Fashionology Wins Retail Innovation Award

Fashionology of Los Angeles, an interactive store that allows tweens to design and customize their own look, was honored for “Retail Innovation of the Year” at the World Retail Awards 2009 held in conjunction with the recent World Retail Congress. Other nominees in this category included Aqui É, Koton “My Fit,” Real–Future Store/Metro Group, Urban Outfitters–Space 15 Twenty, and Undiz by the Etam Group.

Fashionology was selected as winner based on criteria that included innovation in product, new concepts and service. Visit www.fashionology.com and www.worldretailcongress.com.

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