Welcome to the 2013 International Home + Housewares Show, featuring more than 2,100 exhibitors from five continents and over 60,000 housewares professionals from 100 countries.
The housewares industry, which drove sales and margin increases for many retailers last year, will present tens of...
The home textiles industry is looking ahead to the March showroom market, not long after the month of January, which the industry could be forgiven for calling the Month from Hell.
January is the month of one trade show after another. First there is Atlanta, then Dallas, then the Gift Fair in New...
The Baltimore Ravens were crowned Super Bowl champions last night, but appliance-maker SodaStream was also a winner during the nation’s most-watched sporting event.
More than 100 million viewers saw SodaStream make its pitch for using its appliance to create fizzy drinks at home. The company...
The World Market Center confirmed what most attendees were saying at the Las Vegas Market during the second day of the show yesterday: Attendance was up compared to last year’s show.
WMC reported that buyer attendance grew 7 percent while designer attendance rose more than 4 percent over last year...
Vendors, buoyed by a positive attitude among attendees, put their best foot forward at the New York International Gift Fair, which wraps up today at 2PM. There were well-thought-out introductions and category extensions from longtime players, as well as impressive launches from relative newcomers...
The winter version of the Las Vegas Market opened yesterday with new World Market Center showrooms and exhibitors along with product introductions in nearly every home furnishings category. Stanley Furniture debuted its first WMC showrooms with eclectic vignettes instead of suites. Showrooms...
I have no idea why mustaches are so popular or how they came to be trendy but there’s no denying that mustaches are IN.
I’m talking about images of mustaches on products, not actual facial hair. At first we at HFN were skeptical about how mustaches, which we saw on novelty items, could possibly...
DALLAS–Early American looks, use of real and faux wood and wavy textured glass and, of course, more LED products are among the introductions at the Dallas International Lighting Market, which opened yesterday.
ELK Lighting debuted the first fixtures for its HGTV line, which previously had only...
At the Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market last week, Godinger showcased a wide variety of Philip Whitney frames, from Italian woods to various metals, under a newly branded division ... Godinger’s Avi Glatt, senior managing director, sales and development, is working to...
It’s all about color at the Atlanta International Area Rug Market, going on now through Sunday. Companies introduced designs falling into one of two groups: the vivid brights or softer hues.
“I’ve been in the business for 22 years, and I’ve never seen a fuller spectrum of colors,” and across all...