Local Start-up Taigan.com Wins National Retailer of Excellence Award for Internet Innovation

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gifts & Decorative Accessories Magazine announced the winners for the magazine's 59th annual Retailer of Excellence Awards and Taigan.com has been awarded top honors in the category: Retail Internet Innovation.

Launched in September 2009, Taigan has quickly grown into an international online shopping hub featuring a highly edited collection of shops in the US and abroad, representing designer apparel, gifts, home decor, gourmet food and wine and more. Based in Brentwood, Tennessee, Taigan welcomes shoppers from 128 countries monthly, adding new shops and thousands of items each month.

Winners were named at a gala dinner during the New York International Gift Fair on Sunday, August 15 at The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers in New York City overlooking the Hudson River.

The Retailer of Excellence Awards are sponsored by Gifts & Decorative Accessories Magazine and the New York International Gift Fair, along with Dallas Market Center, 7W New York, 230 Fifth Avenue, Chicago Market Living and Giving, California Gift Show and Wellspring.

Gifts & Decorative Accessories serves retailers, manufacturers, and vendors of general gift products, decorative accessories, stationery, greeting cards, collectibles, personal care products, jewelry, and gourmet food items. Founded in 1917, Gifts & Decorative Accessories currently boasts a circulation of 27,000. Industry news, trade show news, new product introductions, and trend information highlight Gifts & Decorative Accessories' monthly coverage.

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About Taigan

Named for the famed sight hound known for its keen hunting abilities, Taigan.com is a highly edited collection of the world’s best shops from across the country and abroad. Showcasing specialty retailers of women and men’s fashion, home décor, art, antiques, jewelry, gourmet food and fine gifts, Taigan brings the best shops to your fingertips. For the shopper, the collector, the epicure… Taigan delivers an extraordinary and ever-expanding collection of shops and purveyors. Shopping is free, guests are asked to provide their email address to use the site’s messaging service with Taigan shops.