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Martha Stewart Collection Helping JCPenney Ring In Holiday Season
JCPenney for the 2024 holiday season is emphasizing big deals, new promotions and a refreshed housewares assortment highlighting array of national brands, including Martha Stewart.
Deloitte Breaks Down How Consumers Expect To Spend This Holiday Season
Consumers in Deloitte's Holiday Retail Survey...
The Quest for Shipping and Supply Chain Stability Arrives at Its ‘Inflection Point’
The recent strike at East and Gulf Coast ports...
Census Bureau: Retail Sales Gains Continued in September
United States Census Bureau figures show retail...
Ulta Sets Priorities for Profitable Beauty & Wellness Expansion
Ulta Beauty, in conjunction with its annual...
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Look Back to the Future with the HomePage News Top 50 Housewares Retailers
The more valuable utility of the HomePage News Top 50 Housewares Retailers list is in how it provides clues to what lies ahead.
Special Reports
HomePage News InSight Trend Index 2024/25: Future Focus
The fourth portfolio in the HomePage News InSight™ Trend Index 2024/25 examines Future Focus: products that reflect consumer awareness and collective conscience.
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 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.
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.
2023Occasions 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.
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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 this episode of RapidFire, Circana’s Joe Derochowski will reveal how the consumer path to purchase is evolving and the opportunity for suppliers and retailers to clear that path more effectively… online and in stores. HomePage News presents RapidFire with Circana, an exclusive video series spotlighting data-driven insights on key home + housewares trends and... This post has been updated to report Phase VII of the Lacey Act Declaration was implemented May 30, 2024, the Federal Notice was published May 31,... HomePage News presents RapidFire with Circana, an exclusive video series spotlighting data-driven insights on key home + housewares trends and... Mega issues like inflation, political instability and climate change continue to influence our world, but today’s consumers are looking to cope by...
RapidFire | Clearing an Effective Path To Purchase
RapidFire | The Impact of Pricing on the 2024 Housewares Consumer
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RapidFire | Q1 Winners & What’s Next For Housewares
WATCH: TrendBible’s Ward Gives a View of Global Householder Trends
In this episode of RapidFire, Circana’s Joe Derochowski will reveal how the consumer path to purchase is evolving and the opportunity for suppliers and retailers to clear that path more effectively… online and in stores. 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 | Clearing an Effective Path To Purchase
RapidFire | The Impact of Pricing on the 2024 Housewares Consumer
RapidFire | Q1 Winners & What’s Next For Housewares
RapidFire | What To Look for at The Inspired Home Show 2024
RapidFire: The Lessons and Surprises of 2023
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
Pets Air Purifier Introduces FurKnight Brand for Capturing Pet Hair
Pets Air Purifier has launched the FurKnight brand with the introduction of the FurKnight Mini and FurKnight Plus air purifiers for pet owners.
Cuckoo Brings Single-Serve Coffee Maker to North America
Cuckoo Electronics America has launched its Single-Serve K-Cup Coffee Maker in the U.S. Designed in South Korea, the coffee maker is designed to...
Oclean Adds Three Appliances to Oral Care Line
Oclean has launched three additions to its oral care appliance lineup: the Ease Rechargeable Electric Toothbrush, the X Lite Smart Sonic Electric...
Anova Releases ‘Mini’ Price-Conscious Sous Vide
Anova Culinary, a subsidiary of Electrolux, has launched the Anove Precision Cooker Mini, a WiFi-enabled sous vide immersion circulator designed to...
Newell’s FoodSaver Debuts Cordless Handheld 2-in-1 Vacuum Sealer
FoodSaver, from Newell Brands, has launched the Handheld+ 2-in-1 Vacuum Sealing System, a cordless handheld and countertop vacuum sealer.Combining...
Oxo Introduces Lineup for Fourth Annual Chefs in Residence Program
Oxo has released the lineup for the fourth year of its Chefs in Residence program, which this year features James Beard award-winning chefs Marcus Samuelsson, Bricia Lopez and Dan Kluger.
Caraway Introduces Enameled Cast Iron Cookware
Caraway has launched its Enameled Cast Iron Cookware Collection, which the company says marks a significant milestone for the brand by merging the...
Made by Gather Rolls Out Refreshed Bella Brand With Space-Saving Electrics, Cookware
Made by Gather has launched the refreshed Bella brand, showcasing a new collection of kitchen electrics and cookware designed to offer space-saving,...
