Shop! Unveils Global Awards Winners at Euroshop

Competition recognizes best in-store marketing solutions from 2016 global competitions

Dusseldorf, Germany (March 6, 2017) – Shop!, the trade association focused on enhancing retail environments and experiences, honored 20 winners in the seventh annual Global Awards competition today at EuroShop. The Global Awards recognizes excellence in point-of-purchase advertising displays and marketing-at-retail activations among 2016 gold-winning displays from all association competitions around the globe.

“It was my honor to present the winners tonight. This competition is a celebration of international best-in-class in-store marketing initiatives that have been recognized at our affiliates and chapters around the world in 2016,” said Steven Weiss, CEO of Shop! “Our global chapters and affiliates hold competitions throughout the year and the Global Awards gives us the opportunity to recognize our talented members and the extraordinary work they do.“

Shop! received 63 entries from 10 global chapters/affiliates. The eight-judge panel selected 20 winners among 19 categories. The 2017 Global Award Winners from eight countries, Australia/New Zealand (3), Brazil (4), Czech Republic (2), DACH (2), Greater China (1), Portugal (1), UK & Ireland (3), and U.S. (4), are:

Alcoholic Drinks, Permanent: Creative Instore Solutions for Treasury Wine Estates

Alcoholic Drinks, Semi-Permanent: DAGO s.r.o. for Budejovicky Budvar n.p.

Alcoholic Drinks, Temporary: The Display Company for Brown-Forman GmbH  Germany

Beauty & Cosmetics, Permanent: Array for Sephora

Beauty & Cosmetics, Semi-Permanent: quem disse, berenice? for Raia Drogasil S.A

Beauty & Cosmetics, Temporary: POP this POP that Pty Ltd for REVLON Australia

Consumer Electronics, Permanent: WORTEN (tie) for WORTEN

Consumer Electronics, Permanent: Alrec (tie) for Sky UK

Consumer Electronics, Temporary: Tupiniq’in for Warner Games

Food, Grocery & Convenience, Permanent: Communisis for Procter & Gamble

Food, Grocery & Convenience, Semi-Permanent:  Menasha for The Kellogg Company

Food, Grocery & Convenience, Temporary: Megara for Mondelez

Healthcare, Semi-Permanent: Guang Dong Pretty Sun Optoelectronic Co. Ltd for A&H Design Group Ltd

Mass Merchants, Non-Food, Temporary: Neo Pack Displays for A. W. Faber Castell

Retail Service Providers, Permanent:  Rotor Studios for Toyota Motor Corporation Australia

Retail Service Providers, Semi-Permanent: Artisan Complete Limited for Newell Brands

Sales Promotion, Temporary: Grupo Droid for Banco Itaú

Shopper Marketing Campaign, Permanent: PEGO SRS (Shop and Retail Solutions ) GmbH for Nestle (Maggi GmbH)

Shopper Marketing Campaign, Temporary: Cheil Germany GmbH for Samsung Electronics GmbH

Toys, Sport & Fashion, Permanent: DisplayPlan for Hasbro UK

“Congratulations to our 2017 Global Awards winners, who not only garnered a gold award within their region, but today can claim top honors amongst the world’s best,” said Richard Nathan, chairman of the board for Shop! and CEO of RTC. “With 17 offices around the globe covering 24 countries, we always look forward to seeing the best of the best in this international competition.”

The Global Award winners will be recognized again during the Shop! Awards ceremony at GlobalShop on March 29 at the LIGHT Nightclub in Las Vegas. Tickets to the event are available at shopawards.org.

For a complete list of the 2017 winners, including photos, and more information about the Global Awards competition, visit shopawards.org.

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Shop! (shopassociation.org) is the global non-profit trade association dedicated to enhancing retail environments and experiences. Shop! represents more than 2,000 member companies worldwide and provides value to the global retail marketplace through our leadership in: Research (consumer behavior, trends, futures), Design (customer experience design, store design, display design, fixture design), Build (manufacturing, construction, materials, methods, logistics, installation), Marketing (in-store communications, in-store marketing, technology, visual merchandising, and Evaluation (ROI, analytics, recognition/awards). Shop! is the new name for A.R.E. | POPAI The New Association.