The World’s Leading Home + Housewares Show
March 2–4, 2025 | McCormick Place | Chicago, IL
Whether it’s all those holiday indulgences or the fresh start of a new year, people always seem to focus on wellness in January. This year, that focus is even more significant as many consumers are making their health a major priority throughout the year. Within the wellness spectrum, consumers are also paying more attention to mental and emotional health.
There’s plenty of lazy cooking recipes and hacks on social media these days, and the online trend is a good opportunity to spotlight housewares products that can help lighten the load for at-home chefs.
How does Pantone describe its 2023 Color of the Year? In a nutshell: Brave. Animated. Inclusive. Powerful. Empowering.
As economic concerns begin to dominate the news cycle and consumers feel the pinch of inflation, they are responding by bringing more experiential activities back into their homes. At-home entertaining is one of these activities and it is back in a big way.
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.