We need your help...picking the very best stores across Australia. Consider it research. With prizes.
Do you have a go-to boutique where, like Cheers, everybody knows your name, where the windows have that go-out-of-your-way-to-walk-past factor and where the sales staff will always ring around to get the size you want? Well, we want to know.
Yes, here at Grazia (otherwise known as Shopping Addicted HQ), we're launching our very own Shopping Awards to reward all the best boutiques, high street, online, luxury and department stores for a job well done.
And we say no-one knows better than you who deserves the gongs.
So until February 16, we're giving you the chance to email in and nominate your favourite stores across 11 categories, including favourite High Street Chain Store or Jewellery Store see the full list below.
For all readers who send in their nominations, you'll also have the opportunity to win a Lancτme hamper worth $1998. And theres so much to love in there...
We'll be putting together a list of finalists with the help of four judges (and style experts): RMIT fashion program director Karen Webster, fashion consultant and trend forecaster Yasmin Sewell, Grazia's fashion director Mark Vassallo and retail business consultant Peter James Ryan.
On March 14 we'll announce the finalists and then we'll ask you to help us decide who'll be the ultimate winner in each category. To give you plenty of time to decide, we're giving you six weeks to think about it.
Which also means six weeks of chances to win more than $20,000 in prizes. Voting closes on April 22, at which time well hurry away to tally up the winners and announce them along with the recipient of a Judge's Choice Award in our May 16 issue. Phew!
THE CATEGORIES
Vote for your favourite
Customer service
Overall appearance
Australian online site
High street chain store
Boutique store
Jewellery store
Accessory store
Luxury store
Shopping precinct
Large retailer
Australian designer
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO NOW...
Email your nomination, the category, your full name and address to:
graziaawards@acpmagazines.com.auOf course, if you need to pop off to your favourite store in the name of "research" first, we completely understand...
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Nomination competition closes February 16, 2011 at 11:59 (AEDST). Draw will take place on February 23, 2011 at 10am (AEDST) at ACP Magazines Ltd, Level 11, 54 Park St, Sydney, NSW 2000. Winner will be notified by phone and published in the March 2, 2011 edition of The Australian. Authorised under permit numbers: NSW: LTPS/11/00619; ACT: TP11/00268.1. Promoter is: ACP Magazines Ltd of 54-58 Park St, Sydney, NSW 2000 ABN 18 053 273 546. For full terms and conditions, see
www.magshop.com.au/grazia-terms. See Masthead this issue for our Privacy Notice. If you do not want your information provided to any organisation not associated with this promotion, please indicate this clearly on your entry to the promoter in writing.
Australian Competitions Club
