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EXTRACTS 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 a list of past 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 a list of past 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 a list of past 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. 

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 a list of past award winners.

 

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59th Annual Retailer Excellence Awards sponsored by NYIGF
Sunday, August 15, 6:30PM – 10:00PM
The Lighthouse, Chelsea Piers, West 23 & Westside Highway
NYIGF is a proud sponsor of the Retailer Excellence Awards, which recognizing 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 59th Annual Retailer Excellence Awards will recognize excellence in four retail categories: Gift Store Design/Redesign; Marketing Achievement; Visual Merchandising/Display; and Internet Gift Retailing; as well as two categories for individual achievement:  Rep of the Year and Industry Rising Star.  As part of this very special evening, Gift For Life, the gift and home industry’s only charitable organization, also presents its annual Industry Achievement Award to a Randy Eller.  The Retailer Excellence Awards are sponsored by NYIGF and co-sponsored by Dallas Market Center.

Click here
 for a list of the 2009 REA recipients.

Click here for information about Gift For Life’s Industry Achievement Award.


2010 REA finalists and honorees:

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