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We hope you have a safe and wonderful holiday weekend!

Enjoy this moment of vintage Anchor Hocking! Don't you just love these nautical themed decorated tumblers?

Anchor was showcased by Dexam during the 2010 Exclusively Housewares Show in The Business Design Centre in London. This show took place from June 8th -9th. Our International Sales Managers shared some photos with us from the show's Dexam booth.

Who is Dexam? We're glad you asked!
"For almost 50 years Dexam has been sourcing and supplying a wide range of top quality,innovative kitchenware and cookware to the UK market. From simple, everyday tools and gadgets like potato peelers and wooden spoons, to hi-tech kitchen knives and cutting-edge cookware concepts, we source from around 100 factories in 25 countries with the continual aim of finding unique and advanced products with the correct mix of quality and price for our customers."

We are pleased to show off our wares in the UK and all around the world. Look for more updates on our international business endeavors - posted here on the blog!

The Ohio Glass Museum is located here in Lancaster, Ohio. Since 2002 they have been celebrating Ohio's tradition of producing both handmade and machine made glassware. They share the history of of glassware and the roll that Ohioans have played in its growth.

On May 15th an exhibit opened featuring Anchor Hocking and showcasing Gay Fad Studios. I attended the opening evening's event. Here I met former employees of Anchor Hocking, viewed portraits of I.J. Collins and other crucial leaders from the past and saw the very first sales record book dating back to 1905. The group from The Ohio Glass Museum did an excellent job collecting data, images and archival pieces of Anchorware.

"The exhibit will feature Anchor Hocking items from the morgue of the Anchor Hocking; collections of Verylene Summers, of the Summer House Antiques; our own museum archives; and a very few area collectors. These glass creations and other artifacts will tell the great story of Anchor Hocking's positive incluence on, and enormous contribution to, our community for the past 105 years." -- The Ohio Glass Museum

The show also displayed pieces of Gay Fad glassware, which is also from Lancaster, Ohio.

"Fran Taylor decorated wastebaskets and glass items in Detroit beginning in 1939. She moved her business to Lancaster in 1945 so it would be central to the glass industry. For the next 18 years Gay Fad Studios was one of the best known and most prolific glass decorating companies in the country. A large selection of items from Gay Fad historian and collector, Dr. Donna McGrady, of Indiana, will be featured in this exhibit, along with contributions of area collectors." -- The Ohio Glass Museum

Want to know more?
Visit The Ohio Glass Museum

On Foot
124 W Main Street
Lancaster, Ohio 43130

Online
http://www.ohioglassmuseum.org/

Twitter
http://twitter.com/ohioglassmuseum

April 15th isn’t just the day your taxes are due, it’s also when you get FREE COFFEE! Take your own mug or cup to Starbucks on Thursday and receive free brewed coffee.

Check out their website for more details!

Be certain to take your Anchorware to Starbucks. We have plenty to choose from. Go classic with the Café Mug or hit the road with the tall tea mug with matching glass cover.

Let Thursday be the beginning of a new trend for you, take your own beverageware rather than wasting a paper cup and plastic lid.

We're also interested in seeing photos of your Anchorware at Starbucks! Take a quick picture and let us know via email or twitter. Just tag @anchorhocking in your tweet or send an email to webteam@anchorhocking.com. We'll post these on our blog and facebook and give you a shout out!

Don't let this stop you from sending us pictures of your cool uses of Anchorware any other time. Feel free to share whenever you feel inclined!

This month we'll be headed to the International Home and Housewares Show in Chicago. This is a very busy time of year for us, as we get ready to show off our newest and greatest anchorware.

Are you going to the show? We hope to see you there - we'll have a special booth this year. Showing off more than just our product, but how we've become more in touch with our consumers. We'll also be blogging, tweeting and facebooking directly from the show.

The show runs from March 14th - 16th. For more information and details visit the International Home and Housewares Show website.

Stay tuned!

images courtesty of CR

We set out on a journey to Paris, France. Our goal was to explore trends, fashion, design and culture. During our visit we attended the Maison & Objet show, which is always sure to please. Flourishing color, vibrant patterns or cultural influences on design were everywhere we looked. Our exploration led us to new materials, textures and color palettes that aren't typical in the states.

On this trip we went outside of the box, allowing our minds and eyes to wander beyond just housewares. We found inspiration in just about everything, be it a window display of couture fashion or new ways to create furniture. No stone was left unturned as we treked the city visiting shops, cafes, eateries and historical sites.

This trip was something to remember. Paris is full of all the images you see in art history books, and seeing those things in person can bring a person to speachlessness.

*Outside of the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, China.
 

Anchor Home Collection is a quickly growing part of Anchor Hocking's business. This product offering provides our customers with glass, ceramic, wood, silicone and various other material choices. By developing our sourcing business Anchor is able to innovate and create designs that are new and more exciting than ever before.
 

In an effort to expand our knowledge of sourcing capabilities and evaluate foreign trends that will eventually trickle to the United States, we traveled to China. Three of of us spent a week there studying trends, materials, design and culture.
 

What does this mean to the consumer? It means that our product offering will be bigger, better and bolder this year compared to years past.
 

Get ready - we're excited about what we can offer you.

Upon trend hunting at the Country Living Fair 2009, we found our Sigma Beveragware. It wandered its way into Bloomsbury Loft's booth. It looked handsome, displayed in a vintage galvanized beverage carrier.
 

Thank you Bloomsbury for showcasing one of our newest designs! You can check out Bloomsbury Loft at http://www.bloomsburyloft.com/.