I've posted a few times about green tableware, and below are 2 more entries that I came across. In total, it appears environmentally tableware can be made from: potato starch, sugarcane fiber, bamboo, and dried palm leaves.
In HFN's September 10th issue, the magazine lists the top 5 selling dinnerware patterns (in the category of casual and housewares dinnerware patterns). I did a search for each of these patterns in Google. Which company do you think came up first for 3 out of these 5 patterns? Not Macy's. Not Wal-mart. The winner: Amazon.com. Amazon.com doesn't show up at the tabletop shows or even have a physical store.
So, why is our industry letting this player get all ...
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Your Tableware Television Network August / September 2007 Tableware Today
Starting in 2008 there will be a full television channel dedicated to showcasing tableware to millions of households. Tableware TV programming will include advertising and original programming about the manufacturing of hundreds of brands, biographies about the personas behind the brand, and tutorials about how to care for the tableware, amongst ...
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