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Kitchenware News & Housewares Review Show Daily 6 3 Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Amici Home Debuts New Collections Amici Home celebrates its 35th year of bringing functional, trendsetting house- wares to the lifestyle customer. With a new booth location at this year's show, Amici Home is excited to debut new col- lections developed from around the world. Amici Home is proud to work with a variety of skilled glass artisans from Mexico to develop unique, colorful and trendy drinkware and serveware items. Using techniques that are 500 years old, these artisans display true inventiveness using decades of experience and a true passion for their craft. It all starts in a furnace, which heats the raw materials to a temperature upwards of 2,400 degrees Fahrenheit. The lead artisan will heat the end of the blowpipe and dip it into a pot of molten glass. The molten glass stays on the end of the blowpipe, like how honey acts on the end of a spoon. The glass is then rolled on a flat surface, where the artisan begins to shape the glass while also cool- ing the outside. While the inside is still very hot, the artisan will blow into the tube, creating a bubble on the inside. Then, depending on the desired shape, the glass can go through a variety of steps before it is finished. Some steps range from being placed into layers of water-soaked newspaper, held in the arti- san's bare hand to shape the piece. Other techniques include using tweezer or shears to create cuts like you would see at the lip of a pitcher. A variety of tech- niques can be used to add color, such as rolling the glass through colorful pow- der or tiny pebble like pieces of a frit arranged in a pattern. Because each piece is handmade, slight variations in size and shape can occur, thus making every piece unique, with the artisan's "signature" on each glass. Each glass is 100 percent lead free and dishwasher safe. Amici Home offers a variety of shapes within its wide range of styles such as: Hiballs ($9.99 retail), DOFs ($9.99), Stemless Wine Glasses ($9.99), Tom Collins Glasses ($9.99), Margarita Glasses ($14.90), Wine Goblets ($14.99), Brandy Goblets ($14.99) and Pitchers ($29.99). Amici Home has also introduced a range of oversize ceramic coffee mugs branded under its new line, Small Batch Coffee Mugs. The line incorporates a variety of techniques and shapes, including metallics and reactive glazes. All microwave safe and dish- washer safe, the mugs range from 20 ounces to 32 ounces and all retail at $9.99. Lastly, Amici Home has continued to release new figural salt and pepper shak- ers, providing consumers with a fun way to decorate their table top. From sugar skulls for Halloween, holiday icons for Christmas and a variety of fun styles for spring and summer, this category contin- ues to gain momentum. The full line of salt and pepper shakers is available at the Amici Home booth #S226-227, #S326- 327. For more information, contact sales@globalamici.com or stop by booth #S226. PedEgg Easy Curve Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary of Original PedEgg As TeleBrands has transitioned to BulbHead, the company is thrilled to bring back one of the most successful products in its history, the PedEgg, with the new, improved PedEgg Easy Curve. With millions of PedEggs sold, PedEgg Easy Curve is sure to find a steady audience of fans from previous years. Plus, it's sure to please brand-new consumers just learning about the prod- uct and its benefits. PedEgg Easy Curve is the easy way to exfoliate feet. The exclusive 10th Anniversary Edition offers an 18K gold- plated file face. The product is improved with 60 percent more micro files than the original, making foot care fast and thor- ough. Dry skin collects in the disposal chamber for easy clean up. After exfoliat- ing with PedEgg Easy Curve, follow-up foot pampering with the included emery pads to buff feet smooth. "The at-home foot care category continues to be a top seller at retail, so we recognized the value of creating a new and improved PedEgg to reach our con- sumer base through our valued retail partners," said AJ Khubani, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of BulbHead. "PedEgg Easy Curve is versatile, convenient and pro- vides a fast, at-home solution to the problem of dry, calloused feet." TeleBrands and its con- sumer brand, BulbHead, contin- ue to rapidly discover and bring solution-based products to con- sumers at retail. Building on successes like the blockbuster Star Shower holiday lights, Pocket Hose "the hose that grows" line, Hurricane cleaning products, Red Copper cookware, among others, the original "As Seen on TV" company markets convenient, cost-effective items with the goal of solving everyday prob- lems while saving