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Paul Venediger, co-owner of Woodbridge Kitchen Company in Suffolk, picked his top 12 best-selling housewares products for the January/February 2020 issue of Housewares Magazine. Here he lists the products, his retail prices, and the reasons why he thinks they are selling so well: 1.Chilly’s reusable water bottles from £15 A …

Anne Neiss, director of Houseproud of Morningside in Edinburgh, shared her current top 12 best-selling housewares products in the January/February 2020 issue of Housewares Magazine. Here she lists the products, her retail prices, and why she thinks they are selling so well: 1.Fiskars kitchen scissors £16.99 A must for every …

In the lead up to Christmas, staff of Peterborough-based Whirlpool UK Appliances (the parent company of KitchenAid, Whirlpool, Hotpoint and Indesit) donated items to three local initiatives: the Peterborough Christmas Shoebox Appeal, Peterborough Soup Kitchen and Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice. On behalf of the Peterborough Christmas Shoebox Appeal, the …

Coffee specialist Melitta will celebrated its new partnership with trade distributor EPE International at Spring Fair 2020 with its Barista TS Smart premium bean to cup coffee machine – complete with the prestigious Quiet Mark award. Fitted with the intuitive Touch & Slide feature to set and use the coffee …

The January/February issue of Housewares Magazine is packed with news, views and hot products, To view the digital issue, click here: https://content.yudu.com/web/69r/0A2d1or/HWJanFeb2020/index.html          IN OUR SHOW NEWS SECTION: We preview some of the new season products that will be on parade at Spring Fair, held from February …

The keynote sessions of The Inspired Home Show, which takes place from March 14 to March 17 at McCormick Place in Chicago, will offer ‘expert updates on key industry, consumer and lifestyle trends’, according to the exhibition’s organiser International Housewares Association (IHA). New this year is MarketWatch, billed as ‘IHA’s …

The Inspired Home Show is organising a special initiative for independent retailers that plan to attend the US exhibition, which takes place from March 14 to March 17 at McCormick Place in Chicago. International Housewares Association (IHA), which owns and operates the Show, said: ‘The retail landscape is changing rapidly …

Keeping in line with the new, more consumer lifestyle-focus of the event, The Inspired Home Show (formerly the International Home and Housewares Show) has reimagined all of its display areas ‘to better align with the needs of retailers seeking to meet the emerging needs of their customers’. By creating new …

To celebrate 20 years of The Golden Jubilee Trust volunteering programme run by the John Lewis Partnership (JLP), which owns and operates department store group John Lewis & Partners and supermarket chain Waitrose & Partners, two charities have been chosen to work with JLP closely during 2020. Some 20 staff …

Sainsbury’s is committing £1 billion over 20 years to becoming a Net Zero business in line with the goal to limit global warming to 1.5°C, the highest ambition of the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement is an agreement made by nearly 200 parties within the United Nations Framework Convention on …