THE SWEET SMELLS OF SUCCESS: KATHY IRELAND HOME BY HANNA'S CANDLE COMPANY RECEIVES THE GOOD HOUSEKEEPING SEAL FILLING AMERICAN HOMES WITH CLASSIC COOKING SCENTS
Marking the second Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval for Lifestyle Designer, Kathy Ireland, the super-model-turned-super-mogul ( as named by top media) receives the GH honor for aromatic candle design. The honor is awarded to Kathy Ireland Home by Hanna's Candle Company, for it's ACafe by Chef Andre Home Baked line of candles emitting fragrances that are fresh from the classic American kitchen, including Oatmeal Raisin Cookie, Pumpkin Pie, Sugared Pecan Pie, White Chocolate Mint Cookie, Apple Cinnamon Strudel, Chocolate Souffle Cake, and Vanilla Cream Pound Cake. There's also a triple pour fragranced candle available in this collection, which consists of Sugared Pecan Pie, Oatmeal Raisin Cookie, and Chocolate Soufflé Cake, all available in Acafe's 9 oz. Shaker Jar. Kathy Ireland Home by Hanna's Candles are among the best selling candles in America.
“It's very exciting to learn that our ACafe by Chef Andre candles, are now recognized by Good Housekeeping. This tremendous honor moves us one step closer to our mission of, “…finding solutions for families, especially busy moms.” We are grateful to our partners at Kathy Ireland Home by Hanna's Candles and the Good Housekeeping team for this wonderful acknowledgement of our candle designs,” said Kathy, CEO and Chief Designer for Kathy Ireland Worldwide.
“When Kathy asked me to join her brand, she said, ‘We must make food, entertaining, and house keeping good and easier for busy moms'…I had no idea she meant The Good Housekeeping. This is a great accomplishment for Kathy and I am so happy to be involved. It's a good thing Kathy doesn't think she's a good cook, otherwise, I wouldn't have this job,” said Chef Andre.
The Good Housekeeping Seal was previously awarded to the Kathy Ireland Shades of America carpeting color wall with her brand partners at Shaw Inc, which is a division of Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway.
Not only does Kathy's candle collection offer mouth-watering delicious fragrances for the consumer, but there's added value in the product because once the consumer burns the candle, the container can be re-used as a shaker jar for the kitchen.
This idea fulfills Kathy's mission statement of, “…finding solutions for families, especially busy moms.” The Good Housekeeping Seal joins a list of awards and recognitions America's top-selling (over one Billion dollars gross retail sales a year according to Forbes and Newsweek) lifestyle designer has received since starting her design empire ten years ago. Others include 7 th most Powerful Licensed Brand in the Home Industry (In furniture), Honorary Master Degree from American Intercontinental University and Mother of the Year award from the National Mother's Day Committee.
About Kathy Ireland Worldwide:
Kathy Ireland Worldwide (KIWW) is the design and marketing firm founded in 1993 by CEO and Chief Designer, Kathy Ireland. The primary mission of KIWW is
“…finding solutions for families, especially busy moms.” Forbes Magazine reports that KIWW is a “design empire which grosses over one billion dollars annually in retail sales”. This year Newsweek reported, “Annual sales run to $1.4 billion.” KIWW products include flooring, rugs, home furniture, office and entertainment furniture, lighting, decorative accessories, window coverings, bedding, mattresses, candles, apparel, jewelry, blankets, hand painted porcelain, fire resistant products and top of bed fashions. In 2000, KIWW began expanding its mission and consumer needs, with the addition of specialty brands, presenting “Design Ambassadors” ACafé by Chef Andre for food and entertaining, Jardin du Jour cultivated by Nicholas Walker for outdoor living and garden inspirations and The Quilts of Gee’s Bend whose original works of art from rural Alabama are the Genesis of unique designs for home. The original Quilts of Gee’s Bend gained international recognition through museum tours around the world. KIWW teams with industry leaders in each category of business, Flooring-Shaw Industries a Berkshire-Hathaway Company, Rugs-Shaw Living a Berkshire Hathaway Company, Home Furniture-Kathy Ireland Home by Standard, Office and Entertainment Furniture-Kathy Ireland Home by Martin, Lighting-Pacific Coast Lighting, Decorative Accessories-Pacific Coast Accessories, Window Coverings-Kathy Ireland Home by Alta, Bedding-Kathy Ireland Home by Therapedic, Permanent Florals-Kathy Ireland Home by Labs, Candles-Kathy Ireland Home by Hanna’s Candle Co., Socks-Kathy Ireland by Moretz, Active wear-Kathy Ireland by Orioxi, blankets- Kathy Ireland Home by Faribault Mills, top of bed fashions- Kathy Ireland Home by Hallmart Collectibles, hand painted porcelain-Kathy Ireland Home by Franz, fire resistant products-Kathy Ireland Home
by Basofil and Jewelry-Kathy Ireland Exclusively for House of Taylor Jewelry. House of Taylor Jewelry (NASDAQ:HOTJ) is a publicly traded company.
For more information, please visit www.kathyireland.com.
About Hanna's Candle
19 years ago Hanna's Candle Company began as Hanna's Potpourri Specialties with two full-time employees and one part-time. By the fall of 1987 the employee base had expanded to 12-15 and the Company grossed $125,000. In 1992 Burt Hanna began experimenting in the candle business. With ten pounds of canning wax from a local grocery store, Burt made his first candle samples for the Dallas gift show. Candles took off similarly to the potpourri business. In 1992 Hanna's sold $125,000 worth of candles and in 1993 candle sales were over $1,250,000. Hanna's has grown to become one of the largest candle companies in the United States . Hanna's is also one of the first companies to introduce soy candles into the mass market and is one of the leading manufacturers of soy candles. In 2004 Hanna's Candle Company entered into an agreement with Kathy Ireland Worldwide, the design and marketing company founded by Lifestyle Designer, Kathy Ireland for the manufacture of wax and soy candles as well as potpourri, fragrance sprays, diffusers and other home fragrance products. Today the company has 350+ employees and several million dollars in sales. The plant has grown from the family garage to just over one million square feet in manufacturing.