ROSEMONT, IL (Oct. 22, 2024) – The Inspired Home Show® and the International Housewares Association (IHA), the global sponsors and organizers of the IHA Global Innovation Awards (gia) program, announced the Global Honorees for the gia Top Window Awards during the “Shoppers Just Want to Have Fun: Visual Trends Captivating Millennial and Gen Z Consumers / gia Top Window Award” presentation by gia expert juror Anne Kong earlier today. The Global Honorees are:
Small Company Category
- Milly’s, New Zealand
- Bazaar – La Barra, Uruguay
Large Company Category
- Loeb AG, Switzerland
- Harrods, United Kingdom
“For more than 20 years, IHA is very proud to have honored the very best in home + housewares retailing through the gia Awards – 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the gia Global Innovation Awards! The most recent gia Top Window Awards competition had entries from 15 countries, and it is incredibly encouraging to see the creativity and passion that retailers are placing into their window displays,” said Derek Miller, IHA president & CEO. “We look forward to hosting the four gia Top Window Award winners at The Inspired Home Show in Chicago, along with more than 30 additional retailers who have won other gia country-level competitions.”
The gia Top Window Award is a special award program under the gia umbrella. As with the general gia Retail Awards, the Top Window competition is structured on a two-tier level, national and global. Co-sponsoring the country-specific gia Top Window programs with IHA are housewares trade publications worldwide who sponsor national gia programs in their respective countries, nominating the best windows for the global competition.
The global jury, consisting of the four gia Expert Jurors – Anne Kong, Scott Kohno, Henrik Peter Reisby Nielsen and Wolfgang Gruschwitz – evaluated home and housewares windows from around the world based on:
- Originality and Creativity (theme, concept, special effects)
- Merchandise Presentation
- Professionalism: Execution and Technical Aspects (lighting, attention to detail, signage, copy)
The four gia Top Window Global Honorees of 2024 will be invited to The Inspired Home Show 2025 in Chicago and honored at a festive awards dinner on Sunday, March 2, together with the other gia winners of 2024-2025.
The gia program was created by IHA and The Inspired Home Show to foster innovation and excellence in home and housewares retailing throughout the world. Since the launch of gia in 2000, there have been over 550 gia retail award winners from 55 countries on six continents.
For more information about the IHA Global Innovation Awards (gia) program, the co-sponsors or participating in 2025-2026, contact Piritta Törrö at piritta.torro@inspiredconnection.fi. Additional information on the gia program is also available online at TheInspiredHomeShow.com/Awards/gia-Retailing.
The Inspired Home Show, IHA’s global home + housewares marketplace, will be held Sunday – Tuesday, March 2-4 at Chicago’s McCormick Place Complex. For more information about the 2025 Show and to register for a Show badge, please visit TheInspiredHomeShow.com/register. To search for new products that will be at the Show visit Connect 365, the Show’s online directory.
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Editor’s note: Images of the 2024 gia Top Window Global Honorees are available for download athttps://housewares.smugmug.com/Gia/2024-gia-Top-Window-Global-Honorees-
The International Housewares Association is the 86-year-old voice of the housewares industry. The not-for-profit, full-service association sponsors the world’s premier exposition of products for the home, The Inspired Home Show, IHA’s Global Home + Housewares Market (TheInspiredHomeShow.com) which celebrates its 125th Show in 2025, and offers its member companies a wide range of services, including industry and government advocacy; export assistance; industry and consumer trends through various industry reports; executive management peer groups; group buying discounts on business solutions services; and an independent news and information platform through HomePageNews.com.
