What’s new in dinnerware - New York Tabletop Show, April 2009

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What’s new in dinnerware - New York Tabletop Show, April 2009

By admin | May 11, 2009

The new dinnerware introductions that were shown at the New York Tabletop Show in April 2009 were considerably more about business, than about new patterns. Here are some of the highlights.

White dinnerware is the most popular - not a big surprise.
Square dinnerware was everywhere - again, not a surprise.
Turquoise and otehr blue-green shades were shown in a wide number of showrooms - shown as accents with brown, white, and blue, but will this fashion color be strong for dinnerware?
Purple is making a comeback.
Greens are still strong.
Birds and butterflies are flying around the plates.
Reactive glazes still very strong in Housewares.

Fitz and Floyd is working with Ralph Lauren to create a brand new Ralph Lauren dinnerware line. The new line will include dinnerware, stemware, flatware, barware, and giftware.

Homer Laughlin showed their new Fiesta dinnerware color. The new Fiesta dinnerware color is Lemongrass. The new color was first introduced in March of 2009 at the Chicago Home and Housewares Show.

Waterford Wedgwood, has a new owner, KPS Capital Partners. They are restructuring, and will now be known as WWRD Holdings, which includes Waterford, Wedgewood and Royal Doulton.

Lenox has been bought by Clarion Capital Partners. They will put the spotlight on their heritage as an American manufacturer, ans will focus on both the bridal and casual upstairs market. They are also planning to develop a premier line of product that will appeal to the luxury consumer.

Mikasa, owned by Lifetime Brands, is focusing on fashion. They are developing a sub-brand called M by Mikasa, to showcase more contemporary and edgy designs for the housewares department.

Portmeirion bought royal Worcester and Spode, bringing togther the three powerful English Brands.

Luigi Bormioli introduced a line of bone china, the first time they have put bone china in their line. The white bone china line was introduced uner Luigi Bormioli;s Michelangelo collection.

Oneida introduced
Allegra - a white porcelain with a subtle texture on the rim.
Adriatic - soft liquid blue textural glaze that moves into even softer tones of blue
Windance - subtle effects, illustrative about nature

A number of companies focused on Black and White dinnerware.
Villeroy & Boch’s Bloom Shadow was black & white with a touch of gray, and Bloom Sun was black and white dinnerware with a dash of yellow.
Mikasa introduced a number of black and white dinnerware patterns, Etch, Brushstroke, and Urban Rose.

Lenox introduced a new Christmas dinnerware pattern called Merry Berry.
Tag introduces a number of Christmas dinnerware patterns, Winter Wonderland with an embossed snowflack and reindeer design and Alpine in red and white.

Zrike introduced three new Coca Cola collections in the melamine dinnerware line: Diner, At the Movies and Red, White & Bold. Zrike also introduced Marisol and Pirouette, 2 dinnerware patterns from Tracy Porter.

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