2011-2012 national gia winners
Country
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
China
www.burntorange.com.au
www.tt-hinterholzer.at
www.doen-gent.be
www.doural.com.br
www.kitchentherapy.ca
www.hongguxuan.com
Colombia
Denmark
France
Germany
www.disrayco.com
www.normann-copenhagen.com
www.ambianceetstyles.com
www.gueterbahnhof12.de
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Poland
Russia
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
UK
Uruguay
USA
USA
USA
Company URL
Kitchen Company
Burnt Orange
T&T Hinterholzer GmbH
Doen
Doural
Kitchen Therapy
Hong-Gu-Xuan Furniture
Company
Distribuidora Rayco S.A.
Normann Copenhagen
Ambiance & Styles
Güterbahnhof 12 Das
Wohnmagazin
Morandin Regali www.morandinregali.com
ACTUS www.actus-interior.com
De Bijenkorf www.debijenkorf.nl/amsterdam
Table Pride www.tablepride.co.nz
home&you www.home-you.com
Krishkin Dom www.superpovar.ru
NK Glas, Porslin & Kök www.nk.se
von Siebenthal www.vonsiebenthal.ch
Tefal Shop www.tefal.com.tr
The Cook Shop at Barton
Grange
www.bartongrange.co.uk
Pórtico S.A.
Cutlery and More
Great News! Cookware &
Cooking School
Sur La Table www.surlatable.com
www.portico.es
www.cutleryandmore.com
www.great-news.com
11 A History of Excellence
During the 2012 International Home + Housewares Show in March, the winners will be
honored at a festive awards dinner, where the
2011-2012 gia Global Honorees and the winner
of the Martin M. Pegler Award for Excellence
in Visual Merchandising will be announced.
Other gia highlights at the International Home
+ Housewares Show include a gia showcase
in the Hall of Global Innovation, in Lakeside
Center Lobby, where visuals of the national
gia winners’ award-winning store design and
branding ideas, examples of exquisite visual
merchandising and innovative displays will be
on display. Banners for the honored retailers
will be seen in the walkway that connects the
Grand Concourse and the Lakeside Center.
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, the gia expert juror Martin M. Pegler
will conduct a special session on March 12 in
the Innovation Theater of the 2012 International Home + Housewares Show, “The Retail
Store As Theater: Adding the Entertainment
Experience to Selling Through Visual Merchandising & Display.”
For more information about the gia (Global
Innovation Award) program, the co-sponsors
or participating in 2012-2013, contact Piritta
Törrö at piritta.torro@inspiredconnection.fi. Additional information on the gia program is also
available online at www.housewares.org/gia.
The Editor’s View
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with regard to Millennials vs. technology with regard to the wider society.
As an example, we believe Millennials
are leading the way into the adoption
of smartphone technology for shopping.
In terms of building brands that resonate with Millennials, remember that
transparency, integrity and a sense of
fun with less of a preoccupation with
building “loyalty,” are paramount.
11. Moooo-ve Over Cash Cow: Today’s
food marketers managing legacy cash
cow brands should realize that innovation is increasingly the victim of today’s
marketing mix. To find whitespace opportunities in crowded CPG categories,
marketers should assess food and beverage categories culturally and consider
investing in small emerging brands
as well as deeper understandings of
changes in food culture.
12. Retail – Crossing the Chasm: Retail,
and designing the retail experience,
is ripe for change – ready to be stood
on its head. Much of what passes for
retail experience has quite literally lost
significance with today’s shoppers. Understanding how to combine culturally
developed, creative insights, stories and
concepts with data analysis can produce
transformative and culturally relevant
retail and brand experiences.
Michelle Moran
Executive Editor, Gourmet Business
mmoran@gourmetbusiness.com
