Thirty-two retailers from around the world will be honored for merchandising excellence during The Inspired Home Show 2024 annual IHA Global Innovation Awards (gia) program.
The Inspired Home Show and the International Housewares Association (IHA) are global sponsors and organizers of the gia program, whose 2023-2024 national retail honorees come from 31 countries, including honorees from Kazakhstan and Peru for the first time. Since the launch of gia in 2000, there have been more than 500 gia retail award winners from more than 50 countries on six continents.
The 2023-2024 national gia winners are:
| Country | Store Name | Store Website |
| Argentina | Negro House and Pleasures | negrohouse.com.ar |
| Australia | Granite Lane | granitelane.com.au |
| Austria | Redl Glas – Porzellan | glas-porzellan-redl.at |
| Belgium | Dhondt Leef Mooi | dhondt.be |
| Brazil | MUMA | muma.com.br |
| Canada | Bradshaws | bradshaw.ca |
| China | DOHMC Ltd. | idhmj.com |
| Colombia | Cristaleria La Paz | cristalerialapaz.co |
| Eastern Europe | Potten & Pannen – Stanek | pottenpannen.cz |
| France | Maison Empereur | empereur.fr |
| Germany | Kustermann | kustermann.de |
| India | Pure Home + Living | purehomeandliving.com |
| Ireland | The Kitchen Whisk | thekitchenwhisk.ie |
| Italy | Cucina33 | cucina33.it |
| Japan | Y-YACHT | store.y-yacht-.co.jp |
| Kazakhstan | Premium Home | |
| Mexico | Liverpool | liverpool.com.mx |
| Middle East | Home Centre | homecentre.com |
| Netherlands | Kookx | kookxwinkel.nl |
| New Zealand | Smith & Caughey’s | smithandcaugheys.co.nz |
| Peru | Sodimac y Maestro | sodimac.com.pe |
| Poland | Premium Home | premium-home.eu |
| Portugal | Cottook – Kitchen’s Life | cottook.com |
| Saudi Arabia | NICE | nice.com.sa |
| Spain | Trends Home | trendshome.es |
| Switzerland | Loeb AG | loeb.ch |
| Turkey | TAC | tacev.com.tr |
| Ukraine | POSUD MEISTER | posudmeister.ua |
| United Kingdom | Divertimenti | divertimenti.co.uk |
| Uruguay | Home – Grupo Disco del Uruguay | disco.com.uy |
| USA – Giftware Retailers | Mix It Up Home & Gift | mixituphome.com |
| USA – Housewares Retailers | The Cook’s Shop (pictured above) | thecooksshop.com |
The gia competition is structured on a two-tier level, national and global, to honor independent and multiple-location home and housewares retailers for excellence in several business categories:
- Overall mission statement, vision and strategy
- Store design and layout
- Visual merchandising, displays and window displays
- Marketing, advertising and promotions
- Customer service and staff training
- Innovation
Each national gia winner is invited to The Inspired Home Show in Chicago, where the global gia jury, consisting of three experts representing Asia, Europe and the Americas, plus a rotating group of co-sponsoring trade publication editors from around the world, will select up to five gia Global Honorees; the winner of the Martin M. Pegler Award for Excellence in Visual Merchandising; and the gia Digital Commerce Award for Excellence in Online Retailing. National winners will be honored Sunday, March 17, at an awards dinner, where the gia Global Honorees and winners of the Martin M. Pegler and gia Digital Commerce awards will be announced. The national winners are featured with a special display at the Inspired Home Show.
As part of gia’s educational offering, on Monday, March 18, the four gia expert jurors, Anne Kong, Wolfgang Gruschwitz, Scott Kohno and Henrik Peter Reisby Nielsen. will present a special session in the show’s Inspiration Theater: Innovate, Elevate, Captivate: Reinventing the Retail Experience. The gia expert jurors will delve into how retailers are elevating their spaces, services and overall brand image to create an immersive and unforgettable customer journey.
