers ranking underscores the strength of the top 10 operators in the United States but does indicate that, although the biggest dominate, opportunity exists elsewhere as well. Click here to view the full report. The HomePage News Top 50 Housewares Retailers ranking demonstrates the dominance of the top 10 store runners in the United States. It also reveals the opportunity for those retailers, and anyone working with them, that can develop a niche in the housewares market. Click here to view the full report.
HomePage News Ranks Top 50 Housewares Retailers of 2023
2023 Top 50 Housewares Retailers
2022 Top 50 Housewares Retailers
2021 Top 50 Housewares Retailers
The HomePage News 2023 Consumer Outlook Survey, commissioned in partnership with the International Housewares Association, was fielded recently to help suppliers and retailers pinpoint home and housewares opportunities in the coming year. This exclusive report reveals housewares purchase intent across core categories.
2023 Consumer Outlook Report
The HomePage News 2023 Consumer Outlook Survey, commissioned in partnership with the International Housewares Association, was fielded recently to help suppliers and retailers pinpoint home and housewares opportunities in the coming year. This exclusive report reveals housewares purchase intent across core categories.
Click here to view the full report.
2022 Consumer Outlook Report
Sizing Up Housewares Purchase Intent Category By Category
The first annual HomePage News Consumer Outlook Survey, commissioned in partnership with the International Housewares Association, was fielded recently to help suppliers and retailers pinpoint home and housewares opportunities in the coming year.
Click here to view the full report.
In a keynote at The Inspired Home Show 2025, Lee Eiseman, color specialist and executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, unveiled seven color palettes and explained why “Welcome Home” was selected as the theme of the Pantone View Home + Interiors 2026 Forecast. In a keynote presentation at The Inspired Home Show 2025, trend advisor Tom Mirabile of Springboard Futures unveiled the results of the 2025 Home... In a keynote session at The Inspired Home Show 2025, Joe Derochowski, Circana's home industry advisor, told attendees that the small appliances and... In a keynote session at The Inspired Home Show 2025, retail executive Jeff Evans offered suppliers strategies for succeeding in today's retail... HomePage News presents RapidFire with Circana, an exclusive video series spotlighting data-driven insights on key home + housewares trends and...
LISTEN: Pantone’s Eiseman Details 2026 Color Trends for the Home
WATCH: Trend Expert Mirabile Reveals What Is Driving Consumer Demand
WATCH: Circana’s Derochowski Discusses Housewares Growth Opportunities
WATCH: Retail Executive Evans Offers Guide to Winning in Today’s Marketplace
RapidFire | A Promising Start to 2025
In this episode of RapidFire, Joe Derochowski, vice president and home industry advisor for Circana, provides some early insights on how the home product business is performing to start 2025 and what to look for at the upcoming Inspired Home Show, March 2-4, in Chicago. HomePage News presents RapidFire with Circana, an exclusive video series spotlighting data-driven insights on key home + housewares trends and... HomePage News presents RapidFire with Circana, an exclusive video series spotlighting data-driven insights on key home + housewares trends and... HomePage News presents RapidFire with Circana, an exclusive video series spotlighting data-driven insights on key home + housewares trends and... HomePage News presents RapidFire with Circana, an exclusive video series spotlighting data-driven insights on key home + housewares trends and...
RapidFire | A Promising Start to 2025
RapidFire | A Happy Holiday for Housewares
RapidFire | Clearing an Effective Path To Purchase
RapidFire | The Impact of Pricing on the 2024 Housewares Consumer
RapidFire | Q1 Winners & What’s Next For Housewares
Nancy Fire of Nancy Fire Design joins the Truth On Trend team for part two of a lively discussion on the current industry landscape on environmentally responsible behavior, and the importance of “walking the talk” when serving a consumer who is more informed (and demanding) than ever before. Truth on Trend is an exclusive HomePage News video series that examines the evolving connection between consumer behavior and the home + housewares... Truth on Trend is an exclusive HomePage News video series that examines the evolving connection between consumer behavior and the home + housewares... Truth on Trend is an exclusive HomePage News video series that examines the evolving connection between consumer behavior and the home + housewares... HomePage News introduces Truth On Trend, an exclusive video series examining the evolving connection between consumer behavior and the home and...
Truth on Trend | Nancy Fire: The New Language of Sustainability, Part 2
Truth on Trend | Nancy Fire: The New Language of Sustainability, Part 1
Truth on Trend: The Expanding Influence of Branding & Licensing
The Future is Now for Home + Housewares
The Real Truth About Trend Forecasting
In this episode of Design Driven, Tom Mirabile talks to industrial designers Steve Cozzolino and Scott Henderson about how generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) is being used increasingly in design applications. HomePage News presents Design Driven, a video series hosted by Tom Mirabile, founder of Springboard Futures and consumer trend analyst for the... HomePage News presents Design Driven, a video series hosted by Tom Mirabile, founder of Springboard Futures and consumer trend analyst for the... HomePage News presents Design Driven, a new video series hosted by Tom Mirabile, founder of Springboard Futures and consumer trend analyst for the... HomePage News presents Design Driven, a new video series hosted by Tom Mirabile, founder of Springboard Futures and consumer trend analyst for the...
