Rita Williams Merchandising Plus Design Team Honored With 17 Awards at SEBC
Rita Williams Merchandising Plus captured nine prestigious sales and marketing EXCEL Awards and five Southeast United States AURORA Awards and three GRAND AURORA Awards during the 2006 Southeast Building Conference in Orlando
Jacksonville, Fla. (PRWEB) August 30, 2006 -- Coming on the heels of tremendous success in the local Laurel awards for outstanding interior merchandising, Rita Williams Merchandising Plus captured nine prestigious sales and marketing EXCEL Awards and five Southeast United States AURORA Awards and three GRAND AURORA Awards during the 2006 Southeast Building Conference in Orlando.
"We had quite a weekend. I'm very proud of our team, our clients and suppliers. It's a testament to everyone's dedication to meet client expectations while enhancing their customer's vision for creativity, quality and design," said Williams, a member of the Florida Housing Hall of Fame and owner of Merchandising Plus, of the multiple honors.
The EXCEL Awards signify outstanding interior merchandising and marketing throughout Florida and are conducted by the FHBA Sales and Marketing Council. The Jacksonville, Fla. Based firm was honored with a total of nine Excel Awards.
Showcasing their creativity, Merchandising Plus won for Best Logo Design for an Associate and Best Brochure for a Product By An Associate or Supplier brochure.
Landmar's Grand Haven in Palm Coast, Fla. was cited as Best Sales Office/ Information Center Over 500 ft. and Landmar's Best Interior Merchandising- New Home Sales Center. A condo-conversion at The Colony at San Jose won for Best Interior Merchandising Average Sales Under $150,000 while Chris Dostie's Kingsouth Majestic Oaks- The McKinley in Brunswick, Ga. took honors for Best Interior Merchandising Average Sales $150,001-$300,000
Standard Pacific's Mura Bella - The San Marco in St. Augustine won for Best Interior Merchandising Average Sales $300,001-$500,000 while the Best Interior Merchandising Average Sales Over $500,001 went to Merchandising Plus, Inc. for Standard Pacific Homes Biscayne model in Eagle Landing in Orange Park, Fla.
The final Excel Award, Best Interior Merchandising- Commercial Space, was for Standard Pacific's Design Center in Jacksonville, Fla.
The Merchandising Plus team of Williams, Lisa Gielincki, Sharon Blank, Terry Duguid and Kate Schmidt were included in an elite group of housing industry professionals in a 12-state region that received the prestigious AURORA Awards for new home construction and design excellence during an industry gala. Making it even more is impressive is the fact that the nationally recognized AURORA Awards honor builders, designers, architects and other home building industry professionals from Texas to Virginia and Florida Coast. This was the second consecutive year that Merchandising Plus won the Grand Aurora for the best condominium model in the Southeast United States. Last year for Standard Pacific's Meditierra Model and this year for WCI's Casa Bella Model.
Three prestigious Grand Aurora Awards and five individual category Aurora awards went to the best kitchen in the Standard Pacific Biscayne model as well as for interior merchandising for WCI's Casa Bella Condominium Model and the Standard Pacific Design Center. The Standard Pacific San Marco model and Biscayne model also captured Auroras.
"Each year, the Aurora Awards are presented to outstanding builders, planners, architects, developers, designers, interior merchandisers/designers and other housing-related professionals. These awards show the very best," said Valerie Cope, Chair of the Aurora Awards Committee in the Southeast United States.
Earlier this year Merchandising Plus was honored with five Laurel Awards from the Sales and Marketing Council of the Northeast Florida Builders Association (NEFBA).
Williams was inducted into the Florida Housing Hall of Fame in 2003. She is a veteran Northeast Florida interior merchandiser. She is a life director member of the NEFBA Board of Directors and the Florida Homebuilders Association. For more information call (904) 731-8096.
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