Gifts & Decorative Accessories announces Retailer Achievement Award finalists
Winners to be announced during NYIGF
From Gifts & Decorative Accessories -- Home Accents Today, 6/24/2008 9:30:00 AM
Gifts & Decorative Accessories magazine is proud to announce the finalists in the magazine’s 57th annual Retailer Achievement Awards. The final winners will be announced at a gala dinner during the New York International Gift Fair on Sunday, Aug. 17, at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. In addition to excellence in retailing, awards will be presented for Outstanding Manufacturer’s Representative, Rising Star and Industry Achievement. Following are the finalists in the retail categories:
Gift Store Design/Redesign
Detroit Institute of Art Museum Shop, Southfield, Mich.
Hearst Castle Gift Shop, San Simeon, Calif.
Jenss Decor, Amherst, N.Y.
Los Osos Rexall Drug and Gift Store, Los Osos, Calif.
Marketing Achievement
eShave New York, New York
Healdsburg Retailers, Healdsburg, Calif.
Olathe Medical Center Gift Shop, Olathe, Kansas
Visual Merchandising/Display
Roger’s Gardens, Corona del Mar, Calif.
Slifer Designs, Edwards, Colo.
The Umstead Hotel Gift Shop, Cary, N.C.
Retail Internet Innovator/Innovation
www.delight.com, Denver, Colo.
www.feelmorehuman.com, Chicago
www.shopatmoxie.com, DeKalb, Ill.
The 2008 Outstanding Manufacturer’s Representative is OneCoast's Cyndi Smith, and the 2008 Rising Star is Atlanta-based Whimsy Press. The prestigious Industry Achievement Award will be presented to the Gift and Home Trade Association and its founders.
Tickets for the REA gala, which is sponsored by George Little Management, along with the Dallas Market Center and dmg world media, are available at www.giftsanddec.com, or by contacting meg.goldsby@reedbusiness.com. Co-sponsors of the event include 7West, Wellspring and Natural Life.