Design Driven | Generative AI: Design’s Rising Reality
Design Driven | Sustainability 2.0: Expanding Definitions, Forecasting New Realities
Design Driven | Objective Development: The Role of External Design Resources in Home & Housewares Development
Design Driven | The Power of Reinvention: Growth Through Consumer-Centric Development
Design Driven | Speaking in Color: Messaging, Motivating and the Power of the Palette
The week’s Housewares TrendHive spotlights Face Forward: obvious or obscured, fanciful or flirty, faces are taking the stage as an evolving and expanding focal point across home and décor categories. Housewares TrendHive is an exclusive video series created for HomePage News by Tom Mirabile, founder of Springboard Futures and consumer trend... Housewares TrendHive is an exclusive video series created for HomePage News by Tom Mirabile, founder of Springboard Futures and consumer trend... Housewares TrendHive is an exclusive video series created for HomePage News by Tom Mirabile, founder of Springboard Futures and consumer trend... Housewares TrendHive is an exclusive video series created for HomePage News by Tom Mirabile, founder of Springboard Futures and consumer trend...
Housewares TrendHive | Face Forward
Housewares TrendHive | Neo-Primitive Nexus
Housewares TrendHive | Into the Woods
Housewares TrendHive: Gold Rush
Housewares TrendHive: Hot Tropics
As stores and services continue to evolve, so must retail design and its techniques, visual merchandising expert Anne Kong said during her Connect FALL session, “Enhancing Your Visual Toolbox.” The final session of Connect FALL 2022 featured an overview of the IHA Occasions Report 2023, offering key findings, conclusions and changes from... Trend forecasters like to talk about things that influence an industry including lifestyle, food & beverage, economy, cohorts and generations,... "If your product comes into contact with food, you're part of this," said Fran Groesbeck, managing director of the Cookware and Bakeware Alliance,... A tote bag with the saying "Nobody's Normal" was the inspiration for Tom Mirabile's Connect FALL session on Tuesday. "Everyone who saw the bag said,...
Enhancing Your Visual Toolbox
IHA Occasions and At-Home Entertaining Surveys: Housewares Joins the Celebration
Growth at the Intersection of Food, Housewares and Lifestyle Trends
PFAS Chemicals and Housewares: Answering the Critical Questions
Never Say Normal: Navigating Change and Enabling Growth in the Modern Marketplace
Home + Housewares
JoyJolt Parent MM Products Acquires Mini-Fridge Specialist Cooluli
MM Products Inc., owner of the JoyJolt glassware and kitchenware business, has acquired mini-refrigerator specialist Cooluli from Lisse Inc.
Jura USA Named Top Performer at Global Jura Conference
Jura USA received the LEO Award for “Best Performance Overall” at the recent 2025 Jura Global Sales Conference in Switzerland.The global Jura...
Bissell Launches Versatile ‘Pet Hair Eraser’ Vacuum
Bissell has launched the Pet Hair Eraser Allergen Lift-off Vacuum, designed with pet owners in mind to reach under low baseboards and up to high...
Ecovacs Expands ‘Ozmo’ Automated Roller Mop Series
Robotic home cleaning company Ecovacs is expanding its Ozmo Roller Mop technology by launching two new Deebots, the T80 Omni and the X9 Pro Omni.The...
Dualit Names Industry Leader Laugier as VP, North America
Dualit, a British manufacturer of premium kitchen appliances, has appointed Yvette Laugier as vice president of North America to oversee its retail...
JoyJolt Parent MM Products Acquires Mini-Fridge Specialist Cooluli
MM Products Inc., owner of the JoyJolt glassware and kitchenware business, has acquired mini-refrigerator specialist Cooluli from Lisse Inc.
Smithey Introduces Double Burner Griddle
Smithey, known for its cast iron and carbon steel cookware, has introduced its Double Burner Griddle. Smithey spent years on research and...
PackIt, Kroger Partner To Donate Freezable Totes to Los Angeles Food Bank
PackIt, known for its freezable food storage solutions, and supermarket operator Kroger have partnered to donate over 1,200 co-branded totes to the...
Bradshaw Home Elevates Young to Chief Commercial Officer
Bradshaw Home, which includes the Casabella, GoodCook and Evercare brands, has appointed Tim Young to chief commercial officer.In his new role,...
PlanetBox Introduces Glass Food Storage Containers, Insulated Lunch Bag
PlanetBox, known for stainless steel lunch boxes, is expanding its collection of reusable items to include glass food storage containers, an...
