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.
11.02.14
Use the comment box below to share your thoughts with rugnews.com readers.
Feel free to comment on the state of the industry, share tips on improving business or just to let off steam.
Please do not use this privilege to make libelous remarks or to sell your products.
If you want to sell your products, our advertising rates are posted on the site under the Advertise tab.
Please use your name and email address.
|