International Housewares Association

Limited space available! CHESS 2025 is where senior leaders shape the future of the housewares industry. Join us for two days of powerful keynotes, executive-level networking, and strategic insights you won’t find anywhere else. ✅ Direct access to top industry experts ✅ Keynotes, panels, and actionable sessions ✅ Exclusive networking with housewares decision-makers This year’s theme, “Tackling Uncertainty With Strategic Agility,” focuses on turning today’s challenges into tomorrow’s opportunities. From smarter supply chains to workforce optimization to deeper market intelligence, CHESS equips you to lead with clarity in a fast-changing market. Join the industry’s top executives and position your business for a new era of growth. October 7–8 | Rosemont, IL

Limited space available! The Chief Housewares Executive SuperSession (CHESS) is the International Housewares Association’s annual senior-level conference for industry leaders. This 2-day event delivers: ✅ Direct access to top industry experts ✅ Keynotes, panels, and actionable sessions ✅ Exclusive networking with housewares decision-makers This year’s theme, “Tackling Uncertainty With Strategic Agility,” focuses on turning today’s challenges into tomorrow’s opportunities. From smarter supply chains to workforce optimization to deeper market intelligence, CHESS equips you to lead with clarity in a fast-changing market. Join the industry’s top executives and position your business for a new era of growth. October 7–8 | Rosemont, IL

Last call for registration! Join senior housewares executives at CHESS 2025 for two days of high-level strategy, exclusive insights, and executive networking. From supply chain agility to market intelligence, CHESS will help you turn today’s uncertainty into tomorrow’s opportunity. 📍 Rosemont, IL | Oct. 7–8 ➡️ Reserve your seat now!

It's easy to get consumed by what's happening right now. CHESS gives housewares executives something rarer: a couple of days away from day-to-day distractions to focus on where their company is actually headed. It's a chance to stop, make a commitment to learn, and share with peers across the industry, the kind of long-term thinking that's hard to find time for any other way. CHESS 2026: Refortifying the Value of the Human Touch 📅 September 29–30, 2026 📍 Hilton Rosemont, Rosemont, IL IHA's annual senior-level conference brings together housewares industry leaders for two days of strategic education and executive networking. As AI reshapes the marketplace, CHESS 2026 explores how technology and the human touch can drive the industry's next phase of sustainable growth.

CHESS gives senior home and housewares leaders something increasingly difficult to find: dedicated time to think strategically alongside peers who understand the industry. The two-day program brings together high-profile experts, keynote speakers, panel discussions and executive networking opportunities designed to help leaders prepare for a quickly changing marketplace. See what is planned for CHESS 2026 and register today!

The CHESS 2026 schedule is here, and this year's lineup dives deep into a question every housewares leader is facing: how do you balance the speed of AI with the power of human experience? New this year: hands-on AI Leadership Labs, including sessions on applying AI across Amazon, TikTok and ChatGPT; building an AI layer for daily operations; and how product reviews are shaping AI-driven product discovery — plus the always-popular Housewares Hot Seat, tackling real case studies in AI. Also on the agenda: retail trends and consumer shifts, tariffs and legislative updates, the creator economy's growing influence on commerce, and the latest from the shipping industry. See the full schedule and register today!