NRF Forecasts Holiday Sales Gain of 2.5% to 3.5% from Consumers Primed To Spend

The National Retail Federation has forecast consumer spending in the main holiday shopping season November 1 through December 31 will grow between 2.5% and 3.5% compared to the 2023 period. The forecast calls for  $979.5 billion to $989 billion in total holiday sales versus $955.6 billion during the same period last year. 

True Value Files Chapter 11; Do It Best Named Stalking Horse Bidder

Hardware wholesaler True Value Co. has struck a buyout deal with co-operative Do It Best Corp. with True Value filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to facilitate a process that would combine 4,500 True Value-affiliated stores with the Do It Best’s 4,300 store system.

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.

Albertsons Q2 Sales Gain but Earnings Lag

Albertsons Q2 Sales Gain but Earnings Lag

As its merger with The Kroger Cos. continues to face opposition from the United States government, Albertsons beat Wall Street estimates on earnings and revenues, as identical sales gained.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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HomePage News Ranks Top 50 Housewares Retailers of 2023

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.

2023 Top 50 Housewares Retailers

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.

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2022 Top 50 Housewares Retailers

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.

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2021 Top 50 Housewares Retailers

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.

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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.

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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.

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IHA Partners with Good360 To Assist Hurricane Relief Effort

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.

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