EX∙TRACTS® Best New Products Awards
Select exhibitors will be recognized for excellence in five categories – Bath & Body, Beauty Accessory, Cosmetic & Fragrance, Natural/Organic and Packaging – along with one overall “Best of Show” distinction. Winners and finalists are selected by a panel of editors based on innovative product concept, industry need, aesthetic appeal, creative use of materials/technology and creative packaging. Click here for the Winter 2012 and previous award winners. 

New York Home Textiles Market Week Best New Products Awards
Select exhibitors will be recognized for excellence in four categories – Bath, Bed, Dining and Home Accessories – along with one overall “Best of Market" distinction. Winners and finalists are selected by a panel of editors based on innovative design, product solution, aesthetic appeal, creativity and new material or technology. Click here for the Winter 2012 and previous award winners. 

Accent on Design® Awards
Select Accent on Design exhibitors will be recognized for design excellence in categories including individual product, complete collection and booth design. Winners are selected by the Accent on Design Selection Committee based on creativity, ingenuity, innovation, function, originality and design. Click here for the Winter 2012 and previous award winners.

Accent on Design “Bloggers’ Choice” Awards
Editors from alternative and emerging media channels will present “Bloggers’ Choice Award” to top home, gift and lifestyle products within Accent on Design. Click here for a list of past award winners. 

Baby & Child Best New Product Awards
Select exhibitors will be recognized for excellence in four categories – toy, décor, gear and apparel – along with one overall “Blogger’s Best” distinction. Winners and finalists are selected by a panel of editors from trade media and kid-centric blogs and websites based on product innovation, design and style. Click here for the Winter 2012 and previous award winners. 

Eco Choice Awards
Visit NYIGF’s SustainAbility: design for a better living® display and cast your ballot for the best in “green” home, gift and lifestyle merchandise. The Eco Choice Awards, co-sponsored by GREENRetailer and NYIGF, will recognize retailers’ top picks in three categories: Most Innovative; Most Sellable; and Most Sensitive Use of Materials. Click here for the Winter 2012 and previous award winners.

ASID NY Metro Chapter - Best of the Best NYIGF
Select At Home exhibitors will be recognized for excellence in seven categories – Imaginative Product Presentation; Innovative Product Design (Furniture); Social Responsibility, Ecological Sensitivity (Green); Lighting; Accessories; Floor coverings; and Wall Art. Click for the a list of winners, as selected by members of the New York Metro chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID).

Gourmet Housewares Show® Best New Product Awards
Every August, select exhibitors will be recognized for excellence in three categories – cooking, dining and kitchen preparation – along with one overall “Best of Show” distinction. Winners and finalists are selected by a panel of editors based on innovative design, aesthetic appeal, creativity and functionality. Click here for the Summer 2011 award winners.

Sustainability: design for a better world®
Saturday – Wednesday, August 18 - 22, 2012
Javits North Connector
Environmentally-conscious and socially-responsible products and producers from around the world will be showcased in a special display, curated and installed by Ilene Shaw of Shaw & Co! Productions.  The exhibit will spotlight global gift and home industry suppliers whose products or production processes are eco-friendly, as well as companies whose business practices are socially responsible or fair-trade oriented. 

Baby & Child “Peek A Boo” Preview Display
Sunday – Thursday, August 19 - 23, 2012
Javits Center
Sneak a peek at the best new products for babies, toddlers and kids (through age 10) and their families.  Baby & Child is a new juried collection of some 150 suppliers of well-designed, sophisticated and purpose-driven products.

61th Annual Retailer Excellence Awards sponsored by NYIGF
Sunday, August 19, 2012, 6:30PM – 10:00PM, The Lighthouse, Chelsea Piers

NYIGF is a proud sponsor of the Retailer Excellence Awards, which recognize excellence in retailing and individual achievement. Introduced in 1951 by Gifts & Decorative Accessories, and presented annually in connection with the summer NYIGF, the REA’s are the industry’s oldest and most prestigious awards.

Presented by Gifts & Decorative Accessories, the 61th Annual Retailer Excellence Awards will recognize excellence in four retail categories and two individual achievement categories:

• Gift Store Design/Redesign;
• Marketing Achievement;
• Visual Merchandising/Display;
• Internet Gift Retailing;
• Rep of the Year
• Industry Rising Star.

As part of this very special evening, Gift For Life, the gift and home industry’s only charitable organization, also will present its 2012 Industry Achievement Award.

Applications for the 2012 REA’s will be accepted through April 30, 2012.

Click here to submit/nominate in one of four retail categories: Gift Store Design/Redesign, Marketing Achievement, Visual Merchandising/Display and Store Events.

Click here to submit/nominate “Rep of the Year”

Click here for a list of the 2011 REA honorees.

For information about sponsorships and ticket/table sales, contact Nancy Wolkow publisher of Gifts & Decorative Accessories, at nwolkow@giftsanddec.com.