The gourmet trade is a driving force in today’s housewares industry.

IHA’s Gourmet Home is designed as a service to the gourmet trade. We hope to provide retailers, manufacturers’ representatives and suppliers with tools and information that will support the growth of the gourmet trade. We will share tips from industry veterans, spotlight retailers, offer the opportunity for communication among community members and highlight opportunities at the International Home + Housewares Show.

Please let us know what we can do to help make your business more successful.

Perry Reynolds on behalf of IHA’s Gourmet Trade Development Council

A Message from IHA Gourmet Trade Development Council to the Gourmet Retail Community
Social networking is teeming with possibility and that’s what makes the process hard to negotiate for many retailers. Do you tweet on Twitter, Digg It or friend on Facebook?

Social Networking 
If you find yourself wondering whether social networking sites can boost your sales or if you are trying to decipher the hieroglyphics that are links to those sites, take comfort. You are not alone.

IHA Research – Volume Estimates for Bakeware, Cutlery
In a move that will help retailers gain more insight into just how big retail sales are of housewares products, IHA announced the results of a new initiative with suppliers to create meaningful size estimates for key housewares categories.

Retail Snapshot

IHA Announces Lower Show Hotel Rates
There’s even more reason to book your trip to Chicago early: Retailers heading to the 2010 International Home + Housewares Show can take advantage of lower hotel rates.

Chicago, Beyond McCormick Place
Chicago is one of the world’s great cities, thanks in part to all the people who came here from other lands. View modern Chicago from the past by visiting the neighborhoods that bear the imprint of the immigrants who made Chicago home with a Chicago Neighborhood Tour.