Press Release
In January 2006 Retailers Found Innovative Visual Merchandising At AmericasMart
January 25, 2006
ATLANTA (January 2006)—Fresh, original merchandising solutions were abundant for January’s Visual Display Awards Program—AMERICASMART‘shighly acclaimed, bi-annual celebration of merchandising excellence.
Each January and July—during the Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings and Area Rug Markets—more than 2,000 showrooms and 4,000 temporary booths are judged on their creative efforts, including use of space, product display and placement, signage and lighting. The winners are selected by an independent panel of judges who bring passion and decades of visual display expertise to the Program. For January 2006, the Visual Display Awards winners are:
Permanent Exhibitors
AMERICASMART 1 (The Merchandise Mart)
- Mattarusky, Inc.—Best of Show, Holiday, Home Decor & Floral Center/20th floor
- E Barrett & Co.—Best of Show, Holiday, Home Decor & Floral Center/19th floor
- Moore International—Best of Show, Holiday, Home Decor & Floral Center/18th floor
- Riekes Glass/MGR Designs—Best of Show, Holiday, Home Decor & Floral Center/17th floor
- North Star by Premier—Best of Show, Holiday, Home Decor & Floral Center/16th floor
- Brookfield Co.—Best of Show, The GardensÒ/15th floor
- PAR-A-SOL—Best of Show, The GardensÒ/14th floor
- Padma’s Plantation—Best of Show, Home Accents & Furnishings Center/13th floor
- Big Fish, Inc.—Best of Show, Home Accents & Furnishings Center/12th floor
- Seabrook Classics—Best of Show, Home Accents & Furnishings Center/11th floor
- Three Martha’s—Best of Show, Home Accents & Fine Linens Center/10th floor
- Laville Frames/Fortunata/Stray Dog—Best of Show, Home Accents & Fine Linens Center/9th floor
AMERICASMART 2 (The Gift Mart)
General Gift
- Ohio Wholesale, Inc.—Best Overall
Tabletop, Fine Gifts & Accessories
Home Accents & Gift
AMERICASMART 3 (The Apparel Mart)
- Resort Graphics—Best of Show, Gift & Resort Center/14th floor
- Salem Baking—Best of Show, The Gourmet Gallery/14th floor
- The Bartone Collection—Best of Show, Fashion Accessories & Fine Jewelry Center/8th floor
- Golden Stella—Best of Show, Immediate Resources/Apparel, Accessories & Jewelry Center/7th floor
- Benny’s Diamond Importer—Best of Show, Fashion Accessories & Fine Jewelry Center/6th floor
Temporary Exhibitors
- Quality Time—Best of Show
- Soleil De Provence—Best in Category/Europe’s Finest
- Canine Styles—Best in Category/Pampered Pets
- Cody Road Workshops—Best in Category/Distinctly American
- Scheurich—Best in Category/Garden Products
- Zaricor Originals—Best in Category/High Country Lodge
- Pillowpelle—Best in Category/Home Accents & Fine Linens
- Alicia Stanley & Company, Ltd.—Best in Category, floor 7/Home Accents & Home Furnishings
- GO Home Ltd.—Best in Category, floor 8/Home Accents & Home Furnishings
- 18Karat International—Best in Category/HIGH DESIGN
- Harvest of Barnstable—Best in Category/Holiday, Floral & Baskets
- Emmy’s Candy From Belgium—Best in Category/Gourmet
- Iron Chinchilla—Best in Category/Handcrafted Design
- Import Partners, LLC—Best in Category/Tabletop, Fine Gifts & Housewares
- Jamee Haley Designs—Best in Category/Kid’s Kollection
- Grace-Notes—Best in Category/Write On!
- Claire V, LLC—Best in Category/Jewelry & Fashion Accessories
- Tambra Collette Designs—Best in Category/Boutique
- Talk of the Town Shops—Best in Category/Body & Soul
- Mixx—Best in Category/General Gift & Resort
For more information on AMERICASMART-ATLANTA and its annual markets, please call 1-800-ATL-MART or visit the AMERICASMART web site at AmericasMart.com.
AMERICASMART-ATLANTA is the largest wholesale marketplace of its kind in the world and is a leading international market source for a wide variety of consumer goods. It hosts 23 wholesale markets and six Market Wednesdays that annually attract more than 548,000 attendees from every U.S. state and 80 countries.
Retailers attending its markets identify AMERICASMART as the gift/home furnishings/area rug wholesale marketplace most important to their business—as compared to all competing U.S. wholesale markets—in independent research conducted by Moore & Symons, Inc.
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