Show the Media Your Hot Housewares For the Holidays
Promote your hottest new products for holiday gift-giving to the news media at the first “Hot Housewares for the Holidays” media event, Thursday, July 10 in New York City. This tabletop exhibition allows you a one-on-one opportunity to preview your new products for the holidays to the consumer and trade news media. The event is limited to 30 IHA member companies. Deadline to enter is June 20, so sign up today! Click here for more information or contact Debbie Teschke at 847.692.0110

(Actual Link: http://www.housewares.org/iha/benefits/mediaPreview.aspx)

China Expert Navarro to Keynote CHESS 2008
China expert and author Peter Navarro will give the keynote address to open the 2008 Chief Housewares Executives SuperSession (CHESS), a senior-level conference for housewares industry decision makers set for Sept. 9-10 in Chicago. Navarro is a business professor at the University of California-Irvine, a regular CNBC contributor and author of the bestselling book, “The Coming China Wars.” His video series, “The China Effect” appears on YouTube. In addition to Navarro’s talk, the day-and-a-half agenda will include informative sessions with peer discussion on creating innovation through design, making sustainability a part of a company’s marketing strategy and the impact of consumer trends on future business initiatives. The breakout sessions will feature up-close access to experts, who will cover topics including:

• Emerging markets for sourcing,
• Dealing with retail bankruptcies, and
• Protecting intellectual property.

A high-level retailer panel with personal advice on how to be a top-tier supplier will close the program. Click here to register or for more information, or contact Judy Colitz at IHA.

(Actual Links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGPsY19CJlA, http://www.housewares.org/chess/)

Save the Date for the 2008 HECNA Global Forum-Featuring Wal-Mart Central America
Central America will be the setting for the 2008 HECNA Global Forum, Sept. 22-26. Plans are now underway for a two-part program with main events taking place in Panama (Sept. 22-24) followed by an optional visit to Costa Rica (Sept. 25-26). This will be a key opportunity to meet with Central American and Columbian retailers and distributors and to learn about key international topics relevant to your business.  Wal-Mart Central America will present an overview of their current operations and expansion plans for this growing region. Please contact Lori Szudarek at IHA if you have any questions.

India Trade Mission
IHA, the Housewares Export Council and Albing International Marketing are conducting an Indian Trade Mission to Delhi and Mumbai, July 17-22. Events planned include:

• Meetings with top home & housewares retailers, buyers and distributors
• Meetings with executives from the hotel, restaurant and catering industries to explore food service sales opportunities
• A tabletop trade show with participants’ products
• Retail store tours
• Presentations by retail trade editors, industry experts and consumer experts
• Visits to housing developments and model homes/apartments

Click here for additional information or contact Lori Szudarekat IHA, 847.692.0116.

(Actual Link:  www.housewares.org/iha/global/indiatrademission.aspx)

2008 Buyers Lists Available
Detailed listings of the more than 23,000 U.S. and Non-U.S. buyers and the News Media who attended the 2008 International Home + Housewares Show are now available. Exhibitors are encouraged to use these lists to create their own database and follow-up list, create a customer target file and develop a mailing list for 2009 pre-Show promotion. The list can be sorted by any of the criteria included to meet your specific needs.

Access the buyers and News Media lists using your Company ID and Seniority Number. Help with retrievng your Company ID and Seniority Number also found at the link above.

(Actual Link:  http://www.housewares.org/show/exhibit/directory_login.aspx)

A Note About News Media
IHA makes every effort to verify the credibility of news media when they ask for credentials for the International Home + Housewares Show. But sometimes people misrepresent themselves and receive media badges when they shouldn't. We need exhibitors' help to identify these people. If you were approached during the Show by someone with a News Media badge who tried to sell you advertising, asked you to pay for editorial coverage or solicited you to participate in a fee-based program, please notify Debbie Teschke (847-692-0110) or Perry Reynolds (847-692-0109) of IHA. We will take action to ensure the individuals do not receive News Media credentials next year. We invite the news media to cover the Show and give exhibitors’ free publicity; any person wants to sell a service should have been wearing a Trade Guest badge.

FedEx Doubles Kinko’s Discount Rate
IHA members and industry partners are now eligible for savings up to 20% on select FedEx Kinko’s® business and document services. All members who have enrolled to receive Kinko’s discounts will automatically receive the new discounts. FedEx Kinko’s Office and Print Services is one of the world’s largest document services providers, with a global network of more than 1,500 locations worldwide and 20,000 professionals to serve all of your business services and document solutions needs. FedEx Kinko’s offers a full suite of document solutions to help you accomplish your business goals and save money - best of all it’s FREE to enroll! Click here to enroll in this FREE discount program.

(Actual Link: http://www.housewares.org/iha/benefits/fedex.aspx)

(Actual Link:http://www.housewares.org/iha/benefits/vcf.aspx)

Save on Freight Rates Without Changing Your Freight Forwarder
Are you getting competitive freight rates?  To know for sure, contact the International Housewares Shippers Association (IHSA). Using their combined purchasing power, IHSA negotiates competitive ocean freight contracts for IHA member companies.  IHSA offers a complete list of logistic services to reduce costs and help manage the supply chain.  And best of all, you would not have to change your freight forwarder.  Click here for more information on IHSA.

(Actual Link: http://www.housewares.org/iha/global/ihsa.aspx)

 Invention of the Month 

IHA and Invention Home have partnered to offer IHA members innovative, new product ideas available for license.  Here’s a sample listing: 

The Powered Citrus Juicer and Automatic Citrus Juicer provide a clean and easy way to extract juice from a fruit. Either of these incredibly simple to....

Learn more about this product and view the featured invention website.

Click here to receive new inventions via email from Invention Home.

(Actual LInk: www.inventionhome.com/invportfolio/ishowregister.aspx)