Connect FALL, an IHA virtual event, is set for Sept. 27 through Oct. 1 with exclusive, in-depth content designed to bring the housewares industry together around education, inspiration and product discovery.
Each day of Connect FALL will offer a mix of education sessions and virtual product demonstrations. Session topics include style and design trends, independent retailing post-pandemic, shifting consumer trends, a new report on consumer spending for special occasions, branding for retailers and suppliers, store window merchandising, and the announcement of the Global Innovation Award (gia) Top Window Award are some of the topics to be covered during Sessions will run daily from 10:30 a.m. CDT to 4 p.m. CDT.
Register for Connect FALL and read more about each session below, updated daily.
Connect FALL Virtual Product Demos: Cleaning
Companies featured their cleaning products during the virtual product demonstrations at the International Housewares Association’s Connect FALL event in September.
Storytelling Retail Windows Attract Digital-Age Shoppers
At a time when technology has shortened consumers’ attention spans and social media gives consumers unlimited access to information, retail window displays must look beyond the static designs of the past to present a more engaging, storytelling visual experience, New York Institute of technology professor Anne Kong said during IHA’s Connect FALL virtual event.
Consumer Values Panel: Quality Tops Price in Driving Housewares Purchases
Quality is the most important consumer factor in the purchase of home and housewares products, more valuable than price, trust and ratings and reviews, according to a recent study by Springboard Futures.
Consumers Flow Into Simpler, Organic Design Lifestyles
Consumers are embracing a simpler way of life welcoming natural style influences inside the home, trend analyst Nancy Fire said during a keynote presentation on day two of IHA’s Connect FALL virtual event.
Connect FALL Virtual Product Demos: Kitchen Gadgets
Companies featured their table + drinkware products and kitchen gadgets during the virtual product demonstrations at the International Housewares Association’s Connect FALL event in September.
NPD: Experiential Spending Keeps Emphasis On ‘Time’ For Housewares
Returning to experiential activities this year has been the biggest change in consumers’ behavior and has had the greatest effect on housewares, according to Joe Derochowski, vice president and home industry advisor at The NPD Group, during the opening keynote of Connect FALL, a virtual event from the International Housewares Association.
Connect FALL Virtual Product Demos: Cook + Bakeware
Companies featured their cook and bakeware products during the virtual product demonstrations at the International Housewares Association’s Connect FALL event in September.
Independent Housewares Retailers Look Beyond the Pandemic
Independent housewares retailers were among the first to pivot to innovative, safe and effective ways of serving their communities with necessary products and services during the pandemic. Two such storeowners detailed during IHA’s Connect Fall virtual event how they confronted the challenges of the pandemic to build stronger foundations for long-term success.
