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he Show also included a series of thought-provoking
educational sessions, including keynote programs on color
and design trends and how consumers' emotions affect
color choices by Lee Eiseman of the Pantone Color Institute;
an overview of consumers' core values and expectations by Tom
Mirabile of Lifetime Brands; the impact of millennials on
housewares by Warren Shoulberg and Maureen Azzato of
HFN; and turning food shoppers into housewares buyers by
Todd Hale and a retail/supplier panel. In addition, the Innovation
Theater offered 21 presentations on the Internet of Things, global
shopping and retail and consumer lifestyle trends. Audio and
video recordings of the educational sessions are available at
www.housewares.org/education/presentations-webinars.
The 2017 International Home + Housewares Show will be held
March 18-21 at McCormick Place, Chicago USA. 2017 attendee
registration and additional Show information are available at
www.housewares.org.
The International Housewares Association is the 78-year-old voice of the
housewares industry, which accounted for (US) $331.1 billion at retail worldwide
in 2014 ($75.1 billion at retail in the U.S.). The not-for-profit, full-service
association sponsors the world's premier exposition of products for the home,
the International Home + Housewares Show, and offers its 1,700 member
companies a wide range of services, including industry and government advocacy,
export assistance, State-of-the-Industry reports, point-of-sale and consumer
panel data through Housewares Market-Watch, executive management peer
groups, a unique Web-based community at www.housewares.org and group
buying discounts on business solutions services.
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