Where Retailing & Hospitality Converge
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Depending On Housewares Again
Housewares veterans like to remind everyone how the category historically has been a dependable business, prone to neither steep gains during economic booms nor steep declines during downturns.
Walmart’s Best Defense Is A Stronger Offense
In nominating HomeWorld’s 2017 Retailer of the Year (see the May 22 issue) after a shaky end to 2016 and beginning to this year for many operators, one particularly intriguing example of resilience was hard to ignore: Walmart U.S.
Renew Your License To Drive Sales
The Licensing Expo sets up shop in Las Vegas May 23-25, promising a bounty of brands, characters and entertainment properties ripe for the picking by vendors and retailers.
The Voice Of The People
This space typically is reserved for my views on the housewares business. But, this time, I’m giving someone else a voice.
Cultivating The Future Of Housewares
The recent International Home + Housewares Show provided an important showcase for the future of the housewares industry.
Rooting For Ron Johnson Again
They might not admit it now, but there were plenty of people in retailing rooting for Ron Johnson after he announced JC Penney’s plan to attract new customers with exclusive brands and experiences that wouldn’t need coupons and one-day sales as the primary bait.
Raise Your Hand For Housewares Charity
Raise your hand: How many of you were at the first Housewares Charity Foundation gala during the 1998 Housewares Show?
Look Closely For New Opportunity
Expect a busy day two at the International Home + Housewares Show.
Listen To The Counterfeit Uproar
It’s a topic that stirs great consternation yet great apprehension.
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