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The International Housewares Association and ANDMORE announced an eight-year partnership that will bring The Inspired Home Show to AmericasMart Atlanta in January 2028. The show will be held alongside Winter Atlanta Market, while its March 9–11, 2027 edition remains scheduled for Chicago.
The International Housewares Association (IHA) and ANDMORE have agreed to an eight-year partnership that will move The Inspired Home Show to AmericasMart Atlanta beginning in January 2028. The annual housewares event will run alongside Winter Atlanta Market, creating a shared sourcing destination for buyers across home and gift categories.
The show will be held on the AmericasMart campus, using a mix of permanent showrooms and trade show space. Hardware Retailing reported that the space will be split evenly between the two formats. The arrangement marks a change for The Inspired Home Show, which has been a temporary-only trade show held each March in Chicago.
The Atlanta event is scheduled to debut at Winter Atlanta Market, January 11–16, 2028. Before the move, The Inspired Home Show will take place in Chicago on March 9–11, 2027. The source report does not give a date or venue for a 2028 Chicago edition, and the announced plan identifies Atlanta as the show’s destination from January that year.
IHA president and CEO Derek Miller said the move is intended to create new opportunities for industry connections and product discovery. ANDMORE executive Amory Wooden said adding the show would expand the company’s housewares and tabletop offerings and give buyers more categories to source during one trip. Those statements describe the organizations’ aims; the announcement does not provide attendance, exhibitor or sales projections.
Bringing the show together with Winter Atlanta Market puts housewares exhibitors alongside a major gift and home market at the same campus and time. For buyers, the organizations say the arrangement is intended to make it possible to source across categories in one trip. For exhibitors, a permanent showroom presence could offer a different way to present products and meet customers than a temporary annual show floor.
The partnership also changes the event’s geographic and operational model. The show’s long-standing March gathering has been in Chicago; the announced Atlanta debut is in January and will combine showrooms with trade show space. How buyers and exhibitors respond to that change will become clearer as the 2028 event approaches. No figures were released to quantify expected business gains or participation.
From Chicago Show to Atlanta Campus
The Inspired Home Show has operated as a temporary trade show in Chicago each March. Under the new plan, it will be based at AmericasMart Atlanta, where the event will share timing with Winter Atlanta Market. The arrangement is described by the source as the first time in the show’s history it will be part of a permanent, cross-category marketplace model.
The partnership follows an earlier ANDMORE arrangement with the International Casual Furnishings Association. Hardware Retailing reported that ICFA moved its Casual Market, an event with more than 60 years of history, to AmericasMart in 2023, and that partnership has grown each year since. This is precedent cited by the parties, but it does not establish how the housewares show will perform in Atlanta.
““This partnership dramatically expands our housewares and tabletop offerings, giving buyers even more reason to source across categories in one trip.””
— Amory Wooden, executive vice president and chief revenue officer of ANDMORE
Details Still to Be Confirmed
The announcement specifies an eight-year partnership and the January 2028 Atlanta debut, but the source report does not provide the agreement’s detailed terms, including any financial arrangements. It also does not identify the specific AmericasMart buildings or showroom locations that will host the show, or explain how space will be assigned to exhibitors.
Attendance targets, exhibitor commitments, registration dates and ticketing or buyer-access details were not included. The organizations have not supplied figures to support the claim that the combined event will become the industry’s biggest sourcing marketplace. Those details, and the extent of buyer and exhibitor participation, remain to be established.
The 2027 Chicago Edition
The next listed edition is The Inspired Home Show in Chicago, March 9–11, 2027. That event will precede the Atlanta launch by about ten months and gives exhibitors and buyers one more scheduled Chicago edition before the announced move.
The Atlanta debut is set for January 11–16, 2028, alongside Winter Atlanta Market. The organizations have not yet provided further operating details in the source report. As they release information on exhibitors, showroom arrangements and buyer access, those updates will clarify how the new shared format will work.
Key Questions
When will The Inspired Home Show move to Atlanta?
The Atlanta debut is scheduled for January 11–16, 2028, alongside Winter Atlanta Market at AmericasMart.
Will the show still take place in Chicago in 2027?
Yes. The next listed Chicago edition is scheduled for March 9–11, 2027. The source report does not specify a 2028 Chicago event.
Who announced the partnership?
The International Housewares Association and ANDMORE announced an eight-year partnership to bring the show to AmericasMart Atlanta.
What will change about the event format?
The Atlanta plan combines permanent showrooms and trade show space at AmericasMart. Hardware Retailing reported that the space will be divided evenly between those formats.
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