JoyJolt Parent MM Products Acquires Mini-Fridge Specialist Cooluli
MM Products Inc., owner of the JoyJolt glassware and kitchenware business, has acquired mini-refrigerator specialist Cooluli from Lisse Inc.
Viski Introduces Ultra-Thin Liminal Wine Glassware Collection
Viski, from True Brands, has introduced the Liminal wine glassware collection showcasing ultra-thin construction to optimize wine flavors and...
Fortessa Names Varga Chief Financial & Administrative Officer
Fortessa Tableware Solutions appointed Visnja Varga chief financial and administrative officer.In her new role, Varga will lead Fortessa's financial...
Latest Dolly Parton Collection Rolls Out at Dollar General
Dollar General is getting customers set for summer with a third launch of Dolly Parton kitchen and household products focused on entertaining in and...
Yeti Touts Its Supply Chain Diversification in Posting Q1 Wall Street Beat
Yeti beat analyst estimates for sales and earnings in the first quarter as the maker of insulated drinkware and coolers positioned itself to weather...
Volume Brands Expands Cleaning Offerings Under Glad, Clorox, Pine-Sol Labels
Volume Brands International has continued to strive for innovation in its partnership with The Clorox Company through its growing line of branded waste management and cleaning products.
Bradshaw Home Elevates Young to Chief Commercial Officer
Bradshaw Home, which includes the Casabella, GoodCook and Evercare brands, has appointed Tim Young to chief commercial officer.In his new role,...
Inspired Home Show Debuts Aim To Simplify, Beautify Kitchens
For consumers looking for a bit of help in the kitchen, companies at The Inspired Home Show unveiled products to make cooking and related tasks...
Nook Brings Innovation & Heart to Toothbrush Storage
Nook is looking to revolutionize how people think about toothbrush hygiene and storage. The Nook Toothbrush Holder combines functionality and...
Trinity’s Bamboo Drawer Organizer Recognized as gia Finalist
Trinity International’s EcoStorage 6-Piece Bamboo Drawer Organizer Set with Dividers was recognized as a 2025 IHA Global Innovation Awards product...
Helen of Troy Highlights ‘Reset & Revitalize’ Progress in Q4 Results
Helen of Troy’s fourth-quarter net income fell just short of a Wall Street estimate, while revenue surpassed expectations at a time when the company reported it is advancing a program to reinforce brand value and streamline operating performance in an economy rife with uncertainty.
Compact Inspired Home Show Intros Make Most of Small Space
Compact home electrics and related housewares are becoming more prevalent and are designed to meet a range of lifestyle considerations.The...
Recycled Materials, Functional Features Elevate Solo New York Travel Items
Solo New York is making its way to Chicago with a pair of new backpacks, the Vortex and the District, as well as the Tidal Slim Brief to help keep...
Ricardo of Beverly Hills Preparing a Travel Gear Showcase for The Inspired Home Show
Ricardo Beverly Hills is ready to make a bold statement this year in Chicago with its next-generation travel products, it declared. The company’s...
Talus Products Ease Work On-the-Go and Taking the Family Abroad
Consumers generally welcome assistance getting organized, and Talus helps out with short and long trips.Talus has developed the High Road Carganizer...
Latest Dolly Parton Collection Rolls Out at Dollar General
Dollar General is getting customers set for summer with a third launch of Dolly Parton kitchen and household products focused on entertaining in and around the home.
Wayfair Taps Former NBA Star Blake Griffin To Host Chair-Ades Sweepstakes
Former National Basketball Association All-Star Blake Griffin takes center stage in Wayfair's latest Wayborhood campaign as host of the Chair-Ades...
Spectrum Brands Eyes Recovery After Soft Q2
Spectrum Brands Holdings remains well-positioned to weather macroeconomic and trade disruptions, but it impacted its second-quarter results.Spectrum...
Beautiful by Drew Expands Into Pet Category
Beautiful by Drew Barrymore, a Made By Gather brand, is expanding into pet products with the launch of the Beautiful Pet Bed.The Beautiful Pet Bed...
QVC Launches Elton John Home Fragrance Collection
Slatkin + Co. has partnered with entertainer Elton John to produce a limited-time collection for QVC based on springtime scents associated with the...
IHA Survey Reveals Magnitude of Housewares Industry Tariff Impact, Response
Nearly all respondents to a recent member survey by The International Housewares Association (IHA) indicated tariffs are impacting their businesses, with canceled shipments, prices increases, workforce reductions and alternative sourcing among the cited supplier responses to escalating duties.
Andmore Launches Tariff-Support Programs for Its Gift & Home Market Network
Andmore, which operates gift and home trade markets in Atlanta, Las Vegas, New York City and High Point, NC, announced several tariff-support initiatives for its supplier and retailer network.
IHA Slates June Vietnam Trade Mission for Members To Explore Sourcing Options
The International Housewares Association (IHA) is organizing a trade mission to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to help members explore alternatives to sourcing from China.