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2024 Chief Housewares Executive SuperSession (CHESS) to focus on lasting relief for industry’s pain points

The housewares industry’s resilience is once again being tested amid the uncertainty of economic, technological and global disruption during a consequential election year whose outcome, one way or the other, is sure to affect policy and response that directs business strategy and practice in 2025 and beyond. 

Tom Stringer Design Partners announces promotion

Originally from India, Zaveri holds degrees in Interior Design and Business Administration. She began her design career in India and relocated to the United States in 2003. Zaveri continued to gain knowledge of American design practices and shifted her specialization to residential interior design. 

Global consumer and color trends, housewares and the Hispanic market and growth opportunities for housewares take center stage at The Inspired Home Show 2024

Global and color trend forecasters, market data analysts and an executive from the leading Hispanic media network will share their home and housewares industry vision in special keynote presentations during The Inspired Home Show® 2024.

IHA accepting proposals for The Inspired Home Show education sessions

The International Housewares Association (IHA) is accepting topic proposals for education sessions during The Inspired Home Show 2024, IHA’s Global Home + Housewares Market. Retailers, trend forecasters and marketers, intellectual property attorneys and designers, along with experts in branding, packaging, smart home and other crucial business topics, are invited to submit proposals for presentations in the Inspiration Theater and the Inventors Revue at the 2024 Show. Deadline for submissions is Nov. 22.

International Housewares Association announces exciting changes to The Inspired Home Show 2024

The Inspired Home Show® 2024, to be held next March in Chicago, will undergo several changes to Show length and layout, the International Housewares Association announced today. After carefully considering feedback received from two industry-wide surveys and four special committees made up of both exhibitors and retailers, the IHA Board of Directors has decided to reduce the overall length and to optimize the Show layout to create the most vibrant, productive and efficient trade show experience possible for the industry.