Wholesale Housewares Retail Buyers Guide from the International Housewares Association

The International Housewares Association helps the retail buyer discover quality home and wholesale housewares products at the best prices. Connect with housewares suppliers and manufacturers to make your shopping experience as easy as possible. Wholesale housewares is a global industry. Make the process more personal, get to know your sources and connect with other wholesale housewares buyers with the help of the IHA. Our exciting HousewaresConnect365 service allows buyers to search for exhibitors, products, booth numbers, events, displays or speakers at the annual International Home + Housewares show. You can even create a briefcase to save a list of your results and make the most of your time as a wholesale housewares buyer at the Show.

The International Housewares Association has what every retail buyer needs to know about housewares manufacturers and wholesale housewares suppliers.

The International Housewares Association Knowledge Center includes all the information you need as a wholesale buyer to make informed decisions and purchases. From the IHA University to the TrendWatch section of the site, the IHA has it all. The State of the Industry Report is available to both IHA members and non-members alike, giving you the data and information that is driving the housewares industry. As a housewares buyer, the news and information available to you from the International Housewares Association will allow you to make smarter purchases and stay ahead of the wholesale housewares competition.

Our housewares industry search tools allow buyers to easily find the contact information for housewares manufacturers, wholesale representatives, service providers, exporters, retailers and more. Use these search tools to sift through the emerging products and discover the latest housewares and home goods products on the market. Make industry contacts and stay ahead of the curve with our manufacturers' directories and housewares industry search tools.

The International Housewares Association is a full service trade association dedicated to promoting the sales and marketing of the home and housewares industry since 1938. IHA – the world's Home Authority – is strategically positioned to connect, inform, support and enable wholesale housewares buyers and sellers throughout the world.

One of the most valuable tools for all businesses is the ability to make industry contacts. The IHA organizes the International Home + Housewares Show and assists in partnership development and international marketing opportunities between wholesale members, manufacturers and the retail housewares buyer. At the Show, you have the opportunity to see first-hand consumer lifestyle and product trends for all areas of the home. As a housewares buyer, you have access to the latest and greatest home and housewares products, and the opportunity to meet and network with other industry professionals. The HousewaresConnect365 tool allows you to make the most of this experience both and the Show and throughout the rest of the year.

Each year the International Home + Housewares Show attracts more than 60,000 people including 2,000 exhibitors from around the world as well as 14,000 purchasing agents from the United States and 6,000 international attendees from 40 countries. This site provides everything you need including registration forms, exhibitor lists and even panoramic photos of the show itself. The show is your opportunity to join the world's largest audience of home goods and professionals. Every year the world's most important professionals gather to do business in Chicago's state-of-the-art McCormick Place Exposition Center.

IHA assists its members throughout the year by offering global opportunities, by providing business solutions for operating more profitably, and by developing reliable industry resources for growing your wholesale housewares business. Become a member and take advantage of the IHA's programs and services today.

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