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FROM THE EDITOR KITCHENWARE NEWS & HOUSEWARES REVIEW n JANUARY 2019 n www.kitchenwarenews.com PUBLISHER Kimberly Oser SR. ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Jules Denton-Card jules_d@oser.com EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Lorrie Baumann lorrie_b@oser.com SR. ASSOCIATE EDITOR Robin Mather robin_m@oser.com ASSOCIATE EDITOR Greg Gonzales greg_g@oser.com Amanda Helt amanda_h@oser.com ART DIRECTOR Yasmine Brown GRAPHIC DESIGNER Jonathan Schieffer ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Anthony Socci anthony_s@oser.com CUSTOMER SERVICE Caitlyn McGrath MANAGERS caitlyn_m@oser.com Susan Stein susan_s@oser.com CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Tara Neal CIRCULATION MANAGER Jamie Green jamie_g@oser.com OSER COMMUNICATIONS GROUP editor from the Welcome to the January issues of Gourmet News and Kitchenware News! For Kitchenware News, this is the first of what will be just seven issues this year, and after this one, you'll see the next in March. Unfortunately, this change is made necessary by the realities of print publishing that have caused the demise of many other publications, including last year's announcement that Gourmet Retailer, a magazine published by a respected competitor of both Gourmet News and Kitchenware News, "no longer exists as a separate print publication and website." We're trying not to follow our competitors down that precise path, but part of the reality that we're all facing is that the manufacturers who used to support our work by advertising in our publications have turned more to social media for day-to-day communication directly with consumers instead of communicating many of their messages through retailers. We particularly value those manufacturers who've recognized that the work we publish in our print publications makes a real contribution to our national conversations around home cooking and food and how it gets to our tables and who therefore support us in that work by advertising in our publications. We hope that as you read these magazines, you take a moment to notice their contribution to our work and to recognize it for what it is – their own commitment to contribute in a meaningful way to the conversations important to all of us and to your customers as well. We continue to think that retailers are an important communication channel for consumers who want to know more about the products that they're considering bringing into their lives, particularly for matters in which trust is important – which include all of the most important decisions we make in life. What that means is that we're going to do our best to keep on bringing you the information that you need to make decisions about the products that you're going to buy and sell to the customers who trust you to have thought through the qualities of what you're putting in f ront of them. We hope that you'll continue to enjoy what we have to offer, and we look forward to another year of meeting you at trade shows and markets, talking with you on the telephone and on visits to your places of business and passing the news around on the pages of our magazines, on our websites and through our social media. Do visit us at www.gourmetnews.com, www.kitchenwarenews.com and www.snackingnews.com and follow us on Twitter at @gourmetnewsmag and @KNHRTweets. You'll find content at each of those places that you won't find anywhere else, and it's truly our pleasure to bring it all to you wherever you find us. KN Lorrie Baumann, Editorial Director 4 KITCHENWARE NEWS & Housewares Review Kitchenware News & Housewares Review is a publication of Oser Communications Group Inc. 1877 N. Kolb Road • Tucson, AZ 85715 520.721.1300 www.kitchenwarenews.com www.oser.com FOUNDER Lee M. Oser Periodicals postage paid at Tucson, AZ and additional mailing office. Kitchenware News & Housewares Review (USPS012-625) is published 12 times per year (Jan., Feb., March, April, May, June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., and Dec.) by Oser Communications Group, 1877 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ, 85715 520.721.1300. Publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material or prices quoted in newspaper. Contributors are responsible for proper release of proprietary classified information. ©2018 by Oser Communications Group. All rights reserved Reproduction, in whole or in part, without written permission of the publisher, is expressly prohibited. Back issues, when available, cost $8 each within the past 12 months. Back issue orders must be paid in advance by check. Kitchenware News & Housewares Review is distributed without charge in North America to qualified professionals in the retail and distribution channels of the upscale kitchenware and tabletop trade. For subscriber services, including subscription information, call 520.721.1300. Printed in the USA. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Kitchenware News & Housewares Review, 1877 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85715.