The World’s Leading Home + Housewares Show
March 2–4, 2025 | McCormick Place | Chicago, IL
The Show featured 1,648 exhibitors from 38 countries. Nearly 30,000 home + housewares professionals from over 120 countries came together to discover new products, connect with colleagues and advance the industry.
Exhibiting companies indicated that The Inspired Home Show, with a new consolidated format and three full Show days, was a tremendous success. Check out what was said at the Show!
Marcus Lemonis and Chandra Holt appear in final keynote session of the Show, offering a candid look at the company’s bold strategic plans and how they hope to partner with home and housewares suppliers for mutual success.
Color expert Lee Eiseman shares insights on Pantone® View Home + Interiors 2025 forecast at The Inspired Home Show 2024.
While typical product replacement cycles may start to buoy the home and housewares industry next year, Joe Derochowski, Circana home industry advisor, outlined opportunities for brands to proactively drive growth and position themselves for success in the short-, mid- and long-term in a keynote session at The Inspired Home Show 2024.
Martin M. Pegler was a professor for thirty years in the Display & Exhibit Design Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. A leading expert in his field for over 60 years, Martin hosted seminars in the United States as well as in Latin America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. He authored over 80 books and his textbook, Visual Merchandising and Display, is used in universities around the world. Martin was presented with a lifetime achievement award by PAVE, the Planning & Visual Education Partnership that supports retail design education for students and educators. He was also inducted into the Visual Merchandising and Display Industries’ Hall of Fame.
Martin worked with gia from the beginning of the gia program in 2000, as an Expert Juror, and since 2016 as an honorary member of the gia Expert Jury. To honor Martin’s leadership role with the program, the Top Window Award was renamed the “Martin M. Pegler Award for Excellence in Visual Merchandising” in 2008. Also that year, he was presented with an honorary gia Award for Lifetime Achievement.