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FROM THE EDITOR KITCHENWARE NEWS & HOUSEWARES REVIEW n OCTOBER 2017 n www.kitchenwarenews.com Periodicals postage paid at Tucson, AZ and additional mail- ing 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 responsi- ble for proper release of proprietary classified information. ©2017 by Oser Communications Group. All rightsreserved Reproduction, in whole or in part, without written permis- sion 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, in- cluding 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. PUBLISHER Kim Oser SR. ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Jules Denton jules_d@oser.com EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Lorrie Baumann lorrie_b@oser.com EDITOR Micah Cheek micah_c@oser.com ASSOCIATE EDITOR Greg Gonzales greg_g@oser.com ART DIRECTOR Yasmine Brown GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Jonathan Schieffer CUSTOMER SERVICE Caitlyn McGrath MANAGERS caitlyn_m@oser.com Sarah Glenn sarah_g@oser.com CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Tara Neal CIRCULATION MANAGER Jamie Green jamie_g@oser.com 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 OSER COMMUNICATIONS GROUP H o u s e w a r e s R e v i e w KITCHENWARE NEWS S E R V I N G K I T C H E N WA R E, 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 editor from the Greetings! As we go to print with our October issues, our country has been dealing with the effects of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma as well as remembering the horrific events of September 11, 2001. These things have more than a coincidence of dates in common. What all of these things have in common is that these challenges have brought out what we all regard as the best in each other. We've watched, on television and in person, everyday acts of heroism – people taking it upon themselves to lend a hand where it's needed. That's who we are, not just as Americans, but as human beings. As a species, we're cooperative and social and intelligent. We naturally reach out to our fellow human beings to lend a hand, share resources, tell stories and solve problems. It doesn't take a hurricane to make that happen – the American Cheese Society gets together every July to eat a lot of cheese and help each other figure out if there's a better way to sanitize the creamery. Grocers get together and talk about how to manage inventory so they can reduce food waste. Kitchenware retailers get together and talk about how they might improve their digital marketing. We all rely on each other to share what we have and what we know to help each other make our world a better place. As a country, we haven't been acting much like we really know that. It's been one of the most distressing outcomes of our last Presidential campaign, that we seem to have forgotten that we do this, that we even know how to do this. But way down in our DNA, even in the very reptilian parts of our lizard brains – the parts that harbor all the anger and panic that afflict us – we do know that when our world dissolves around us, we can absolutely count on our fellow human beings to help, and it doesn't much matter who they are or where they come f rom. Instead of remembering that, we've been acting as if our differences matter more than the simple basic truth that when the world blows apart around us and the water rises over our homes, the human being who's safe on higher ground but who sees the water rising over us is going to stop his own flight and reach out a hand to help. That's what we are. KN Lorrie Baumann, Editorial Director 4