THE SUMMER MARKET: AUG 4 – 7, 2024, JAVITS CENTER

– Winners were Selected from Curated Product Displays
at Winter 2018 Market –

NEW YORK, NY. — February 7, 2018 — NY NOW®, the Market for Home, Lifestyle + Gift, is excited to announce the winners of its semi-annual Eco Choice Awards as well as the recipient for the Best Exclusive Launch Award. The winners were selected from the sustainability: design for a better world® and destination:new product displays, respectively.

“The product displays at NY NOW are always a hit because they highlight two areas that buyers are increasingly interested in when shopping for their stores – new launches and products that are eco-conscious,” said Randi Mohr, NY NOW Show Director and Emerald Expositions Vice President. “We’re pleased to spotlight the outstanding accomplishments of this Market’s Eco Choice and Best Exclusive Launch Award winners as we know they will be just what buyers are looking for!”

NY NOW’s Eco Choice Awards
NY NOW’s sustainability: design for a better world® product display attracted submissions from all three collections – HOME, LIFESTYLE and HANDMADE – of the expansive winter 2018 market. Each entry underwent a rigorous qualifying process before being selected for inclusion in the curated product display. All participating products in the display were eligible for the Eco Choice Awards program. The winners are:

      •      Most Innovative: Nexten Pro Inc. (Tabletop + Gourmet Housewares, Booth
#3447) for its Minimal Natural Fiber Salad/Bento Box.
      •      Most Sensitive Use of Materials: Itza Wood (Handmade® Global Design,
Booth #640) for its Exotic Wood Serving Board.
      •      Most Sellable: Shupaca (Handmade® Global Design,Booth #100) for its Alpaca
Throw & Blanket.

Entries were evaluated onsite at NY NOW earlier this week by a panel of retail and industry expert judges that included Lawton Hall of Eco Home; Ashesh Patel of Hatch/EcoModern Lifestyle; and Susan A. Tucker of BYDYZNE Consulting/IFDA. The winning products will remain on display in NY NOW’s sustainability: design for a better world® exhibit for the duration of the Market; each product is showcased alongside details about their provenance and production process. These “back-stories” highlight the green elements of the production process such as the use of renewable or alternative sources of energy in production, including wind, sun, and alternative fuels.

NY NOW’s “Best Exclusive Launch” Award
NY NOW also announced today the winner of its “Best Exclusive Launch” Award. This honor recognizes a standout product that is making its official debut exclusively at the winter 2018 market and was selected as part of the destination:new product display. The winner is:

      •      Best Exclusive Launch: · Manhattan Collection from Harlow & Grey,
represented by Karen Alweil Studio (Booth #QUAD3)

All entries were judged by a panel of industry experts and members of the media including Hana Alberts of New York Post; Francesco Bilotto, Celebrity Interior Designer; Kana Sugamori of OK! Magazine Japan; and Paul Vitale of Sweet Paul Magazine.

For images of the Eco Choice Award and Best Exclusive Launch Award winners, please click here.

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About NY NOW
The winter 2018 edition of NY NOW®, the Market for Home, Lifestyle + Gift, takes place February 3-7, 2018 at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. NY NOW features three comprehensive collections – HOME, LIFESTYLE and HANDMADE – that encompass tens of thousands of products in hundreds of product categories. The Handmade® Global Design section of the HANDMADE Collection opened Saturday, February 3 and close on Tuesday, February 6, on Level 4 in the River Pavilion. The HOME and LIFESTYLE Collections, as well as the Handmade® Designer Maker and Artisan Resource® sections of the HANDMADE Collection opened Sunday, February 4 and close on Wednesday, February 7 on Levels 1 and 3. Attendees from all 50 states and nearly 70 countries worldwide are expected.

NY NOW is owned by Emerald Expositions, the largest operator of business-to-business trade shows in the United States, with most of our shows dating back several decades. We currently operate more than 50 trade shows, including 31 of the top 250 trade shows in the country as ranked by TSNN, as well as numerous other events. Our events connect over 500,000 global attendees and exhibitors and occupy more than 6.9 million NSF of exhibition space. We have been recognized with many awards and accolades that reflect our industry leadership as well as the importance of our shows to the exhibitors and attendees we serve. More information about NY NOW can be found at http://nynow.studio98test.com/.

NOTE TO EDITORS:
    •    The official name of the market is “NY NOW.” Please do not use “NY Now,”
“NYNow” “the NY Gift Show” or the “NY Gift Fair” to refer to the market.
    •    Javits North will continue to be under renovation during the winter 2018 market and
as a result, the Handmade® Designer Maker section will once again be located on
Level 3. It will open on Sunday, February 4, 2018 and close on Wednesday,
February 7, 2018.
    •    Get a jump on summer planning – NY NOW’s summer 2018 market takes place in
its entirety, Sunday, August 12 through Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at the Jacob
K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Katie Seifert
Coyne PR for NY NOW
973-588-2000
kseifert@coynepr.com