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Recent News from The Inspired Home Show!
Making Homes Warm and Cozy
Whether it involves well-loved items like candles or incorporating the recent trend of textured walls, shoppers are sure to appreciate inspiration.
Warming Up to Hot Beverages
Home and housewares retailers can help encourage shoppers with in-store tastings, clever recipes and tips for trying out new products or techniques.
At-Home Holiday Baking: Joyful Ideas for Retailers
The holiday season is steeped in nostalgia, drawing people to baked goods and baking tools that evoke memories of childhood and Grandma.
Exploring Product Resale and Rental
While resale and rental may seem counter-intuitive to new product sales, retailers and product manufacturers who take advantage of this shift may find ways to reach new customers and build brand loyalty.
Living It Up Outdoors
Summer is here and even though outdoor entertaining hit new heights during the pandemic, many consumers are looking for new ideas or ways to expand on what they’ve got.
Growing Importance of Social Responsibility
Consumers increasingly are looking for companies to help make their communities and the world a better place through social responsibility, which can include philanthropy, ethical business practices and economic development.
La Iberica—Generations of Joy
La Iberica in Uruguay is an enchanting retail space where heritage and modern-day retailing are seamlessly blended to enhance the charm of a business devoted to offering its customers’ endless moments of joy.
Environmental Responsibility at Home
Consumers are increasingly looking for sustainable solutions for their homes, and they’re turning to retailers and brand companies to take the lead on environmental responsibility.
Retail, with Love and Sugar on Top
As well as celebrating 20 years in business in 2023, U.S. retailer A. Dodson’s became a Global Innovation Awards (gia) Global Honoree in Chicago, and showed the world how you don’t have to be big retail chain to be a winner.
Exciting Changes to The Inspired Home Show 2024
The Inspired Home Show® 2024, next March in Chicago, will undergo several exciting changes. After carefully considering feedback received from two industry-wide surveys and four special committees made up of both exhibitors and retailers, the IHA Board of Directors has decided to reduce the overall length and to optimize the Show layout to create the most vibrant, productive and efficient trade show experience possible for the industry. The Show will now open on Sunday, March 17 and close on Tuesday, March 19.
Bold Foods and Flavors Feed a Need for Newness and Adventure
For so many consumers faced with leaner budgets and financial concerns, cooking with bold foods and flavors is helping them feed a need for newness and adventure.
Multisensory Magic and the Gift of Memories
Ambiente Living in Colombia is a true retail success story that started out two decades ago in the garage of an entrepreneur who understands the priceless nature of memories.