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11022014 AmericasMart Calls for Icon Honors 2015 Entries

11/2/2014

AMERICASMART CALLS FOR
ICON HONORS 2015 ENTRIES


ATLANTA - AmericasMart is calling for entries for its Icon Honors event which will be held Thursday, July 9 during the Summer Atlanta International Gift and Home Furnishings and Area Rug markets. The 2015 call for submissions and nominations continues through March 16, 2015.

The sixth-annual Icon Honors is open to retailers, manufacturers, sales agencies and service providers. Icon Honors is produced and staged by AmericasMart Atlanta in exclusive partnership with the Gift & Home Trade Association (GHTA) and Progressive Business Media, and in affiliation with Gift For Life.

All Icon Honors submissions and nominations are made exclusively online at Iconhonors.com.  New to Icon Honors 2015 - and conferred separately from entries received in open submissions and nominations - is the Progressive Business Media Marketing Messaging to Retailers Honor.  The new Honor recognizes superior achievement in manufacturing and sales organizations creating multi-channel business-to-business marketing campaigns that have produced successful sales results and strong brand value propositions.

The four Icon Honors recognition categories, with their individual subsections, include:


INNOVATION

Innovation 1:  Technology Innovations/Marketing; Technology Innovations/Networking; and Technology Innovations/Selling.

Innovation 2:  Product Innovations/New Products; Product Innovations/Redesigned Products; and Product Innovations/Licensed Products.

Innovation 3:  Packaging Innovations/New Designs; Packaging Innovations/New Material; and Packaging Innovations/Eco-Friendly.
 

CONTRIBUTION

Contribution 1:  Community Influence/Business Development and Community Influence/Outreach.

Contribution 2:  Industry Influence/Leadership and Industry Influence/Cause-Related Product.
 

BRANDING

Branding/Identity:  Brand Identity Development/Brand Launch; Brand Identity Development/Brand Continuity; and Brand Identity Development/Rebranding.
 

ACHIEVEMENT

Achievement 1:  New Achiever.

Achievement 2:  Career Achiever.

Icon Honors additionally confers special recognition through the Lifetime Achievement Honor, AmericasMart Medal of Excellence Honor and The GHTA/Gift for Life Honor of Excellence.  These Honors are conferred at the sole discretion of the Icon Honors governing board representing the partners.

The Summer Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market will take place July 7 to 14 and the Atlanta International Area Rug Market will take place July 8 to 11, 2015.



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