The Housewares Industry Podcast

🎙️ Welcome to The Housewares Industry Podcast — where conversations take flight and insights move products.

We focus on what’s actually driving performance in housewares: Amazon strategy, Walmart data, Target insights, margin pressure, private label, freight shifts — the issues that show up in your line reviews and your P&L.

Each episode features former retail executives, consultants, data experts, and cross-category leaders who understand both sides of the table. We don’t stay in one aisle.

Smart ideas from pet, sporting goods, and beyond get translated back to housewares. If you’re preparing for a trade show, a buyer meeting, or your next product launch, this show delivers ideas you can use immediately.

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Retail isn’t slowing down—and neither is the data behind it. In this episode, I’m joined by Thomas Reali from Walmart Data Ventures to talk about the new pace of retail and what it means for brands selling into large retailers.

We explore how data has shifted from backward-looking reporting to forward-looking decision intelligence—and why that shift is separating high-performing suppliers from the rest of the pack. Thomas explains how brands can:

• Gain clearer visibility into performance drivers
• Make faster, more confident decisions
• Strengthen collaboration with retail partners
• Identify growth opportunities hidden in their own data

This is a practical, forward-looking conversation for brand leaders, sales teams, and data professionals who want to stop guessing and start executing with precision. If you're in the business of retail sales growth, this one’s worth a careful listen.


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This episode originally aired on the POS Data Minute Channel, and it was the catalyst for turning it into a regular stream of Pots, Pans, and Perspectives podcast epiosodes with Houseware Industry experts

On this live recording of the Point-of-Sale Data Minute podcast, I spoke with the Editor-in-Chief of HomePage News and houseware industry expert, Peter Giannetti. 

Peter shared his views on the current state of the North American housewares industry and what to expect for the back half of 2023, and we discussed the recent changes to the 2024 Inspired Home Show. It's another episode that you won't want to miss. In the meantime, check out HomePageNews.com for the latest houseware industry news.

00:00 Introduction
01:55 Amazon
07:00 Overstock
10:22 Year-to-date activity
12:33 Back half of the year (2023)
14:25 HomePage News
16:33 2024 Inspired Home Show 
23:43 That's a wrap

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