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Gourmet Catalog Hosts Successful Member Meeting at the Housewares Show
Gourmet Catalog & Buying Group experienced an eventful 2015 International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago where it hosted a successful meeting and welcomed five new retail members to the organization. New members signed up in Chicago include Atlas Valley Purveyors, Lafayette, Colo.; Charles Department Store, Katonah, N.Y.; Chocolate Bliss & Kitchen Essentials, Japer, Ind.; Kitchen Outfitters, Crystal Lake, Ill.; and Zest!, Lititz, Pa. More than 125 people participated in the pre-show meeting and breakfast, which kicked off with group discussions where members shared advice and operational wisdom with each other. “There is no substitute for the networking and gathering ... |
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Tom Mirabile: Help Consumers Live the Lives They Want to Lead
In order to innovate and succeed in today’s complex marketplace, housewares retailers and manufacturers need to focus their strategy, listen to the consumer, deliver more value, enable creativity and experience and engage consumers in new ways, lifestyle trend forecaster Tom Mirabile told attendees during the recent International Home + Housewares Show. “You have to ask yourself: ‘Am I just putting a product out on the market or out on my store floor? Or am I enabling people to live the kind of lives they want to lead?’” Mirabile said during his seminar titled, “Back to Basics: The Essentials of Success.” ... |
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Natural Products Expo West Shatters Attendance Record
The 35th annual Natural Products Expo West, the world’s largest natural, organic and healthy products event, grew 7.2 percent this year, bringing together more than 71,000 industry members, more than 2,700 exhibiting companies and 634 first-time exhibitors. Co-located with Natural Products Expo West was Engredea, the event to source new ingredients, packaging, technologies, equipment and services for cutting-edge products, and the Fresh Ideas Organic Marketplace, an outdoor event that combines a traditional farmers’ market feel with the business-building power of a trade show. Because of demand, event space was expanded to encompass the entire Anaheim Convention Center campus. In addition ... |
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Five Retailers Named gia Global Honorees
Retailers from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Turkey and the United Kingdom were named 2015 Global Innovation Award (gia) Global Honorees by the International Home + Housewares Show (IH+HS) and the International Housewares Association (IHA), the global sponsors and organizers of the gia program. Honorees were Koskela, Australia; Presentes Rodriquez, Brazil; Hudson’s Bay, Canada; Jumbo, Turkey; and John Lewis, United Kingdom. The global gia jury, consisting of four retail/visual merchandising experts and seven editors and publishers of co-sponsoring housewares trade publications from around the world, selected the gia Global Honorees from the winners previously chosen in their respective countries by the national ... |
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Clif Bar Breaks Ground for Sustainable Bakery in Idaho
Clif Bar & Co., a leading maker of nutritious and organic foods and drinks, broke ground for its first owned and operated bakery in Twin Falls, Idaho. With a focus on people and sustainability, the new 275,000-square-foot bakery will help the company meet growing demand for organic energy and nutrition bars. Construction on the bakery begins in April, and the bakery plans to open in spring 2016. When fully operational, it will create more than 200 jobs. “Beautifully designed, sustainable and people-inspired, the Twin Falls bakery showcases our company values and our desire to serve as a community partner to ... |
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First-Ever Martha Stewart Café Opens
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO) has opened its first Martha Stewart Café in New York’s Starrett-Lehigh building, home to Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia’s corporate headquarters. The café offers handcrafted espresso beverages and teas as well as bagged coffee and tea in canisters. The menu, curated by Stewart, focuses on the finest sourced beverages and ingredients. The Martha Stewart Café draws its menu inspiration from the artisanal cafés of Europe. Along with hot beverages, it will serve cold-brew iced coffee. The café is partnering with Kobrick Coffee, a New York-based and family-owned roaster that sourced the beans for the custom “Martha’s ... |
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Virginia’s 2014 Peanut Yield Sets National Record
2014 was a record-setting year for Virginia peanut growers, according to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS). The Commonwealth broke national records with a yield of 4,350 pounds per acre, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Growers credit these extremely high yields to improved seed varieties, longer rotations and good growing conditions. The 2014 national average was a yield of 3,932 pounds per acre. “In addition to being a delicious and nutritious snack, peanuts are important to Virginia’s diverse agriculture industry,” said Sandra J. Adams, VDACS commissioner. ... |
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Thirteen Companies Honored With IHA Innovation Awards
Thirteen housewares suppliers were honored as winners of the annual International Housewares Associations’ Innovation Awards. The winners in each of the categories were announced at the 2015 International Home + Housewares Show this week. The winners are: Cook + Bakeware: Frieling USA, Inc., BLACK CUBE Cookware. Household Electrics + Home Environment: Miro, CleanPot. Kitchen Electrics: Boyd Coffee Company, Brazen Connected 8-Cup Brew System by Behmor. Kitchen Hand Tools + Cutlery: IMCG, Inc., Butter Mill. Kitchenware: Bruer LLC, Cold Bruer. Tabletop: Metrokane Inc., Rabbit Push Muddler. Home Organization + Storage: YouCopia, StoraStack. Bath + Personal Care: simplehuman, Adjustable Shower Caddy. Cleaning: ... |
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Starbucks Launches Specialty Coffee Subscription Service
Starbucks Coffee Co. has launched its fresh delivery subscription, giving online customers exclusive access to its line of super-premium, small-lot coffees roasted at its new Seattle Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room. Designed to provide the highest-quality coffee immediately after roasting, these fresh delivery subscriptions ensure customers receive their coffee within three to five days of being roasted, depending on location in the U.S. These coffees are only available through the subscription service. “Starbucks Reserve Roastery subscriptions are – aside from visiting the Roastery and having our partners scoop the coffee right in front of you – the freshest, fastest ... |
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Las Vegas Market Forges Retail Partnership With Gourmet Catalog
Las Vegas Market has forged a retail partnership with Gourmet Catalog Buying Group to support the launch of the new C11 showroom floor – dedicated to gourmet housewares, tabletop and specialty food lines – at the Summer 2015 Las Vegas Market, Aug. 2-6. “Las Vegas Market is delighted to be working with Gourmet Catalog to develop exclusive and individualized at-market activities for its Western members,” said Dorothy Belshaw, president of Gift & Home Décor, International Market Centers. “Janis Johnson [president and founder of Gourmet Catalog] is a thought leader in the gourmet housewares industry, and we anticipate that her early advocacy ... |