Hestan Releases First Chef’s Tools, Cookware Additions
Hestan Culinary has introduced line of stainless steel chef's tools, a first for the brand known for premium cookware.The Hestan Culinary Provisions...
Steelport Launches 4-Piece U.S.-Forged Steak Knife Set
Steelport Knife Co. has launched a Four-Piece Steak Knife Set accompanied by handcrafted walnut box.The steak knife set follows the same design,...
Cutlery Maker Cangshan Launches Its First Flatware Lines
Cutlery manufacturer Cangshan has ventured into flatware with two new lines designed to expand the brand’s mission of helping consumers make memories around the table.
Over&Back Expands 2024 Tabletop Collection with Emphasis on Shape, Color
Dinnerware and serveware designer and marketer Over&Back expanded its 2024 tabletop collection at this week's New York Tabletop Show.The brand...
Birch Lane Partners with Social Media Personality ‘Brunch with Babs’
Wayfair's Birch Lane brand has partnered with content creator, author and social media personality Barbara "Babs" Costello of the TikTok and...
Ikea Presents 2024 Fall and Holiday Collections
Ikea has announced the 2024 iteration of its holiday collection Vinterfint + Stråla, a new line of New Year's Eve-inspired products, Fröjda, and a...
QVC, Housewares Charity Foundation Partner in Fourth Living for Giving Event
QVC and the Housewares Charity Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the home and housewares industry, have again joined forces to present Living for...
Ikea Presents 2024 Fall and Holiday Collections
Ikea has announced the 2024 iteration of its holiday collection Vinterfint + Stråla, a new line of New Year’s Eve-inspired products, Fröjda, and a variety of multifunctional autumn-focused products.
Designer Jeremiah Brent Children’s Collection Rolls Out at Crate & Kids
Crate & Kids is launching its first collection with interior designer and TV personality Jeremiah Brent, offering some 80 pieces inspired by the...
Mid-Year Gallery: Home Storage, Organization, Non-Electric Cleaning
HomePage News presents a mid-year gallery of key product introductions from the first half of 2024. This gallery looks at home storage, organization...
Umbra Presents Black Wood Functional Decor with Curved, Sustainable Designs
Umbra has unveiled its latest collection, showcasing modern furniture made from renewable sources in black wood designed to combine soft curves with...
Study: Renters Giving a Boost to Home & Housewares
Renters helped drive second-quarter home furnishings and housewares gains in the United States, according to the Home Furnishings Digest report...
Birch Lane Partners with Social Media Personality ‘Brunch with Babs’
Wayfair’s Birch Lane brand has partnered with content creator, author and social media personality Barbara “Babs” Costello of the TikTok and Instagram account @BrunchWithBabs.
Ikea Presents 2024 Fall and Holiday Collections
Ikea has announced the 2024 iteration of its holiday collection Vinterfint + Stråla, a new line of New Year's Eve-inspired products, Fröjda, and a...
Designer Jeremiah Brent Children’s Collection Rolls Out at Crate & Kids
Crate & Kids is launching its first collection with interior designer and TV personality Jeremiah Brent, offering some 80 pieces inspired by the...
Umbra Presents Black Wood Functional Decor with Curved, Sustainable Designs
Umbra has unveiled its latest collection, showcasing modern furniture made from renewable sources in black wood designed to combine soft curves with...
Study: Renters Giving a Boost to Home & Housewares
Renters helped drive second-quarter home furnishings and housewares gains in the United States, according to the Home Furnishings Digest report...
IHA Webinar Will Reveal gia Top Window Winners, How To Captivate Millennials, Gen Z
Visual merchandising expert Anne Kong will explore engaging, fun retail environments for key generations of consumers in a forthcoming webinar presented by the International Housewares Association.
IHA Partners with Good360 To Assist Hurricane Relief Effort
The International Housewares Association is partnering again with Good360, a nonprofit that works with major corporate donors to deliver needed goods to communities in need after a disaster, to help relief efforts in the aftermath of hurricanes Helene and Milton.
IHA’s Miller Outlines New Exhibitors, Categories for 2025 Inspired Home Show
Derek Miller, president and CEO of the International Housewares Association (IHA), in a letter to the home, housewares and travel goods industries, provided an update on IHA developments and plans for The Inspired Home Show 2025, set for March 2-4 in Chicago.