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REA Finalists for 2011 Named

Caroline Kennedy -- Gifts and Dec, 7/23/2011 6:53:03 AM

The Retail Excellence Awards winners are revealed at the the Awards Gala, a gathering of the gift industry community, in August during the New York International Gift Fair.This year, gifts & decorative accessories' retailer excellence awards competition has gone truly international, having att racted entries from Europe and Africa, as well as from retail stores all around this country. The quality and variety of entries made narrowing the entries down to three fi nalists in each category quite a challenge for the judging panel.
After much deliberation, the following gift and decorative accessories retailers have been named 2011 Retailer Excellence Awards finalists:

Store Design/Redesign
     • Sixth Floor Museum at Dealy Plaza, Museum Store + Café, Dallas, TX
     • Artel, Prague, Czech Republic
     • Homescapes Carmel at Carmel Plaza, Carmel, CA Visual Merchandising/Display
     • Absolutely Fabulous, Huntington Beach, CA
     • Room at the Beach, Malibu, CA
     • Rolling Greens, Los Angeles, CA

Marketing Achievement
• Wonder Works, Charleston, SC

• Virtu, Chicago, IL
• Mason & Madison, Middleton, MA

Store Events
     • MAZE Home, Winnetka, IL
     • Griffin Pharmacy & Gifts, Derby, CT
     • Palavela Home, Scottsdale, AZ The retailer-nominated finalists for Outstanding Rep of the Year are:

Rep of the Year
Designer Michael Aram will be honored with Gift for Life     • Nancy Messina, Gund, div. of Enesco
     • Angie Zabritski, Homestyle Sales
     • Sue Larmon, OneCoast
     In addition to the above awards, Gift for Life, the industry's charitable partner raising funds for DIFFA, will honor Michael Aram with the Gift for Life Industry Achievement Award in recognition of contribution to the gift industry. These outstanding honorees will be celebrated at Gifts & Decorative Accessories' 60th annual Retailer Excellence Awards Gala at which the winners will be announced. The Gala will be held at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers in New York City on Sunday evening, August 14, during the New York International Gift Fair. For more information, visit GiftsandDec. com and click on the REA button, or call Virginia Engle at 646.805.0234 or email vengle@giftsanddec.com.

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