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IHHS HIGHLIGHTS targeting awareness Show unveils products for a better home and cleaner environment. C ontrary to popular belief, it is easy being green; or, if not exactly easy, than at least it is getting easier if the number of “green” products displayed at the 2008 International Home + Housewares Show can be believed. The show, which was held March 16-18 in Chicago, was replete with environmentally friendly products and presentations. Viewing these goods and listening to these discussions were more than 61,700 people, including more than 23,000 buyers. The show also featured more than 2,000 exhibitors from over 34 countries. More than 400 of those exhibitors were new to the show. U.S. buyer registration was up 6.2 percent across all retail channels with 16,400 registrants. There was a sharp increase in U.S. independent specialty retailers with 75 percent of the U.S. retail buyers coming from specialty channels. Internationally, buyer registration grew 7.3 percent to 6,992 registrants from more than 100 countries. “We are pleased to report these outstanding results,” said Phil Brandl, president of the International Housewares Association, the Show’s not-for-profit owner and operator. “In contrast to other economic news, we were pleased to see the optimism and energy among show exhibitors and attendees. Based on their input, this bodes well for the industry’s immediate future.” Also boding well for the industry is the interest in green products. From designers to CEOs, the housewares industry seemed to be responding to rising consumer awareness of a sustainable future, organizers said. This interest was seen in research recently released. For the first time in more than 20 years of consumer research, Albing International Marketing (AIM) has identified an “increasingly passionate interest in the environment,” according to AIM President Robin Albing. “Maybe it’s the influence of Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ or a rec- by larry adams applianceDESIGN May 2008 41 www.applianceDESIGN.com http://www.appliancedesign.com

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