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infectious disease prevention, to determine mitigation policies that may be implemented at the Show.


“The Inspired Home Show is a critical event for the home + housewares industry as it is the single best method for product discovery and networking,” said Derek Miller, president and CEO of IHA. “We are incredibly grateful for the outpouring of support from both the supplier and retail communities – both of which have communicated that the Show is a lynchpin in their sales and marketing strategy that has been sorely missed for the last two years and needs to return as soon as possible.” “Unpredictability felt like the new normal in 202l, and now we’re going through another unimaginable event with the Omicron variant,” commented Yvette Laugier, managing director of Peugeot Saveurs North America, LLC, and chair of the International Housewares Association’s (IHA) Board of Directors. “But our industry has become more resilient, and we’ve learned to adapt quickly. Together we can face any challenge thrown at us.”


What to watch:


Supply chain, hiring/retention, inflation, shifts in consumer behaviors, and, of course,


how the Omicron variant will affect everything


Keynote Sessions Exclusive IHA data on consumer values; insights on shifting consumer lifestyle trends; an inside discussion about one of the industry’s fastest-growing and most influential online food and home platforms; and a revealing view into the future of color in home and housewares are the focus of the Keynote sessions at The Inspired Home Show 2022. The keynotes are set for Sunday and


Monday in the Grand Ballroom (S100) in the South Building. The hour-long sessions begin at 7:30 a.m. and noon each day. Admission is free to all Show attendees. The lineup showcases the return of veteran


IHA trend forecasters and keynoters Leatrice Eiseman, director of the Eiseman Center for Color Information and Training and executive director of the Pantone Color Institute; and Tom Mirabile, principal of Springboard Futures, who will be joined by Leigh Ann Schwarzkopf, founder of Project Partners Network. Schedule highlights also include a special


fireside chat with Amanda Hesser, co-founder and CEO of Food52; and a discussion on consumer home and housewares purchase drivers with authors of the 2022 IHA Market


Watch report. These include Leana Salamah, vice president, marketing, IHA; Mirabile of Springboard Futures and Joe Derochowski, vice president and home industry advisor for The NPD Group. Peter Giannetti, editor-in-chief of HomePage News, will moderate the fireside chat with Hesser and the discussion with the IHA Market Watch team.


Star-studded Cooking Theatre line-up Lifestyle icon Martha Stewart will headline the line-up of celebrity chefs appearing in the Gibson Homewares-sponsored Cooking Theatre. Joining Stewart will be veteran celeb chefs Rick Bayless, Gale Gand and Fabio Viviani, along with first-time appearances by actress Tia Mowry, YouTube chef Andrew Rea of Binging with Babish, Meredith Abbott of Sur La Table, Will Brown of Cutthroat Kitchen and MasterChef winners Gerron Hurt and Kelsey Murphy.


The chef demonstrations will begin at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, 5 March and continue through Monday, 7 March. During the three days of presentations, national and local celebrity chefs will be demonstrating their culinary talents using products that can be found throughout the Show.


An Inspired rebrand Martha Stewart


The decision to rebrand to ‘The Inspired Home Show’ was made to better align with how consumers purchase home and housewares products. Rather than a focus solely on function and price, consumers look for products that align with a lifestyle that they are aspiring to create in their homes. With this evolved focus, the show experience will include an emphasis on consumer lifestyle trends and how those trends inform purchases.


For more information about the 2022 Show and to register for a Show badge, please visit u www.TheInspiredHomeShow.com/register.


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