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ShopRite Launches Free GLP-1 Wellness Starter Kits For Pharmacy Customers

Keasbey, New Jersey-based ShopRite has introduced Wellness Your Way Starter Kits, a free and limited-time offering designed to support customers beginning GLP-1 medications for weight management. Customers filling their first GLP-1 prescription at a ShopRite Pharmacy will receive a kit while supplies last. Each kit includes complimentary product samples and nutrition tips to help customers […]

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IHA Survey: Consumers Plan To Host More At-Home Gatherings In 2026

Twenty-eight percent of consumers anticipate hosting more at-home gatherings in 2026, a four-point increase from 24 percent last year, according to the 2026 International Housewares Association‘s (IHA) At-Home Entertaining Survey released Feb. 23. The survey demonstrates how hosting at-home gatherings – whether to celebrate life moments or for no reason at all – continues to […]

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IHA Selects 60 Finalists For 2026 Global Innovation Awards

The Rosemont, Illinois-based International Housewares Association (IHA) has selected 60 new products for the home – five for each of the 12 categories – as finalists for the 2026 IHA Global Innovation Awards for Excellence in Product Design. The annual awards program recognizes distinction in the home and housewares industry. Finalists will be featured at The […]

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Inspired Home Show 2026 Programs Focus On AI, Consumer Trends

The Inspired Home Show 2026 will offer four keynote sessions and two days of targeted education programming March 10-12 at McCormick Place in Chicago, the International Housewares Association announced. Sessions will focus on market opportunities, business strategies and consumer insights covering artificial intelligence (AI), growth through disruption, marketplace trends and color forecasting. The education programming […]

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Albertsons Cos. Launches Celebrations Digital Hub For Party Planning

Albertsons Companies launched Celebrations, a digital destination designed to simplify planning special moments by consolidating custom cakes, floral arrangements, catering trays, themed décor and recipes in one location. Available across Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons Cos. websites and apps – including Albertsons, Safeway, ACME, Shaw’s, Jewel-Osco, Randalls, Vons and Tom Thumb – Celebrations brings together products and […]

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Inspired Home Show 2026 Set For March 10-12 In Chicago

The Inspired Home Show 2026 will take place March 10-12 at Chicago’s McCormick Place, bringing together more than 2,000 brands and 300,000 products for North America’s largest home and housewares industry event. The show, organized annually by the Rosemont, Illinois-based International Housewares Association (IHA), will feature key retailers and brands from around the globe. Major […]

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Key Brands Confirmed For The 2026 Inspired Home Show In Chicago

The International Housewares Association (IHA) has announced the lineup of brands set to exhibit at The Inspired Home Show 2026, a marketplace and networking platform for the home and housewares industry. Set for March 10-12, the 126th edition of the show is expected to draw thousands of retail buyers, product suppliers and industry leaders to […]

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Survey: Home, Housewares At Heart Of Consumers’ Plans In 2026

New International Housewares Association (IHA) research reveals that home and housewares products are increasingly central to how consumers plan to entertain and celebrate key life moments in 2026, according to the 2026 IHA Occasions and At-Home Entertaining Surveys released this week. The annual surveys — conducted for IHA by Morning Consult — provide detailed insights […]