Dallas Market Center and ART – the creative home furnishings network – announced the 29th Annual ARTS Awards finalists in the Retailers category, which again includes Pace Lighting in the East/Atlantic division for Lighting Showroom.  Pace Lighting will be judged against three other premier lighting showrooms for this prestigious award.  Pace Lighting won the 27th Annual ARTS Award in 2015.  This is Pace Lighting’s third nomination for the highest honor given in the home furnishings industry.  Finalists are selected by a nominating committee of industry professionals who evaluated the hundreds of nominees submitted online.
 
In addition to being an ARTS Award winner, Pace Lighting is a three-time winner of National Lighting Showroom of the Year, a similar award specific to lighting retailers exclusively awarded every June.  Pace Lighting’s CEO, Lisa Dixon, stated, “The entire Pace Lighting team is delighted to be nominated once again for the highest honors in our industry.  To be repeatedly acknowledged by our peers as among the best in the country is an amazing experience for the Pace family.  We are proud to serve Savannah and the Low Country and share our wonderful showroom with everyone in our community.”
 
The ARTS Awards, presented each January during the Dallas Total Home & Gift Market, recognizes top manufacturers, retailers, designers and sales representatives from across the world. The 29th Annual ARTS winners will be revealed during a gala event on Friday, January 19, 2018 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, TX.
 
The finalists submit a digital presentation to a panel of distinguished judges, and submissions consist of marketing, merchandising, and company differentiation examples. In November, the panel of judges will convene in Dallas for two days to review each individual or company’s submission. Once all components of judging are complete, a designated accounting firm will tabulate and secure the scores until the winners are announced in January.