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NASFM
Retail Design Awards Announces
Record Number of Winning Projects
Hollywood,
FL (3/8/02)— NASFM Retail Design Awards judges awarded
22 Outstanding Merits, 17 Grand Prizes, 18 Special Merits for
Outstanding Store Fixtures, 1 "Fixture of the Year"
and 1 "Store of the Year," a total of 59 awards in
all and more than the program has ever recognized. A list of
the winning projects, including contributing companies, is available
upon request.
NASFM’s awards program is unique in that it is the only
program which specifically recognizes store fixture design and
manufacturing. Winners of "Special Merits for Outstanding
Store Fixtures" and the "Fixture of the Year,"
truly reflect innovation in store fixture manufacturing and
material usage.
Winners of Outstanding Merits and Grand Prizes in each category,
as well as the overall "Fixture of the Year" and "Store
of the Year," will remain a secret until the NASFM Retail
Design Awards Reception & Presentation on April 18. Retailers,
designers, and fixture manufacturers will be recognized during
the hour-long awards ceremony that concludes the first day of
GlobalShop. This year’s winners integrated strong brand
identity into their store and fixture designs and used traditional
materials in unique ways to support their store brands. Display
& Design Ideas is the Presenting Sponsor of the awards ceremony,
and, as such, will be publishing a complete "Winners Book"
featuring all winning projects in its May issue.
Judges for this year’s competition were: Judith Bell, Corporate
Manager of Innovation, Target; Dennis Gerdeman, Principal, Chute
Gerdeman Group; Anthony J. Mancini, Senior Vice President –
Global Retail Store Development, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts/Imagineering;
Terri Roberts, Manager-Casework, Starbucks Coffee Co; Kathy
Socha, President/Design Director, Phase One Design Services
Inc.; RoxAnna Sway, Editor, Display & Design Ideas;
Marianne Wilson, Senior Editor, Chain Store Age; and
Carole Winters, Associate Publisher, VM+SD Magazine.
For details and to purchase tickets to attend the presentation,
visit www.nasfm.org and click on NASFM
Retail Design Awards. Tickets are $60 if purchased by March
15, and $75 per person thereafter.
NASFM is an international, not-for-profit association
representing the store fixture manufacturing industry since
1956. The association's membership includes more than 450 regular
member companies operating over 800 plants and employing more
than 75,000 people worldwide; an additional 200 industry suppliers
are associate members. NASFM members manufacture an estimated
85% of all store fixtures produced in North America, and the
100 largest North American store fixture manufacturers are NASFM
members. The typical NASFM member employs 85 people, and generates
revenues in excess of $10 million per year.
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