consumers time and money. The company is responsible for more suc- cessful products than any other direct-response televi- sion company in history. Stop by booth #L11331. For more information on BulbHead and TeleBrands, visit www.bulbhead.com, on Facebook at w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / b u l b h e a d i d e a s , Twitter @BulbHeadIdeas and Instagram @BulbHead_Ideas. Neatfreak Brings Harmony to Everyday Life An interview with John Collins, President and Chief Marketing Officer for Neatfreak Group. KNSD: Tell our readers what is new from neatfreak. JC: Neatfreak is launching a New Laundry Accessory program that is focused on helping the home launderer organize their laundry, "like a neatf- reak." Neatfreak has brought the whole process of doing laundry together in one cohesive collection of well designed products. This line of quality products is packaged uniquely, organized simply and merchandised together to communi- cate each stage of laundering quickly and easily to the consumer. Neatfreak's unique approach provides all the key products required for sorting, washing, drying, ironing and storing laundry items is complete and concise, making it very easy for the retailer to offer their customer a one-stop laundry shop! KNSD: Is this something consumers are looking for? JC: Yes, of course, anything to make their daily chores easier is always wanted by consumers. As people con- tinue to lead busy lives and try to deal with all chores of every day life, find- ing the time to get it all done has never been so challenging. We know that fewer and fewer people want, or have the time, to iron clothes and are looking for ways to avoid it. There are lots of things that the consumer can do to care for their clothes during the laundering process that can help avoid the task of ironing at the end. Neatfreak, The Home Organization Company, is all about bringing harmo- ny to your everyday life and as such is focused on bringing well organized solutions to the consumer and laundry organization is something Neatfreak knows how to do well. For years our hampers with EVERFRESH ® Probiotic Odor Control, sorters, laundry bags and drying racks have been in the homes of consumers around the globe. But we knew there was more neatfreak can do to help con- sumers get organized and find harmony in they chores. We went on a mission to structure a unique assortment of quality merchandise that focused on simple care of your clothes from the dirty laundry stage right through to put- ting the clothes away in the dresser or closet and keeping them clean, tidy and organized. KNSD: What makes neatfreak's laundry accessory products different than what is already on the market? JC: Realizing that consumers need a "quick and easy" system to help them make the laundry chores less daunting, our product developers studied the mar- ketplace to find products that could help make life easier. It became apparent that there is a lot of confu- sion in the marketplace, making it difficult for a consumer to decide which product to buy and why. Analyzing competitive product, visiting many retailers and talking to consumers, we realized that there are very few brands merchandising all the items necessary to make laundering easi- er, organized, efficient – from sorting to storage. Neatfreak wants to create a solution for simple and organized laundry care that the consumer can easily find in one place, that's easy to understand, and affordable to purchase – with the quality and merchandising that neatfreak is known for. For more details about neatfreak home organization products, visit booth #N7740, Clean & Contain, or contact John Collins at 905.624.6262, ext. 262. Visit Neatfreak online at www.neatfreak.com. The Big Pitcher from Oxygen Orchard Besides just hydrating, drinking water can deliver supplemental oxygen, the ele- ment of life. Oxygen Orchard, Inc., based in Texas, is the sole manufacturer of this patented appliance. The Big Pitcher is a health-focused kitchen appli- ance, infusing drinking water with oxy- gen, naturally and safely. The Big Pitcher is endorsed by Baby Boomers, their children and par- ents, as well as numerous medical pro- fessionals. The product appeals to males and females in equal numbers, as well as to those in great health and those seeking better health. The consumer is reminded of the positive feelings they got from the purchase every time they take a drink. Hardware stores, vacuum dealers, sewing machine deal- ers, jewelry stores, pharmacies and health stores and furniture stores are all great places to carry the Big Pitcher. Basic frequently asked questions can be quickly mastered by sales associates and a Sales Support Video will be avail- able on YouTube soon. For more information, call 877.347.7770 or visit www.oxygenorchard.com.