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CorningWare, Corelle Brands Plan Fashion Week Event
The CorningWare and Corelle brands have joined with fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff and Chef Nate Appleman for a Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week event that incorporates high style when cooking, baking and serving. The brands will be hosting a Fashion Kitchen dinner with Minkoff and Appleman. Known for her playful collections with unexpected touches, Minkoff will share her fashionable entertaining tips and tricks while Appleman will serve up select signature dishes in a style inspired by the fashion designer’s favorite foods. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and 2009’s Rising Star Chef at the James Beard Foundation Awards, Appleman was ... |
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Smith’s Consumer Products Debuts KitchenIQ Brand
Smith’s Consumer Products Inc. has introduced its new housewares brand named KitchenIQ, known formerly as Edgeware. “The KitchenIQ brand highlights our long-standing reputation for innovation and quality, and clearly reflects our commitment to producing superior products that are smart for the kitchen,” said Dan Glidden, CEO, Smith’s Consumer Products. “KitchenIQ confirms to consumers that they are making a smart decision in buying our products and we look forward to building on our 127-year heritage under this vibrant new brand name.” The name change comes on the heels of the recent decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to cancel ... |
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Robert Macey Named Executive Chef for Hearthware
Chef Robert Macey has joined Hearthware Inc. as the housewares company’s executive chef. Macey will be responsible for developing and testing recipes for the NuWave Precision Induction Cooktop 2 and the NuWave Pro Infrared Oven, the company’s countertop oven that combines infrared, conduction and convection heat to accelerate the cooking process. He will also appear in online instructional video segments demonstrating recipes using the NuWave Oven and NuWave Precision Induction Cooktop 2, and will engage NuWave enthusiasts on social media channels by answering questions and providing cooking tips.Macey has more than 25 years of experience as a chef, consultant, restaurateur ... |
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Jin+Ja Wins Specialty Food Association Ad Contest
The story of a patent attorney turned ginger-drink maker has won the Specialty Food Association’s first-ever advertising contest that tells a compelling story about the passion for specialty food.More than 70,000 votes were cast in the not-for-profit trade association’s “My Story, My Ad” contest to determine the Top 10 finalists. They were selected from 373 inspiring stories about family businesses, culinary breakthroughs, childhood memories, career changes and more.A panel of advertising and marketing professionals evaluated the Top 10 entries and selected the winner, plus chose to name a runner-up.The winning entry is from Reuben Canada of Canada Enterprises in Philadelphia ... |
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Blendtec Wins Gold Innovation Award
Blendtec has earned the Gold Innovation Award, beating other leading brands to secure the coveted award. Judging was based on innovations delivered by Blendtec’s Signature Series and Stealth lines of blenders.The Signature Series, launched in 2012, incorporates new blend cycle programming and additional manual speed controls. The Blendtec Stealth, also new in 2012, is designed for commercial settings and is the quietest commercial blender in the world. It features an illuminated capacitive touch control surface as well as USB programmability and an online tool for creating custom blend cycles.“We appreciate industry accolades and are pleased to receive this distinctive honor. ... |
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Three NY NOW Exhibitors Earn Eco Choice Awards
Three companies – Calamarie, Potting Shed Creations Ltd. and WorldFinds – are winners of the eighth semiannual Eco Choice Awards for Most Innovative, Most Sensitive Use of Materials and Most Sellable, respectively, for products to be featured at the summer 2013 debut of NY NOW.“These companies represent multiple product categories, but all are committed to running sustainable, socially conscious businesses,” said Christian Falkenberg, NY NOW director and senior vice president of GLM, the parent company of NY NOW. “From 10 finalists in each of the three competition categories, these eco-friendly products were determined as winners by popular vote [online].”The winners ... |
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Lifetime Brands, Debbie Meyer Products Sign Licensing Deal
Lifetime Brands Inc., a leading global provider of kitchenware, tabletop and home products, has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Housewares America Inc. to manufacture, market, sell and distribute Debbie Meyer Products worldwide. Under the agreement, Lifetime Brands will expand distribution for the Debbie Meyer brand throughout its international network. “As I continue to develop new products across the kitchen and home for my Debbie Meyer brand, I know that a partnership with Lifetime Brands will not only help me continue to increase my distribution, but also help me apply my proprietary technologies to even more new products and categories,” ... |
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Max Brenner Chocolate Bar Opens in D.C. Metro Area
Washington metro area chocolate lovers can continue their romance with the sweet treat with the opening of a Max Brenner Chocolate Bar at the lifestyle center of Bethesda Row in Bethesda, Md. Known as a destination for chocolate, Max Brenner promises a unique experience where guests can see, smell, taste and touch chocolate in ways they have only imagined. The Bethesda location will feature signature menu items ranging from thick hot chocolate and Choctails to creamy fondues, pearl sugar waffles, chocolate pizzas and chocolate-filled syringes. “Bethesda Row, with its uncommon combination of retail, entertainment and dining options, is the ideal ... |
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IHA Offers Market Entry Opportunities to China, Japan
Housewares suppliers looking to enter the Asian market will have two opportunities in September through events offered by the International Housewares Association (IHA). The IHA, based in Rosemont, Ill., will sponsor a pavilion for members at the Interior Lifestyle China fair in Shanghai, Sept. 25 to 27, and then an introduction to the Japanese market, Sept. 29 and 30, in Tokyo. Members can participate in just one or both events. Companies participating in the Interior Lifestyle China fair pavilion will meet Chinese retailers and distributors to help them reach consumers within mainland China. The fair attracts 20,000 visitors and features ... |
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Atlanta International Gift Market Back to Eight Days
The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market will maintain its eight-day run for the January and July 2014 markets. Although a shortened run was previously announced by the organizers, the results of extensive qualitative research conducted with buyers and exhibitors during the July 2013 market indicated that AmericasMart markets needed to remain a straight Tuesday-to-Tuesday run. As a result, the dates for the upcoming markets are as follows: January 2014: The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market Showrooms: Tuesday, Jan. 7 to Tuesday, Jan. 14 Temporaries: Thursday, Jan. 9 to Monday, Jan. 13 July 2014: The Atlanta International ... |
