Specialty Retail Report's Visual Victories

2006 Visual Victories Award Winners

The Visual Victories Awards celebrate the best-of-the-best in six categories:

Retailer's cart: Proactiv
Retailer: American Kiosk Management
Mall: Fair Oaks (Fairfax, VA)
Mall developer: The Taubman Company
Entry submitted by: Lori McGhee
Visual merchandiser: Robin Bliss / Tom Davidson

Retailer's cart: Nature's Best
Retailer: Dapha Weingarten
Mall: Jersey Gardens Mall (Elizabeth, NJ)
Mall developer: Glimcher Realty Trust
Entry submitted by: Denise Monahan
Visual merchandiser: Kat Contreras

Retailer's cart: Total Pleasure
Retailer: Philip Green
Mall: Jersey Gardens Mall (Elizabeth, NJ)
Mall developer: Glimcher Realty Trust
Entry submitted by: Denise Monahan
Visual merchandiser: Kat Contreras

Best Use of a Prop

Retailer's cart: Super Steam
Retailer: Shimi Adani
Mall: Park Meadows (Littleton, CO)
Mall developer: General Growth Properties
Entry submitted by: Stephanie Jackson
Visual merchandiser: Jan Arnold

Retailer's cart: Perfect Petzz
Retailer: Orit Partufh
Mall: Greenwood Park Mall (Greenwood, IN)
Mall developer: Simon Property Group
Entry submitted by: Monica O'Brien

Most Improved Retail Display

Retailer's cart: Joy Fashions
Retailer: Esther Choi
Mall: Perimeter Mall (Atlanta, GA)
Mall developer: General Growth Properties
Entry submitted by: Starr McHugh
Visual merchandiser: Daniel Slack

Retailer's cart: Just Zip It
Retailer: Maurice Moore
Mall: The Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills (Tarentum, PA)
Mall developer: Mills Corp
Entry submitted by: Cindy Kern
Visual merchandiser: Cindy Kern

Retailer's store: Family Touch
Retailer: Max Alam/Rehana Haque
Mall: Collin Creek Mall (Plano, TX)
Mall developer: General Growth Properties
Entry submitted by: Teresa Hodge/Brenda Crawford
Visual merchandiser: 3-D Creative

Best Store Design

Retailer's store: WAG
Retailer: Leigh Ann Leshock
Mall: Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills (Tarentum, PA)
Mall developer: The Mills Corporation
Entry submitted by: Jennifer Gurreri
Visual merchandiser: David Stein

Retailer's store: Kamp Kreatures
Retailer: Gail Russell
Mall: Chesterfield Towne Center (Richmond, VA)
Mall developer: Macerich
Entry submitted by: Kim Lyda

Retailer's store: Game Frog Cafe
Retailer: Randy Diers
Mall: Hanes Mall (Winston-Salem, NC)
Mall developer: CBL & Associates Properties
Entry submitted by: Jerry Jones
Visual merchandiser: Belinda Robbins

Best Store Signage

Retailer's store: Flip-Side
Retailer: Rolando and Brenda Martinez
Mall: La Plaza Mall (McAllen, TX)
Mall developer: Simon Property Group
Entry submitted by: Emilie Collazo

Retailer's store: Baby on Board
Retailer: Frank Yu
Mall: Metropolis at Metrotown (Burnaby, BC)
Mall developer: Ivanhoe Cambridge
Entry submitted by: Tania Cerantola
Visual merchandiser: Natalie Tan

Best Promotional Cart

Retailer's cart: Bath Fitter
Retailer: Aaron Gross
Mall: The Mall at Tuttle Crossing (Dublin, OH)
Mall developer: The Mills Corp
Entry submitted by: Jeanie Haddox
Visual merchandiser: Michelle Argento

Retailer's cart: 24/7 Real Estate
Retailer: George Kleanthis
Mall: South Park (Charlotte, NC)
Mall developer: Simon Property Group
Entry submitted by: Bethany Jaeger
Visual merchandiser: Thurlow Smith

Retailer's cart: Why Weight?
Retailer: John Valentine
Mall: Eastland Mall (Columbus, OH)
Mall developer: Glimcher Realty Trust
Entry submitted by: Pat Fleser
Visual merchandiser: Lisa Robinson

In addition to acknowledging innovation and creativity in visual merchandising, the Visual Victories Awards are meant to inspire you and generate ideas that you can use to draw more customers to your cart, kiosk or in-line store.

We salute all of the winners, and the runners-up, who put their blood, sweat and tears into their visual merchandising—and the results speak for themselves.

The Judges

Annette Bourque
Art FX

Susan Brielmann
Rudolph & Me

Micheal Brother
Santa's Pen

Pat Fleser
Glimcher

Rick Gardner
Stockings to Stuf

Deborah Georgetti-Piro
Mills Corporation

Bill Hall
Simon Property Group

Deborah Kravitz
Provenzano Resources

Claudine Lavoie
Ivanhoe Cambridge

Sharon Loeff
Creations at Dallas

Coleen McNelis
Macerich

Denise Monahan
Glimcher

Greg Parsons
Developers Diversified Realty

Heather Petrosky
Marketplace Redwood

Rob Rasmussen
CBL Properties

Mele Sarmiento
General Growth Properties

Caye Watts
Jones Lang LaSalle

Pat Yates
Happy Feet