WELCOME TO THE
2010 Award Winners
Clockwise from above: Store Design: blueCashew Kitchen Pharmacy, Visual Merchandising: Poppy, Community Service Events: Jenss DĂŠcor, Marketing Achievement: Swagger Gifts
2010 Award Winners
Clockwise from top left: Special Award for Service to the Community: Leon & Lulu; Industry Rising Star: Lindsay Phillips; Gift for Life Industry Achievement Award: Randy Eller; Outstanding Manufacturers’ Rep: Julia Elliman, Goetz
Cocktail hour gathering before the Gala dinner and Awards ceremony
Alan Steel of GLM shares cocktail chat with Sandow Media’s Kevin Castellani and Connie Lineberry
Community Service Events Award winner Jenss Décor’s Diane Wexler and Marsha Dautch with Su Hilty of 7W New York
Visual Merchandising Award winners Diana Parker, Barbara McCormick and Lilianne Johnstone of Poppy
GLM’s Marc Delman with Mary Ann Hairfield of Arte Italica and Gift for Life board member Warren Shoulberg
Gift for Life board member Jill Sands with Georgia Davis, WMCLV, and Randy Eller
Store Design Award winners Sean Nutley and Jojo Ans of the bluecashew Kitchen Pharmacy point out their article.
John Curtis Fisher, John Fisher, Betts Fisher and Harrison Fisher with honoree Randy Eller
Visual Merchandising finalists Diane Silverstein, Brett Richardson and Ian Souter of Absolutely Fabulous
Mary Liz Curtin, Saverio Mancina and Keara Scannell of Leon & Lulu, which earned a Special Award of Recognition for Service to the Community
Wellspring’s Cindy Henry with John Keiser and Lisa DiCostanzo of Onecoast
Marketing Achievement finalist Tara Riceberg (L) with Home Accents Today editor-in-chief Jenny Heinzen York and publisher Janice Lassiter
John Perez and Steven Lora of Marketing Achievement finalist Motif Modern Living
Rodney Hutton and Mary Jane Puangco of Store Design finalist LittleMissMatched
Outstanding Manufacturers’ Rep finalist Amy Fischetto with John Fischetto
Rising Star honoree Lindsay Phillips
Fred Pannek and Adrienne Boyer of Mudpie with Swagger Gifts Marketing Achievement Award winner Mandy Becker (R) and her husband Nathan (L).
Community Service Events finalists Melissa and Jeff Haberstroh of the Burlap Horse with Maureen Aloisi of Wellspring
Assembled guests listen to a presentation
Clockwise from left: Gifts & Decorative Accessories publisher Nancy Wolkow welcomes everyone to the REA Gala; presenters Beatriz Ball and GLM’s Christian Falkenberg
From left: G&DA’s Caroline Kennedy and retailer/ contributing editor Carol Schroeder present Outstanding Manufacturers’ Rep award to Julia Elliman; Leon & Lulu’s Mary Liz Curtain is crowned “Queen of Quite a Lot”; Swagger Gifts’ Mandy Becker receives award as DMC’s Jim Lugannini looks on.
Randy Eller receives Gift for Life Industry Achievement Award from GFL’s chair Jenny Hammons and GFL founder Peter Schauben
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