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IMC’s Unmatched Gourmet Resources Prepare Buyers for Success
ATLANTA / LAS VEGAS – (October 28, 2021)– International Market Centers’ (IMC) Winter 2022 Atlanta Market and Las Vegas Market offer can’t miss destinations for gourmet and housewares retailers looking for trendsetting new product, category growth opportunities and business-building education. With a combined 1,000 gourmet and gift-oriented housewares, tabletop and specialty food lines alongside 12,000+ complementary gift, home décor and furniture resources plus experiential and thought-leading educational sessions, the bicoastal markets offer retailers unmatched tools to grow their businesses.“Discerning gourmet and housewares buyers are eagerly anticipating the Winter 2022 Markets in Atlanta and Las Vegas,” said Dorothy Belshaw, IMC executive vice president, ... |
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Kuhn Rikon Wins Good Housekeeping 2021 Sustainable Innovation Award
PETALUMA, California, November 1, 2021 -- Kuhn Rikon is proud to be one of Good Housekeeping's 2021 Sustainable Innovation Award winners for its innovative new line of skillets made with recycled materials, the “New Life” skillet. Recognized in the kitchen and food category alongside industry heavyweights like Beyond Meat and Just Egg, the brand's "New Life” Skillet was chosen by Good Housekeeping Institute experts and sustainability professionals through a demanding nomination and selection process. The “New Life” skillet turns cans into pans by recycling post-consumer metal derived from beverage cans, bicycles and more and turning it into a uniquely durable aluminum alloy that is ... |
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Gellert Global Group Acquires Assets of Mitsui Foods, Inc.
Elizabeth, NJ— The Gellert Global Group has purchased specific assets of Mitsui Foods, Inc., a subsidiary of Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. Since 1953, Mitsui Foods has been importing fine grocery and specialty food products from around the world under various brands. These brands, including the EMPRESS® brand, will be integrated across the Gellert Global Group divisions, including Atalanta Corporation and Camerican International, and will add to the company’s already strong lineup of brands in retail and foodservice such as Del Destino® and Celebrity™. “We are proud to bring the rich history of the Mitsui Foods business and the strength ... |
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IHA Partners with Epistemix on Covid Protocols for The Inspired Home Show 2022
ROSEMONT, IL (Oct. 29, 2021)—The International Housewares Association (IHA) announces it has partnered with Epistemix, a data science company that has built computational models to help government agencies, municipalities, healthcare systems and the tradeshow industry identify the risk of putting on events in specific locations and employ appropriate mitigation techniques to reduce the threat of Covid-19. Using epidemiological, demographic, sociological and behavioral data across various subsets of the population, Epistemix is able to project, with high degrees of accuracy, the expected Covid-19 case occurrence in a given group of individuals gathered during a specific period of time. “The health and safety ... |
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The 2021 World Barista Champion, World Brewers Cup Champion, and World Cup Tasters Champion Have Been Awarded During HostMilano
OCTOBER 27, 2021 — After four days of intense competition, three new World Coffee Champions have been announced in Milan, Italy: Diego Campos representing Colombia is the 2021 World Barista Champion; Matt Winton representing Switzerland is the 2021 World Brewers Cup Champion; and Kyoungha (Charlie) Chu representing Australia is the 2021 World Cup Tasters Champion. The Milan World Coffee Championships have taken place over the last four days as part of the HostMilano trade show in Italy. Competition has been fierce, with over 90 competitors representing their Competition Bodies across four World Coffee Championships. It’s been fantastic to see our ... |
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Gift For Life Celebrates “World Food Day” With Commitment to World Central Kitchen Through 2022
October 12, 2021 —After the success of Gift for Life’s “Feed the Hungry. Feel the Good.” fundraising campaigns during events in 2021, and in honor of World Food Day, Gift for Life has extended its commitment to World Central Kitchen (WCK) and its crisis-related food insecurity programs through 2022. Gift for Life, the industry’s sole charitable organization, has raised more than $95,000 in 2021 between market week fundraisers and special events. The bulk of donations were directed to WCK’s Restaurants for the People program, which meets critical needs on two fronts: buying meals directly from restaurants and delivering them to Americans ... |
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Anuga 2021 exceeds all expectations
International, inspiring and above all personal - that was the 36th edition of Anuga which was staged from 09.-13.10.2021 in Cologne. With over 70,000 visitors from 169 countries and more than 4,600 exhibitors from 98 nations, the leading global trade fair for food and beverages once again demonstrated that trade fairs of these dimensions are possible again. "We are delighted with this result. It underlines the global significance of Anuga and the trust that is placed in us as a trade fair organisation. Furthermore, it also shows that Germany as a trade fair location continues to hold a leading and ... |
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JuniperMarket Preps for December Launch
(November 1, 2021) – With just weeks until the December launch of JuniperMarket, a new B2B e-commerce marketplace powered by International Market Centers (IMC), the in-house team is working around the clock to onboard tens of thousands of SKUs per day from industry-leading gift, home and lifestyle sellers, and to accommodate the growing pipeline of brands eager to join the platform. “JuniperMarket is operating in high-gear, with our team of nearly 200 technologists and customer experience specialists working non-stop to onboard brands for our December launch,” said Eric Dean, president of Juniper by IMC. “Momentum is building for JuniperMarket as buyers ... |
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Sullivans Acquires Woodstock Chimes
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota – September 8, 2021 Sullivans has acquired Woodstock Percussion, Inc., which will function as a subsidiary under Sullivan, Inc. After five decades of leadership in the industry, Woodstock Chimes founder Garry Kvistad has chosen Sullivans to lead his company into its next generation. The GRAMMY award-winning musician and his wife, Diane, started the business in New York’s picturesque Hudson Valley in 1979. Their commitment to precision-tuning and great-sounding wind chimes quickly attracted a large and loyal customer base. As they began to plan for the succession of Woodstock Chimes, the Kvistads searched for a well-established company ... |
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The U.S. Home-Centric Lifestyle is Here to Stay, Including the Majority of Meals Eaten at Home According To Recent NPD Report
CHICAGO, Sept. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Most analyses during the pandemic have focused on discerning its impact on consumer behavior and forecasting how this might change going forward. However, before the pandemic structural changes in the workforce and the aging population already contributed to a home-centric lifestyle, and COVID accelerated it, reports The NPD Group. These long-term trends will continue to influence consumer eating patterns and how they use their homes well into the future, according to NPD's recently released 36th edition of Eating Patterns in America. "Our life stage and workplace behavior has a lot to do with how, where, and ... |
