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The International Housewares Association and ANDMORE announced an eight-year partnership that will move The Inspired Home Show from Chicago to AmericasMart Atlanta starting in January 2028. The show will run alongside Winter Atlanta Market, with its campus space split between showrooms and trade show areas. The 2027 edition is still scheduled for Chicago.
The International Housewares Association (IHA) and marketplace operator ANDMORE announced an eight-year partnership to move The Inspired Home Show to AmericasMart Atlanta beginning in January 2028. The housewares trade show will take place alongside Winter Atlanta Market, bringing it into a permanent marketplace with both showrooms and trade show space.
The Atlanta event will be held on the AmericasMart campus and will be divided evenly between showrooms and trade show space, according to the announcement reported by Hardware Retailing. The organizers describe the arrangement as a permanent, cross-category marketplace model, a change from the show’s temporary-only format in Chicago.
The move does not affect the next scheduled edition: The Inspired Home Show is set to take place in Chicago from March 9–11, 2027. Its first Atlanta edition is scheduled for January 11–16, 2028, alongside Winter Atlanta Market, AmericasMart’s gift and home show.
The agreement covers eight years. IHA and ANDMORE said the partnership will expand the housewares and tabletop offerings available to buyers at the Atlanta marketplace. They have not released financial terms or a detailed breakdown of the show’s floor plan.
A Permanent Atlanta Sourcing Base
For home and housewares companies, the relocation will change where and how they meet buyers each year. Combining the event with Winter Atlanta Market could let attendees source across housewares, tabletop, gift and home categories in one trip, while exhibitors gain access to an established marketplace campus.
IHA President and CEO Derek Miller said Atlanta offers a new platform for industry connections and product discovery. ANDMORE’s Amory Wooden said the deal will expand the marketplace’s housewares and tabletop offerings and give buyers more reasons to source across categories. Those are the organizations’ stated aims; the announcement does not provide attendance forecasts or other measures of expected impact.
From Chicago Trade Show to Atlanta
The Inspired Home Show has been held in Chicago every March as a temporary trade show. Under the new arrangement, it will move to AmericasMart, a permanent venue, and operate with a mix of showrooms and trade show space. The shift is described by the partners as the first permanent, cross-category marketplace model in the show’s history.
The partnership follows ANDMORE’s 2023 move to bring the International Casual Furnishings Association’s Casual Market to AmericasMart. Hardware Retailing reported that the partnership has grown each year since. The new agreement applies to The Inspired Home Show and places it alongside Winter Atlanta Market; the source does not detail whether the events will share registration, programming or other operations.
““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 at ANDMORE
Details of the New Format
The announcement does not specify exhibitor counts, attendance targets, pricing, financial terms or the exact allocation of space beyond an even split between showrooms and trade show space. It also does not explain whether the Atlanta event will keep all existing programming or how registration and scheduling will work across the co-located shows.
The partners have presented cross-category sourcing as a benefit, but it remains unclear how buyers and exhibitors will respond to the change. The Chicago edition in March 2027 will take place before the relocation, giving the show another year in its current city before the Atlanta debut.
Chicago in 2027, Atlanta in 2028
The next edition is scheduled for March 9–11, 2027, in Chicago. IHA and ANDMORE have scheduled the first Atlanta edition for January 11–16, 2028, during Winter Atlanta Market. Further operational details, including exhibitor arrangements and the layout at AmericasMart, have not been announced in the source report.
Key Questions
When will The Inspired Home Show move to Atlanta?
The first Atlanta edition is scheduled for January 11–16, 2028, at AmericasMart Atlanta.
Will the 2027 show still be held in Chicago?
Yes. The show is scheduled for March 9–11, 2027, in Chicago, before the planned move.
Who agreed to move the show?
The International Housewares Association, which organizes the show, and ANDMORE, which operates AmericasMart, announced an eight-year partnership.
What will the Atlanta event include?
The event will be held alongside Winter Atlanta Market at AmericasMart. The partners said the show will use a mix of showrooms and trade show space, split evenly; further layout and programming details have not been released.
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