GAMA Power Retailing Awards
To celebrate excellence in retailing, GAMA presents the Power Retailing Awards! The Power Retailing Awards offer the hobby game industry an opportunity to recognize and honor its most innovative and professional retailers. The Awards are open to any store that specializes in hobby games including dedicated game stores, general hobby stores, entertainment stores, comic shops. In short, anywhere hobby game industry products comprise an essential part of the retailer's identity.
Submission Guidelines
2012 Power Retail Awards Submission Deadlines Extended.
Anyone (retailers, customers, publishers, business partners, suppliers, etc) may nominate a store in any category.
Store nominations may be submitted until 11:59 PST on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, after which the GAMA staff will post the list of nominations and inform the nominees.
Final submissions by interested nominees must be received by the GAMA office no later than 11:59 PST on Monday, February 20, 2012 to be considered for an Award. A panel of industry judges from all tiers will select a group of finalists to be subjected to an in-depth examination based on each Award's criteria.
Please e-mail your nominations to GRDChair@gama.org. When submitting, don’t forget to include the contact information for your nominee, including address, phone number, email address, and website.
Stores that have been in ongoing operation since January 1, 2009 are eligible.
For all categories the nominee must be in regular retail operation at the time of the awards.
Category entries are limited to five (5) pages of text. Electronic submissions are preferred, but mailed-in submissions will also be accepted.
Pictures should be at least 300dpi., with .jpeg or .gif formats preferred. Video should be .mpg format and limited to 2 minutes per video.
Finalists may be contacted by phone by a member of the evaluating committee for additional information and follow-up.
Any physical media (CDs, printed material, etc), once submitted, becomes the property of GAMA and will not be returned.
Winning entries and pictures may be posted on the GAMA website, displayed at GTS, and/or used in future promotional materials.
Previous winners are not eligible for nomination again in the category they were recognized for, but are free to be nominated in other categories.
A retailer who is nominated for an award may not serve on the judging committee for that year.
The winner of each category will be announced at the Power Retailing Awards ceremony at the GAMA Trade Show in Las Vegas in 2012. Winners' entries will be posted on www.gamatradeshow.com following GTS.
For questions, including volunteering to be part of a judging committee, Award sponsorship ideas, and/or to donate products and/or services to the Award recipients, please contact GRD Chair Joann Gain at GRDChair@gama.org.
The Awards have 4 categories, recognizing both overall excellence and outstanding achievement in specific areas of hobby game retail.
Power Retailer: Outstanding Store
The crowing achievement of specialty games retailing. This is your chance to tell us about how you bring together all aspects of a successful hobby game retail business model. What makes your store stand out from others, locally and in the industry? Where do you think you've been an innovator? How does your shop showcase the best the hobby game industry has to offer in every aspect of your daily routine?
Power Retailer: Outstanding Store Design
Your chance to show off why customers say “Wow!” when they walk in the door. From your exterior signage to displays to fixtures to graphic design and layout, what about your store stands out? What do you do to give your store a unique look while informing your customers? Take pictures, shoot video, and discuss your design philosophy.
Power Retailer: Outstanding Marketing
You've got a great looking store, but what are you doing to get customers in the door? Break down your marketing plan and show how you've developed your web presence, advertising, promotions, sponsorship, media awareness, community outreach and support. We want to hear about the best and most innovative aspects of your business communication and message-building to your current and potential customers.
Power Retailer: Outstanding Organized Play
How do you turn play into revenue that keeps coming back? Lay out why you feel your Organized Play program has been a success and some of things you do that help keep it that way. Pictures and video of events will help get across the nature of your space and how you use it, and solid numbers (attendance, sales, etc) will help back them up.
Congratulations 2011 Power Retailing Winners
Outstanding Store Award
Titan’s Entertainment Café, Battle Creek, MI
Outstanding Store Design
Titan’s Entertainment Café, Battle Creek, MI
Outstanding Marketing
Gnome Games Tournament Center, Green Bay, WI
Outstanding Organized Play
Kings Games, Brooklyn, NY