special events

A.R.E. Design Awards
Monday, March 23, 5:00 – 7:00 P.M.
Bellini Ballroom, Venetian

The A.R.E. Design Awards is the leading retail design competition and the only competition that recognizes store fixtures, visual presentation, and overall store and department design in 17 categories. Join 500 of the industry’s leading retailers, designers and suppliers in Las Vegas for an evening of recognition and great design the first evening of GlobalShop as we recognize the best in retail environments design.

Presentation Highlights…

• A.R.E. Above & Beyond Award
• DDI’s Markopoulos Award    
• Fixture of the Year
• Store of the Year
• Emcee: John Weber
  Retail Development Manager, Planning, Policy & Brand Harley Davidson 

Purchase Tickets …
Visit www.GlobalShop.org for tickets ($75 each until Feb. 23, 2009; $95 each thereafter)

(Note: Tickets are $65 each if purchased by A.R.E. members and retail council members directly through A.R.E. by Mar. 2, 2009 at http://www.retailfix.com/awards_overview09.cfm)

A.R.E. Design Awards “Winners on Display”

Tuesday – Wednesday, March 24-25
GlobalShop Main Lobby

Check out the various categories of winning stores, store fixtures, and visual presentations in our digital display of award-winning projects. You can't miss them in the GlobalShop lobby. For a preliminary winners list, visit the A.R.E. web site, www.retailenvironments.org, after February 10, 2009.

POPAI OMA Awards Gala                   
Tuesday, March 24, 5:00 – 7:30 P.M.
Bellini Ballroom, Venetian

The marketing at retail best and brightest will be honored at POPAI’s Annual Awards Gala. Join us as nearly 600 industry professionals come together to recognize the most innovative and effective marketing at retail displays. Beginning with a cocktail reception, the highlight of the evening is the announcement of the 2009 Marketing at Retail Award Winners.

POPAI's Outstanding Marketing at-Retail Achievement (OMA) Awards Contest is the premier award for recognizing the most innovative and effective in-store and at retail displays, lifting sales and making products memorable and enticing to consumers. Entries vie each year for gold, silver and bronze honors. Display of the Year winners are chosen from among the gold winners in each division of the contest. A prestigious panel of judges comprised of producers, brand marketers and retailers will identify winners in a range of categories. The first round of judging is done online, where judges review submitted images and case history forms. The second round of judging is done in person, where judges evaluate the actual displays to formulate a final score. Scores are based on the display's ability to increase sales, obtain retail placements, and work strategically to position the brand at the point of sale. This is the industry's largest and longest running awards contest.

This year we celebrate the second year for our newest contests, Limited Production Run and Creative Best of Show. Limited Production Run is an online only contest for displays with a production run of under 100. These displays are not shipped to GlobalShop and are judged solely on the online entry and picture. The Creative Best of Show contest recognizes the creativity of merchandising design and execution separately from sales results and statistics.

Purchase Tickets …
Visit www.popai.com for tickets to the Gala ($125 for contest participants and $175 for non participants)

For more information regarding the OMA Awards and Gala, contact Alicia Rutherford at 703-373-8805.

MGM MIRAGE CityCenter: A Partnership of Creative Excellence
Tuesday, March 24, 6:00-7:00 p.m.
A Very Special Event Sponsored by PAVE

PAVE: The Planning and Visual Education Partnership is pleased to host a tour of the CityCenter Las Vegas Sales Pavilion

CityCenter Las Vegas is a multi-billion dollar program between MGM MIRAGE and Dubai World, offering hotels, residential condominiums, retail and amenities exceeding the highest expectations for which MGM MIRAGE is known in developing throughout the world. With a global commitment to sustainability, MGM MIRAGE incorporates sustainability into its design and construction and with 18 million sq. ft. of building space—400,000 of which is designated for retail, CityCenter Las Vegas is currently the largest U.S. project seeking LEED certification. CityCenter Las Vegas: a place of continual evolution, richness and diversity, and destined to be one of the great urban places of the world. A reflection of the best of the life that we’re living today and tomorrow.

Transportation to the CityCenter Sales Pavilion will be provided by GlobalShop. Refreshments will be provided. Space is limited to 100 guests. All proceeds benefit PAVE.

Purchase Tickets …
Visit www.GlobalShop.org for tickets ($100 each in advance; $125 each on-site at GlobalShop)