Yvette Laugier Elected Chairman of the Board Glenn DeStefano, president of StoreBound LLC, has been elected to the board of directors of the International Housewares Association (IHA), the full-service trade association for the housewares industry. His three-year term begins October 1, 2021 and ends September 30, 2024. Also elected were new board officers: Chairman – Yvette […]
Read MoreThree new year-round digital platforms designed to serve the hardware and home improvement communities will be added to the 2021 in-person event The National Hardware Show® (NHS) has launched registration for its 75th edition, which will take place October 21-23, 2021 in the new West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. The most comprehensive […]
Read MoreCHESS, the Chief Housewares Executive SuperSession, returns in 2021 with an in-person event October 5-6, 2021 in Rosemont, Ill. As consumers and the housewares industry continue to recover from the Coronavirus pandemic, supply chain issues, post-pandemic growth strategies, changing consumer purchase behavior and new retail models are some of the topics facing suppliers that will […]
Read MoreABMA Emerging Leaders Back to School Event: “STRENGTHSFINDER 2.0 by Tom Rath and Gallup” – A book club learning and exchange session ZOOM EVENT: 2:00 p.m. – Thursday, September 16, 2021 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88583948130?pwd=NGVYNXMvYUdnMXhlT2t2NnNtQnRSZz09 Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day? Chances are, you don’t. All too often, our natural talents […]
Read MoreFreiburg Wirtschaft Touristik and Messe GmbH & Co. KG (FWTM) has announced an adjustment of the 2024 Interbrush dates to April 24-26, 2024. The date had been previously announced as May 24-26, but the organizers have indicated this was an error. The exhibition for the brush and paintbrush industry will be held in Messe Freiburg, […]
Read MoreThe American Brush Manufacturers Association (ABMA) is now accepting nominations for the William A. Cordes Innovation Excellence Award. Entries for the award will be accepted until November 30, 2021, and the award presentation will be made at the ABMA Annual Convention in March 2022 at the Hyatt Coconut Point in Bonita Springs, Fla.
Read MoreThe ABMA Educational Institute will host the next installment in their quarterly webinar series next Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. EDT. The webinar is titled Ounce of Prevention and will be presented by Paul Rutledge of MTWI-Safety.
Read MoreThe ABMA Emerging Leaders group hosted its inaugural happy hour on June 15, 2021. The group had a vibrant event punctuated by an entertaining storytime kickoff that eventually transitioned to a discussion on workplace demographics and other future educational topics for the group. ABMA Emerging Leaders President Kevin White says, “The hour went by so […]
Read MoreUnitech Exhibitions has announced INBrush will now be held May 25-27, 2022, at the CIDCO Exhibition & Convention Centre in Mumbai, India. The event is the region’s only dedicated B2B event for brush manufacturing machinery and finished brushes. It had already been rescheduled to October of 2021 but due to prolonged international air travel restrictions […]
Read MoreBy Meg Cooper The 2021 ABMA Convention was held as a virtual event March 17-19, 2021, and you can see full coverage of the event in the May/June issue of Brushware. Today, we offer bonus feedback from the event with the full question and answer sessions conducted by Meg Cooper with several attendees of the […]
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