IHA Names Global Innovation Award Winners
The International Housewares Association will honor a record-breaking number of the world’s most innovative and creative home and housewares retailers for the Global Innovations Awards (gia) program at The Inspired Home Show, March-5-7 at McCormick Place in Chicago.
The Inspired Home Show and IHA, global sponsors and organizers of the gia program, announced 33 outstanding home and housewares retailers from 32 countries.
The Inspired Home Show will be the first in-person gathering of the industry’s premier marketplace since 2019. Covid-19 safety-related policies and protocols have also been established – as has a shortened schedule for the event.
The 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 over 50 countries on six continents.
The U.S. winners are Paddington Station for gift retailers and The Butler’s Pantry for housewares retailer. The Canada winner is HOME on water st.
Each national gia winner is invited to The Inspired Home Show, 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, March 5, 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 Concourse Walkway at McCormick Place.
For a full list of winners and a preview of The Inspired Home Show, check out the March issue of Kitchenware News & Housewares Review. Subscribe now so you don’t miss anything!
