News / Events
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Sharon Justus
Director of Business Development & Communications
sjustus@csparksco.com
708.449.4030, ext. 8851
2008
| March 8 |
Sparks captures Chain Store Age’s 2007 Retail Store of the Year Design Competition First Place award for Best Buy, Upper West Side, New York City. |
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| March 8 |
Sparks awarded Chain Store Age’s 2007 Retail Store of the Year Design Competition First Prize in the Museum Shops category for the Chicago Botanic Garden Shop. |
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| January 14 |
Sparks receives special category award for Innovative Finishes/Uses for the Chicago Botanic Garden Shop from the ISP/VM+SD 2007 International Store Design Competition. |
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| January 14 |
The Retail Design Institute, formerly known as The Institute of Store Planners, inducts Charles Sparks into its Retail Legion of Honor in recognition of outstanding career achievement in the field of retail store design. |
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2007
| November 30 |
Spertus Shop opens at the Spertus Institute, Chicago. |
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| October 26 |
Best Buy Upper West Side, New York City Grand Opening. |
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| October 18 |
Sparks earns prestigious award for the Chicago Botanic Garden Shop from ASID Illinois Chapter 2007 Design Excellence Awards. |
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| July 17 |
Akron Art Museum Store opens. |
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| June 9 |
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Store opens. |
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| June 6 |
Ravinia Festival Gift Shop opens. |
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| April 4 |
Chicago Botanic Garden Gift Shop opens. |
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| April 1 |
The Farmers’ Museum Gift Store opens. |
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| January 15 |
Sparks captures First Place from ISP/VM+SD 2006 International Store Design Competition for the Mariposa Restaurant at Neiman Marcus Boca Raton. |
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2006
| October 19 |
ASID Illinois Chapter honors Sparks at the 2006 Design Excellence Awards for retail interior designs of the Neiman Marcus San Antonio Store, the new de Young Museum Store, and Mariposa Restaurants at Neiman Marcus San Antonio and Boca Raton locations. |
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