A Peek at New Products for Holiday Giving

Out-of-the-ordinary Gifts: Always a Better Idea Leifheit International USA is all about creativity. In fact our tag line – Always a Better Idea – pretty much sums up our philosophy and commitment to innovation. For the upcoming holiday season, we offer some creative ideas for those hard-to-buy-for folks who are on everyone’s gift list. All [...]

Holiday Gift Preview

Leifheit USA will showcase creative holiday gifts ideas at the What’s Hot for the Holidays media event, June 10 in New York. The event is sponsored by the International Housewares Association. If you are attending this event, please come by and see  us! If you’re unable to attend, e-mail us for a 2010 holiday media [...]

Happy “National Hanging Out Day”

Did you know? … Every year, on April 19th, Project Laundry List joins together with hundreds of organizations from around the country to educate communities about energy consumption. National Hanging Out Day was created to demonstrate how it is possible to save money and energy by using a clothesline. You can support the cause and [...]

Leifheit Twister Mop: 2010 Housewares Design Awards finalist

Leifheit’s innovative Twister Mop is a finalist in the 2010 Housewares Design Awards. What makes the Twister Mop so special? See for yourself … About the Twister Mop: Revolutionary mop system uses centrifugal principal Dirt and water are tumbled out with minimal effort You can determine the level of dryness by the number of twists [...]

Weighing In: 2010

As we enter 2010 with health and fitness resolutions in mind, what kind of bathroom scales will be underfoot? The types of scales available to consumers today are astounding. There’s a scale that will tweet your weight to everyone via Twitter. There’s the doormat scale. And the scale designed as a box of chocolates. There [...]

Leifheit wraps up 50 years of “better ideas” with $50 giveaways

December 2009 (Melville, NY) The world has indeed changed over the past 50 years; but it turns out that creative and colorful housewares are popular today, just as they were back in 1959, when Leifheit unveiled its first cool and colorful wares in Germany. Today, Leifheit USA is witnessing a surprising return to products that [...]

Leifheit USA launches new online shopping experience

In an effort to better serve its customers, Leifheit International USA has developed a new e-commerce shopping site: http://www.leifheitus.com Features on this new site include the following: Links to Leifheit USA social media sites Product sales and promotions Product videos Product manuals …and there are still more features to come.

Modern, German-designed Essentials for a Traditional Oktoberfest Celebration

Leifheit has been a household name in Germany for 50 years now. Elke Roehrig, German native and vice president of Leifheit International USA, shares her memories of some authentic Oktoberfest food traditions … Sausage: Bavarian veal sausage (not smoked, contains parsley, take off the skin before digging in) is enjoyed with sweet mustard. Beef or [...]

Canning is Cool Again!

August 2009 (Melville NY) Amazon.com is rolling out a bumper crop of books on canning and preserving foods. The New York Times ran a hefty story on canning. Newspapers across the country are featuring articles and canning recipes for everything from pickles to plum jam. Online, food-focused Twitter posts and blog entries are packed with [...]