Housewares is a category of products covering a large range of different sorts of items. Here is a list: floor care products; metal cookware; kitchen tools & gadgets; plastic storage; air treatment products; blenders & food processors; cutlery; metal bakeware, and toasters. Today’s market size is an estimate of the total retail sales value of all items in this category during 2010. It shows a 2% increase over retail sales in 2009.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2010
Market size: $52.2 billion
Source: “It’s Alive! Home Furnishings Sales—Put on Life Support Last Year—Show Signs of Life,” HFN Home Furnishings News, February 2011, page 16.
Original source: McFadden Communications Group LLC