industry event National gia winners for 2021-2022
announced An all-time record number of the world’s most innovative and creative home and housewares retailers are set to be honoured at the annual IHA Global Innovation Awards (known as gia) program.
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he gia program was created by IHA and The Inspired Home Show to foster innovation and excellence in home
and housewares retailing throughout the world. Since the launch of gia in 2000, there have been close to 500 gia retail award winners, from over 50 countries on six continents.
The national gia winners for 2021-2022 are 33 outstanding home and housewares retailers from 32 countries around the globe. Read on to find out which countries and retailers made the cut…
Argentina - Paul French Gallery Australia - MAKE Designed Objects Belgium - Dupont NV Bermuda - The Chefs Shop, Bermuda Brazil - Westwing Brasil Canada - HOME on water st. China - Keye Casa Colombia - Miscelandia Denmark - Sinnerup Hungary - KITCHENSHOP France- La Maison Pernoise Germany - Lorey India - HomeTown-by Praxis Home Retail Limited Ireland - Stock Design Italy - Negozio Mori Japan - KEYUCA United Arab Emirates - DWELL Netherlands - Woerdman Kookkado Norway - Hansen & Co Poland - Miloo Home Portugal - In&Out Cooking Russia - Di Murano Saudi Arabia - aura Living South Africa - Carrol Boyes Taiwan - hengstyle Spain - La Oca Sweden - Artilleriet The Kitchen Switzerland - Sibler AG Turkey - EnPlus United Kingdom - Jarrold Uruguay - Kitchen & Cooking USA (Gift Retailer) - Paddington Station USA (Housewares Retailers) The Butler’s Pantry
The gia competition is structured on a two-tier level, national and global, to honor independent and multiple location home and housewares retailers for excellence in
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several business categories, including vision and strategy, store design and layout, visual merchandising, marketing, customer service and staff training.
Each national gia winner is invited to The
Concourse Walkway at McCormick Place. gia is more than an awards program.
Representing retailing excellence around the world, it is part of a larger education initiative that includes seminars by retail experts, columns in international housewares publications and educational sessions at events in sponsors’ home countries. As part of gia’s educational offering, on Monday, March 7, the four gia Expert Jurors, Wolfgang Gruschwitz, Scott Kohno, Henrik Peter Reisby Nielsen and Anne Kong will present a special session in the Show’s Innovation Theater, “Retail 360° – Redefining the Customer Experience.”
Inspired Home Show in Chicago, where the global gia jury, consisting of four experts representing Asia, Europe and the Americas, plus a rotating group of co-sponsoring trade publication editors from around the world, will select up to five gia Global Honorees and the winners of the Martin M. Pegler Award for Excellence in Visual Merchandising and the gia Digital Commerce Award for Excellence in Online Retailing. On Saturday, 5 March, the national winners will be honored at a festive awards dinner where the gia Global Honorees and winners of the Martin M. Pegler and gia Digital Commerce Award will be announced. In addition, the national winners are featured at the Show, with banners and a special display in the Grand
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