The 2002 Awards Finalists
Staff -- Gifts & Decorative Accessories, 7/1/2002
This year marks the 51st anniversary of Gifts & Decorative Accessories' Awards presentations. For the first 50 years they were known as the Merchandising Achievement Awards, but we changed the name to Retailer Excellence Awards in 2002 to reflect more precisely that this is a competition for, and about, retailers.
The 2002 Awards are given for Store Design, Promotion, and Visual Merchandising undertaken in 2001. The selection of the finalists and the Gold and Silver Award winners was made by a panel composed of Gifts & Dec's editors; the exhibit design project manager of George Little Management, Matthew Goodman; and visual merchandising lecturer and writer, Linda Cahan.
Full coverage of the finalists in Store Design begins on page 102. Promotion finalists will be featured in the August issue, and Visual Merchandising finalists will be covered in the September issue.
STORE DESIGNGabriala's Park View Gallery, Plymouth, MI
Hoypoloi, Disneyland, CA
Parchment, Orlando, FL
Zehnders Magic of the Season, Frankenmuth, MI
PROMOTIONAndrew Morton Inc., Knoxville, TN
Black Sheep Designs, Trumansburg, NY
The Little House, Vashon Island, WA
VISUAL MERCHANDISINGLasting Impressions Home Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Ruby & Begonia, Ogden, UT
Welcome Home, San Anselmo, CA
The awards dinnerAll finalists will be honored at a gala reception and dinner at New York's Plaza hotel on Sunday, August 11, during the run of the New York International Gift Fair. Each finalist will receive a Gold or Silver engraved crystal Award. Also, Gifts & Dec will present its 2002 Industry Achievement Award to Clyde R. Brownstone of the Gift Box Corporation of America.
The dinner is sponsored by George Little Management. Co-sponsors are the Dallas Market Center, DMG World Media, Western Exhibitors, Whereoware, and the permanent showroom coalition of 225 Fifth Avenue, 230 Fifth Avenue, and 41 Madison Avenue.
Please join us in honoring these retailers and celebrating with your industry peers. Tickets are $125 each, or $1,000 for a table of ten. For reservations, call Caroline Kennedy at (646) 746-7353.
