Excellence in housewares retailing is an important focus at The Inspired Home Show 2022 in Chicago, with a record number of home and housewares retailers to be honoured at the annual IHA Global Innovation Awards (gia) program.
The Inspired Home Show and the International Housewares Association (IHA), the global sponsors and organisers of the gia program, revealed the national gia winners for 2021-2022 from 32 countries around the world.
The Inspired Home Show will be held from March 5 to 7 at McCormick Place with Covid-19 safety-related policies and protocols, as well as a shortened schedule for the event.
The gia program was created by IHA and The Inspired Home Show to foster innovation and excellence in home and housewares retailing throughout the world.
The 2021-2022 national gia winners are:
Country Store Name Store website
Argentina Paul French Gallery pauldeco.com
Australia MAKE Designed Objects makedesignedobjects.com
Belgium Dupont NV https://kookboetiek.be
Bermuda The Chefs Shop, Bermuda https://chefshopbermuda.shop
Brazil Westwing Brasil westwing.com.br
Canada HOME on water st. homeonwaterst.com
China Keye Casa keyecasa.com
Colombia Miscelandia miscelandia.co
Denmark Sinnerup sinnerup.dk
Eastern Europe –
Hungary KITCHENSHOP kitchenshop.hu
France La Maison Pernoise lamaisonpernoise.com
Germany Lorey lorey.de
India HomeTown
– by Praxis Home Retail Limited hometown.in
Ireland Stock Design stockdesignonline.com
Italy Negozio Mori negoziomori.it
Japan KEYUCA keyuca.com
Middle East –
United Arab Emirates DWELL dwellstores.ae
Netherlands Woerdman Kookkado woerdmankookgoedkoop.nl
Norway Hansen & Co hansenco.no
Poland Miloo Home miloohome.pl
Portugal In&Out Cooking inoutcooking.com
Russia Di Murano dimurano.ru
Saudi Arabia aura Living auraliving.com
South Africa Carrol Boyes carrolboyes.com
Southeast Asia –
Taiwan hengstyle hengstyle.com
Spain La Oca laoca.es
Sweden Artilleriet The Kitchen artilleriet.se
Switzerland Sibler AG sibler.com
Turkey EnPlus enplus.com.tr
United Kingdom Jarrold jarrold.co.uk
Uruguay Kitchen & Cooking ehause.com.uy
USA – Gift Retailers Paddington Station paddingtonstationashland.com
USA –
Housewares Retailers The Butler’s Pantry shopthebutlerspantry.com
The gia competition is structured on a two-tier level, national and global, to honour independent and multiple location home and housewares retailers for excellence in several business categories.
- Overall mission statement, vision and strategy
- Store design and layout
- Visual merchandising, displays and window displays
- Marketing, advertising and promotions
- Customer service and staff training
- Innovation
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 Honourees 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.
Feature image: EnPlus in Turkey.