Congratulations to the 2010 REA recipients.

Gift Store Design/Redesign
Winner: bluecashew Kitchen Pharmacy, Rhinebeck, NY
Finalist: ElizabethW, San Francisco, CA
Finalist: LittleMissMatched, Anaheim, CA

Visual Merchandising/Display
Winner: Poppy, Columbia, MO
Finalist: Absolutely Fabulous, Huntington Beach, CA
Finalist: Leon & Lulu, Clawson, MI

Marketing Achievement: Branding/Integrated Marketing
Winner: Swagger Gifts, Cary, NC
Finalist: Motif Modern Living, San Antonio, TX
Finalist: Tweak 99, Beverly Hills, CA

Marketing Achievement: Event-Based Community Service
Winner: Jenss Decor, Amherst, NY
Finalist: Burlap Horse, Boerne, TX
Finalist: Leon & Lulu, Clawson, MI

Internet Gift Retailing
Winner: Taigan.com, Brentwood, TN
Finalist: Oakstreetman.com, Tucson, AZ
Finalist: Vaillancourt Folk Art, Sutton, MA

Outstanding Manufacturer's Representative
Winner: Julia Elliman, Goetz Incorportated
Finalist: Amy Fischetto, One Coast
Finalist: Susan Ziff, Lineworks

Industry Rising Star
Lindsay Phillips, Lindsay Phillips Inc.

Special Award for Service to the Community
Leon & Lulu (Clawson, MI)

Gift For Life Industry Achievement Award
Randy Eller, Eller Enterprises

Congratulations to the 2009 REA recipients:

Gift Store Design/Redesign: Over $1 million
Winner: The Store at the Museum of Art & Design (designed by JGA), New York, NY
Finalist: Market Place Florida Hospital Orlando, Orlando, FL
Finalist: Vera Bradley, Fort Wayne, IN
 
Gift Store Design/Redesign: Under $1 million
Winner: Elizbaeth Allen Atelier, La Jolla, CA 
Finalist: Flore, Southbury, CT
 
Visual Merchandising/Display
Winner: Watson Kennedy, Seattle, WA
Finalist: Slifer Designs, Edwards, CO
Finalist: Kate's Paperie, New York, NY 
 
Marketing Achievement: Overall Marketing
Winner: The Scarlet Tassel, Atlanta, GA
Finalist: Ten Thousand Villages, Ephrata, GA
Finalist: The Cordial Cricket, Chester, VA
 
Event-based Community Service
Winner: Homeward Bound, New Milford, CT
Finalist: Leon & Lulu, Clawson, MI
Finalist: The Bowerbird, Old Lyme, CT
 
Retail Internet Innovator/Innovation
Winner: Dreamy www.shopdreamy.com, Encinitas, CA
Finalist: The Cordial Cricket www.thecordialcricket.com, Chester, VA 
 
Rep of the Year
Winner: Cheri Leos, OneCoast, Birmingham, AL
Finalist: Deb Cabrera, Ganz USA, Cheektowaga, NY
Finalist: Julia Elliman, Goetz Inc., Dallas, TX

Industry Rising Star
Stella Martin of Under Stella's Umbrella