Warren Shoulberg To Receive Gift For Life’s 2022 Industry Achievement Award

Present for Life, the reward and residential industries’ charitable group, introduced that enterprise journalist Warren Shoulberg shall be honored with its 2022 Present for Life Trade Achievement Award on June 22, 2022, in Dallas, TX.

Present for Life’s Trade Achievement Award, which has been introduced at Presents & Ornamental Equipment’ Retailer Excellence Awards (REA) since 2009, acknowledges general excellence and contribution to the reward and residential trade – whether or not as a thought chief, standard-bearer or general trade influencer.

“Warren’s journalistic excellence within the dwelling and reward industries makes him so deserving of this particular recognition,” stated Cole Daugherty, chair of the Present for Life board. “His eager observations and evaluation over the many years have been a catalyst for enterprise leaders and corporations to outperform expectations and to enhance manufacturing, retail and wholesale.”

Warren Shoulberg is aware of dwelling furnishings. As the previous editor in chief for a number of main business-to-business publications specializing in dwelling furnishings retailing he has chronicled the nice, the unhealthy and the ugly of the enterprise in a profession spanning 4 many years. He has been a daily contributor to The Robin Report, Forbes.com and The Enterprise of House in addition to his personal weblog Warrensreport.com. His award-winning commentaries elicit each reward and complaints, and he welcomes them each equally. He has visitor lectured on the Columbia College Graduate College of Enterprise and been honored by the Worldwide Furnishings and Design Affiliation and the Trend Institute of Expertise. He has been cited by the Wall Road Journal, the New York Occasions, the Washington Put up, CNN, ABC Information, and different media as an professional within the discipline. He served as a board member for Present for Life for greater than a decade, ending his time period in 2017.

“Present for Life is the Actual Deal, and I’m simply thrilled to be honored by a corporation I have been concerned with as a board member, supporter and simply fan of for near 20 years,” quipped Shoulberg. “Having this occur is known as a Triple Deal with: Moreover my connection to Present for Life, I additionally spent a piece of my profession with Presents & Ornamental Equipment, and I’m an enormous supporter of Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen work all over the world…to not point out he makes very tasty meals. This is without doubt one of the finest issues that is occurred for me in a really very long time.” 

The 2022 Present for Life Trade Achievement Award shall be bestowed to Shoulberg on the 71^st Annual Retailer Excellence Awards (REAs), which shall be introduced in individual on the Dallas Tower Membership, on June 22, 2022. Hosted by Presents & Ornamental Equipment, the Retailer Excellence Awards acknowledge excellence in seven retail awards classes, in addition to the seller and producer’s rep of the 12 months distinctions. Register at www.retailerexcellenceawards.com and donate to World Central Kitchen in assist of Warren at https://donate.wck.org/REA2022.

About Present for Life

Present for Life was based by Peter Schauben of Appleman Schauben in 1992 in response to the tragic lack of trade lives to AIDS. The group’s first assembly on the Nationwide Stationery Present introduced collectively a cross-section of the trade’s main publishers, market facilities, gross sales reps, producers and retailers – all keen to convene and work collectively in direction of a standard aim. Since that point, Present for Life has raised practically $6 million for AIDS analysis, schooling, therapy and care via nationwide at-market occasions, trigger advertising packages and direct donations. With COVID-19 quickly inflicting cancelation of in-person occasions at trade markets, Present for Life pivoted in direction of on-line digital occasions with a particular emphasis on COVID-related starvation reduction. As Present for Life celebrates its thirtieth anniversary in 2022, the all-volunteer group will proceed to assist packages that deal with starvation reduction. Extra data is offered at www.fb.com/GiftForLife.