gia awards review
Rewarding excellence in product design and retail
The Inspired Home Show and the International Housewares Association (IHA), the global sponsors and organisers of the IHA Global Innovation Awards (gia) program, announced its Global Honourees for 2022 on 5 March 2022.
• Customer service and staff training • Innovation
The 2022 gia Global Honorees for Retail Excellence:
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he gia program was created by IHA and The Inspired Home Show (formerly the International Home +
Housewares 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 50 countries on six continents. The global gia jury, consisting of four retail/ visual merchandising experts and seven editors and publishers of co-sponsoring housewares trade publications from around the world, selected the gia Global Honorees from the winners previously chosen in their respective countries by the national gia sponsors.
Co-sponsoring the country-specific gia award programs with IHA are housewares trade publications worldwide, which sponsor national gia programs in their respective countries. This year, a record number of 33 national gia winners from 32 countries were selected by the co-sponsoring trade publications with targeted distribution in over 50 countries on five continents. All winners were automatically entered in the global competition for The Inspired Home Show in Chicago.
Retail honourees
The competition is structured on a two- tier level, national and global, evaluating retailers within the following categories: • Overall mission statement, vision and strategy
• Store design and layout
• Visual merchandising, displays and window displays
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Argentina – Paul French Gallery Brazil – Westwing Brasil France – La Maison Pernoise Taiwan – hengstyle HENG LEONG HANG CO., LTD
USA – Butler’s Pantry
In addition, the Martin M. Pegler Award for Excellence in Visual Merchandising was awarded to HomeTown – by Praxis Home Retail Limited of India, and the gia Digital Commerce Award for Excellence in Online Retailing was awarded to MAKE Designed Objects of Australia.
The 2020 gia Retail Global Honorees and the 2021 gia Top Window award winners were also honoured at the livestreamed gia awards dinner that took place at Radisson Blu in Chicago.
Product honourees
Thirteen housewares suppliers, ranging from well-established brands to first- time exhibitors, were honoured as Global Honorees of the IHA Global Innovation Awards (gia) for Excellence in Product Design.
IHA Global Honorees for Excellence in Product Design:
Bath + Personal Care: madesmart, Drying Stone™ Toothbrush Tray
Cleaning: Zoom Broom, ZoomBroom Tornado
Cook + Bakeware: Grand Fusion Housewares, Inc., Leakproof Silicone Non- Stick Baking Mat
Home Décor + Gifts: Wine Grasp Company, wineGrasp™ Single
Home Organization + Storage: Bous, KING JIM, “TEPRA” Lite Compact, Palm-sized Label Printer
Household + Home Electrics: THE FOUNDATION, Steamery Cirrus No. 3 Kitchen Electrics: Jura Inc., JURA Z10
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“Congratulations to these Global Honorees of the 2022 IHA Global Innovation Awards for Excellence in Product Design; they represent the cutting-edge innovation and creativity that is driving the housewares industry today,” said Derek Miller, IHA president & CEO. “Our world-renowned gia program is the premier awards event in the industry, honoring excellence in both housewares retail and product design.” The 65 finalists in all categories were featured in the New Product Showcases in the Buyers Club in each Show building and the 13 category Global Honorees are on display in the Hall of Product Innovation in the Grand Concourse Lobby in the North Building.
The gia winners of 2021-2022 are recognized and prominently featured at The Inspired Home Show. A festive gia awards dinner was held at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel. In addition, introducing the national gia winners to visitors and exhibitors of The Inspired Home Show, there is a special gia display in the walkway connecting the Lakeside Center to the Grand Concourse.
Both gia national winners and Global Honorees can be viewed at u
www.TheInspiredHomeShow.com/ Awards/gia-Retailing.
Kitchen Hand Tools + Cutlery: Dreamfarm , Brizzle - scoop drizzle basting brush Kitchenware: Dreamfarm, Spina - spin and strain colander
Personal Electrics: Viatek Consumer Products Group, Int’l, Body Dryer Smart Home: Cooking Pal Ltd., Multo™ Sustainable Products: Georg Jensen, Sky Drinking Bottle
Tabletop: Gourmet Kitchen Works LLC, Olipac FILARE
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