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Dallas Market Center honored the winners of the seventh annual Showroom of the Year Awards during the opening night of the summer edition of Lightovation – Dallas International Lighting Show. The event, hosted at the Dallas Trade Mart’s Loft 4 on June 22, recognized top lighting retailers throughout North America in three overall excellence and three specialty categories.
One Showroom of the Year was named in each of three dollar-volume categories (annual revenue under $2 million, revenue under $5 million and $5 million and over) from a field of up to 10 finalists in that category. All finalists were also eligible for three specialty awards: Outstanding Merchandising Display, Exceptional Community Involvement and Social Media Star.
Three retail and design experts judged the 2016 finalists and winners: Lori Dennis, ASID, LEED AP, interior designer, author, co-founder of Design Campus and star of HGTV’s “The Real Designing Women,” based in Los Angeles; Nicole Leinbach Reyhle, author and founder/publisher of Retail Minded magazine, based in Parker, Colo.; and Bob Phibbs, business strategist, author, speaker and owner of The Retail Doctor consulting firm, based in Coxsackie, N.Y.
The 2016 Showroom of the Year winners are:
Revenue Under $2 Million
Progressive Lighting, Atlanta
Revenue Under $5 Million
Accent Lighting, Lake Oswego, Ore.
Revenue $5 Million and Over
Lightology, Chicago
Outstanding Merchandising Display
Design Lighting, Surrey, British Columbia
Exceptional Community Involvement
Park Lighting, Edmonton, Alberta
Social Media Star
Montreal Lighting & Hardware, Montreal, Quebec
“Evolving technologies and new channels of distribution are challenging lighting retailers to be better than ever, and these stores have certainly risen to the occasion,” said Laura Van Zeyl, publisher and editorial director of Residential Lighting magazine and Dallas Market Center’s newly hired vice president of lighting technology development and marketing. “We are fortunate to have the opportunity to recognize them at the industry’s premier buying event in partnership with Dallas Market Center.”
“We are pleased to recognize these world-class retailers,” said Cindy Morris, president and CEO of Dallas Market Center. “The June edition of Lightovation is the perfect setting for this event, and we are pleased to spotlight well-deserving Showroom of the Year recipients.”
Read more about this year’s winners here.
The call for entries and nominations for the 2017 Showroom of the Year Awards will go live on ResidentialLighting.com in late November.
