Trends: Gift Giving – It’s the Thought That Counts

From wedding registries to gift baskets, gifting gives back to kitchenware and housewares retailers all year long. The tradition of giving other people presents drives sales during the all-important fourth quarter and retailers spend their year plotting a strategy to stock and merchandise the products that their customers will want to give to others. But what […]

Stats: Older Customers are Happier Customers. In Some States.

Although much ado is made about the millennial generation’s potential influence on retail, Americans above the age of 55 are a key consumer group to retailers. The Baby Boomers have the money and many have the leisure time to get involved with hobbies, like taking cooking classes, which might lead them to buy new cookware, […]

Innovation Theater Lineup at 2017 International Home + Housewares Show

The purchasing desires and habits of Boomers, Millennials and GenXers and the differences in how and why men and women shop for home goods are some of the topics trend analysts will address during sessions in the Innovation Theater at the 2017 International Home + Housewares Show, March 18 – 21 at Chicago’s McCormick Place […]

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