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Made in USA

Made in USA

According to Consumer Reports, eight out of 10 Americans would rather purchase products that were made in the U.S. than ones that were imported. Due to its popularity, many well-known brands, such as KitchenAid mixers, Igloo Playmate coolers and Whirlpool …

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The Comeback Kid

Ranch Home

One of the most popular home styles selling today may surprise you. It’s not the trendy farmhouse. It’s not modern. In fact, it hasn’t been popular since the height of the ’60s and ’70s, but it is quietly making a …

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The Pulse on Impulse Aisles

According to a CNBC article, the average U.S. consumer spends $5,400 each year on impulse buys. Data from Brandon Gaille Small Business & Marketing Advice indicates that 90 percent of people today make occasional impulsive purchases and 75 percent of those …

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As Seen on YouTube?

In the 1990s, “As Seen on TV” branded products moved from the small screen to retail. During that time, many home improvement stores incorporated the products into inventory and displayed them on end caps. Around 2014, as the novelty of …

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Reduce and Reuse: 4 Kitchen Products for Green Consumers

Kitchen Recycling

With a reduction in U.S. recycling programs due to China’s waste import restrictions on plastics and other solid materials, conscientious consumers have turned to the other two points of the environmentally friendly triangle: reuse and reduce. This trend impacted sales …

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Interactive Smart Home

NHS Smart Home

Last year, the National Hardware Show (NHS) responded to current and projected growth in the smart home industry with a new display in the middle of the Homewares vendor area. The Interactive Smart Home allowed visitors to walk through a …

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Future of Home Automation

Home Automation

The world of the Jetsons we enjoyed as kids is no longer a futuristic cartoon, out of reach. We may not have flying cars, but we have robots that vacuum and thanks to the internet of things, our homes provide …

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Pantone Color of the Year

Classic Blue

They say the classics never go out of style and, as we enter a new decade, color authority Pantone® has decided the world needs the stable foundation a classic color like Pantone 19-4052 Classic Blue provides.  “A boundless blue evocative …

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