FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Deborah A.Teschke
Manager, Media Relations & Communications
847-692-0110

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Twenty Top Retailers From Around the World Honored with National Global Innovator Awards

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CHICAGO (March 23, 2009) – Benefit from the merchandising savvy of these best-in-class retailers by visiting the gia display in the Grand Concourse Lobby, where visuals of their award-winning efforts will be showcased. Banners of the honored retailers will also be displayed in the Walkway between the Lakeside Center and the Grand Concourse. The

2008-2009 winners are:

Prototype Home Furnishing & Decoration (Argentina)
top3 by design (Australia)
Glas-Porzellan-Redl (Austria)
Les Secrets du Chef Sprl (Belgium)
Utilplast (Brazil)
Les Touilleurs (Canada)
Almacenes Flamingo (Colombia)
Potiron (France)
Manufactum (Germany)
Il Cucchiaio Di Legno (Italy)
DOK Cookware (The Netherlands)
Cranfields (New Zealand)
Pantry Magic (Hong Kong)
AlmiDécor (Poland)
Iseli & Albrecht AG (Switzerland)
Karaca (Turkey)
Bentalls (United Kingdom)
Multiahorro (Uruguay)
A Southern Season (USA)
Wegmans (USA)

gia national magazine sponsors include:

Cas y Fasa (Argentina)
Australian Giftguide (Australia)
Die Vitrine (Austria)
Argus (Belgium)
HG Casa (Brazil)
Home Style (Canada)
Super Tecnomercado (Chile)
Fenalco (Colombia)
Forma & Furniture (Finland)
Offrir International (France)
stil&markt (Germany)
Casastile (Italy)
ANTAD/Al Detalle (Mexico)
Gemengde Branche (The Netherlands)
Wares (New Zealand)
Ambiente (Poland)
EL MAG (Switzerland)
Retail Asia (Singapore)
Zucaciye (Turkey)
Progressive Housewares (United Kingdom)
Supermercados y Autoservicios (Uruguay)
The Gourmet Retailer (USA)
HomeWorld Business (USA)