An innovator in the housewares industry and an advisor to New York City entrepreneurs.

It seemed a small accomplishment, but in the highly competitive housewares industry, such innovations are the stuff of best sellers.

First, I don't think there was much of a recession in the housewares industry, because these are things people use every day, and they aren't big-ticket items.

"I challenge anyone in the housewares industry to a match," he said.

Ways of getting material chaos out of sight, or at least disguising it, are a huge segment of the housewares industry.

Her mother is a manufacturers' representative in Windsor for the housewares industry.

OXO was founded by Sam Farber, an entrepreneur in the housewares industry.

When it comes to churning out gadgets and novelties, there is nothing more prolific than the housewares industry.

But the housewares industry is divided into more than 90 categories, each with its own record keeping, so statistics on the industry's overall growth are hard to come by.

KleinReid's modern-limbed, matte-glazed pottery business, with a net income last year of $240,000, represents a hairline crack in the $8 billion ceramic housewares industry.