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The Maturing of Sustainability Into a Cost of Doing Business

The sustainability value of products and companies that bring them to market today is much more than a tiebreaker in the mainstream consumer purchase consideration hierarchy.

The New Case for Good Old-Fashioned Retail Storytelling

Inspired Home Show attendees got vivid reminders during the event that the cultivation of an effective retail experience still is seeded by good, old-fashioned merchandising.

Celebrating the Green at The Inspired Home Show 2024

The next three days inside Chicago’s McCormick Place could be remembered one day as a critical inflection point for a housewares business ready to renew its legacy of reliable growth.

The New Case for Good Old-Fashioned Retail Storytelling

Apr 1, 2024

Discovery of new products and new opportunity was a central theme...

Celebrating the Green at The Inspired Home Show 2024

Mar 16, 2024

On a day the river turns shamrock green, as do parades, pubs and...

Positive Signs As Housewares Industry Turns Toward Chicago

Feb 1, 2024

The first wave of industry trade shows to kick off 2024 is almost in...

‘Newness’ Has Never Meant More to the Housewares Business

Dec 19, 2023

I received an invitation this week from an industry supplier inviting me to take part in its “newness webinar.”I must...

Making Time To Think About Why We Are Thankful

Nov 21, 2023

Think about it: How often do we make time, I mean really make time, to consider why we are thankful at times of...

IHA’s CHESS, IBC Global Forum Offer Guidance for a Transforming Industry

Sep 28, 2023

Housewares industry executives will convene next week outside of Chicago for two days of education and networking...

One Meeting Was All It Took To Appreciate Whitford’s Dave Willis

Aug 21, 2023

Writing about the passing of industry leaders is one of the regrettable, but necessary, assignments in this job. After...

Taking Stock of Home + Housewares Mid-Year Progress

Jun 20, 2023

The Dallas Total Home & Gift Market opened this week as the first of the year’s summer gift and home markets that...

The Right Change at the Right Time for The Inspired Home Show

May 10, 2023

Change is a complicated concept in business. The sudden, radical change pressed upon home and housewares...

Moving On From Inevitable Demise of Bed Bath & Beyond Still Hurts

Apr 24, 2023

The Bed Bath & Beyond saga has long had the feeling of a gravely ill relative or friend. Despite expectations and...

Renew Your Industry Connection with Enhanced HomePage News Daily Digest

Apr 10, 2023

It's the time of year for renewal. And with that, readers of the HomePage News Daily Digest are being greeted...

What We Learned at The Inspired Home Show

Mar 7, 2023

Extensive follow-up from The Inspired Home Show 2023 is already beginning by suppliers, retailers and other allied...

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