chicago retail tour

Date & Time:
Wednesday,
March 19
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. 		Event Location:
Intercontinental Chicago
505 North Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL  60611 USA

Registration for the retail tour is closed. For information on the wait list, please contact Lszudarek@housewares.org

Experience first-hand leading retail stores in the Chicago area. Show attendees are invited to take part in the Home & Housewares Retail Tour on Wednesday, March 19. The tour will begin with a complimentary continental breakfast and U.S. Retail overview. Throughout the day, we will visit some of the most exciting home & housewares retailers in the Woodfield area in suburban Chicago.

Retail visits currently scheduled include:

  • The Container Store
  • The Great Indoors
  • Linens’n’Things
  • Target
  • Wal*Mart

At Woodfield Shopping Center, specialty retailers include:

  • Crate & Barrel
  • White Barn Candle Company
  • Yankee Candle
       		      

The Chicago Retail Tour is free for attendees of the International Home & Housewares Show. Although the tour is free and open to all International Home & Housewares Show attendees, pre-registration is required as space is limited. During the Show, check for cancellations at the International Business Center, Level 3 Lobby, Lakeside Center.

Also in the downtown area there are several great homegoods stores that we encourage you to visit. Download a list of homegoods stores here.

If you have any questions, please email retailtour2008@housewares.org.