gia was created with the objective of fostering innovation and excellence in housewares retailing throughout the world. The competition is structured on a two-tier level, national and global. Co-sponsoring the country-specific gia award programs with IHA are over 25 housewares trade publications worldwide, which sponsor national gia programs in their respective countries.
Here are the 2012 gia Global Innovation Award winners, in alphabetical order by country:
Country Store Name City
Argentina Kitchen Company Buenos Aires
Australia Burnt Orange Mosman NSW
Austria T&T Hinterholzer GmbH Oberndorf
Belgium Doen Gent
Brazil Doural São Paulo
Canada Kitchen Therapy South Surrey
China Hong-Gu-Xuan Furniture Co. Zhongshan city
Colombia Distribuidora Rayco S.A. Bucaramanga
Denmark Normann Copenhagen Copenhagen
France Ambiance & Styles Strasbourg
Germany Güterbahnhof 12 Das Wohnmagazin Marburg
Italy Morandin Regali Treviso
Japan ACTUS Shonan
Netherlands De Bijenkorf Amsterdam
New Zeland Table Pride Tauranga, Bay of Plenty
Poland home&you Warszawa
Russia Krishkin Dom Moscow
Sweden NK Glas, Porslin & Kök Stockholm
Switzerland von Siebenthal for table and kitchen Gstaad
Turkey Tefal Shop Istanbul
UK The Cook Shop at Barton Grange Preston
Uruguay PÓRTICO Uruguay Montevideo
USA- Gourmet Retailers Great News! Cookware & Cooking School San Diego, CA
USA Homeworld Sur La Table Seattle, WA
USA Gourmet Business Cutlery and More East Dundee, IL
Get more information on the gia program on the IHA website here
