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8 IN THE ISSUE KITCHENWARE NEWS & HOUSEWARES REVIEW from the n JANUARY 2014 n www.kitchenwarenews.com K ITCHENWARE NEWS H o u s e w, a r e s R e v i e w S E R V I N G K I T C H E N WA R E publisher With the hustle and bustle of the holiday season behind us, we can look forward to the hustle and bustle of packing for our trip to Chicago for the International Home + Housewares Show. We've been privileged to get a few hints about some of the great new products that will be introduced there this March. We're even more blessed that the folks who whispered those hints to us somehow neglected to swear us to secrecy, so you'll see one or two of the most exciting items in this issue. Also in this issue you'll see a broad range of the products that will be on show this month at the winter gift markets around the country. Some of them will be on view in Atlanta, some in New York and some in Las Vegas, but the best of them will be right here in Kitchenware News & Housewares Review over the coming months, so if you can't dig yourself out of your driveway in January, fear not. You won't miss it all! We hope that you're enjoying the wider range of news coverage that we're now offering you in the pages of Kitchenware News & Housewares Review. In coming months, we'll be bringing you tips for effective cooking demonstrations, ideas for how to sell your customers on entertaining at home and advice on building a better gift basket. We'll be discussing effective merchandising and some tools to help you do that, and you'll notice that we're now showcasing cutlery every month. Some of these features will be brought to you by new Contributing Editor Donna Boyle Schwartz. We invite you to join us in welcoming her to the Kitchenware News & Housewares Review family. Read her story about some of the Fair Trade, sustainable artisanal products coming to market this year starting on our cover page. And as always, keep in mind that if you have something you'd like us to know, whether it's to call an event at your store to our attention so we can post the notice on our website or to tell us about a great product that you've run across and would like to know more about, if you notice a gap in our coverage that you'd like us to close, or if you've been wondering how to get your store profiled in one of our issues, please visit us at www.kitchenwarenews.com and just click the Contact link on the navigation bar. We always enjoy hearing from you! PUBLISHER H O M E D E C O R A N D G I F T WA R E M A R K E T S Lee M. Oser EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Lorrie Baumann lorrie_b@oser.com CONTRIBUTING EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR Donna Boyle Schwartz David Bowers david_b@oser.com GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Yasmine Brown Vicky Glover ads@oser.com TRAFFIC MANAGER Jaysun Freightman jaysun_f@oser.com SUBSCRIBER SERVICES 1877 N. Kolb Road Tucson, Arizona 85715 [tel] 520.721.1300 [fax] 520.721.6300 KITCHENWARE/HOUSEWARES ADVERTISING ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Jeff Rosano jeff_r@oser.com Lee M. Oser, Publisher [tel] 520.721.1300 Kitchenware News & Housewares Review is a publication of ELM Communications, a division of Oser Communications Group, Inc. 1877 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85715 www.oser.com PRESIDENT 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. ©2014 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.