New York Stores of the Year Unveiled

VM+SD has presented its fourth annual New York Stores of the Year awards to Bergdorf Goodman and Fendi. The retailers were honored last night at the annual PAVE gala in The Rainbow Room, 30 Rockefeller Plaza.

VM+SD associate publisher Carole Winters and editor Steve Kaufman, along with ST Media Group president Tedd Swormstedt, were on hand to bestow the coveted crystal apple awards on the two stores, which best reflect the challenges in design and innovation represented in the New York market.

Bergdorf Goodman was chosen for the classic renovations of several selling floors within its fabled Fifth Avenue flagship, while Fendi won acclaim for its new jewel box of a store, also on Fifth Avenue. Both stores will be profiled in a cover story in the January issue of VM+SD.

Today, meantime, marks the kickoff of StoreXpo in New York, the annual visual merchandising and store design trade show at the heart of retail innovation that's presented by VM+SD and ST Media Group. Once again, StoreXpo is co-locating with the former P-O-P Show/New York, now renamed The Total Retail Experience (TREX).

The show runs December 7-8 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, with participating Manhattan showrooms open December 7-9. For a full schedule of events, including keynote sessions, participating exhibitors and showrooms, visit www.storexpo.info.