Recap and discussion of various points raised from the sessions over the last two weeks with an eye toward what is most immediate and actionable.

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Moderated by Peter Giannetti

Sponsored By: Jura

Mark Tritton, President and CEO at Bed Bath & Beyond and Marshal Cohen, Chief Industry Advisor, Retail at The NPD Group, explore the hottest topics for the home industry. In this lively discussion, Mark highlights how the leading home retailer has been driving innovation in a time of change, cultivating a purpose-driven, customer-inspired brand and his transformation agenda for strategic growth in 2021 and beyond.

Mark Tritton, President & CEO, Bed Bath & Beyond

Join Licensing International as they bring together a panel of industry leaders to discuss challenges and opportunities in establishing or enhancing diversity and inclusive practices in their workforces, culture, customer, and client bases.

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The Housewares industry has flirted with Smart in the home for a few years with varying degrees of success. Given the dramatic changes in consumer needs and retailing during the pandemic, Smart technology is ripe for Housewares; but to be successful it needs the integration of the Food, Technology and Housewares industries working together to solve these new consumer needs. In this discussion we will view the challenge of Smart through three distinct lenses – eating behaviors, technology and housewares – to help leverage Smart to solve these new consumer needs.

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Moderated by Peter Giannetti

Sponsored By: Jura

While the home + housewares industry saw record growth from the pandemic, many other industries faced significant headwinds. What lessons can we, in the Housewares industry, learn from those industries that have had to think differently in order to survive- what of their experience can make us more adaptive?

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Moderated By Peter Giannetti Director, Editorial, Content and Education, IHA

Sponsored By: Lasko

Plenty of new consumer needs were established during the pandemic. Which are here to stay and which are fleeting? How will consumers navigate a world where contagious diseases are disruptive rather than irritating? And what is and will be important to consumers in their purchase decisions in the near term?

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