CONGRATULATIONS TO AMERICA’S COOLEST STORES OF 2024! AMERICA’S COOLEST 2024 SPONSORS The six America’s Coolest Stores profiled in this issue and additional 10 Cool Stores — each of which will be featured in INSTORE issues through summer 2025 — represent outstanding achievements in interior design, creativity, marketing, company culture and individuality. Each year, judges with expertise in store design, retail operations, visual merchandising, marketing and branding evaluate submissions in multiple categories: the brand story, the look, the marketing, online presence, and what we believe is the key to cool — individuality. Judges recuse themselves when there’s a conflict of interest. As in past years, we divided the entries into two categories: Big Cool and Small Cool, taking into account staff size, square footage, buildout budgets and sales revenue. If you’ve never entered the contest, please consider doing so when we reopen for entries at instoremag.com/acs. Retailers have called the application process valuable because it requires an honest assessment of all aspects of their businesses. If you entered and weren’t chosen this time, please update your entry and try again! Thanks to all who took the time to enter this year. SMALL COOL NO. 1 Dianna Rae Jewelry Lafayette, LA BIG COOL NO. 1 Copper Canary Fine Jewelry Boutique Meridian, ID SMALL COOL NO. 2 Hingham Jewelers Hingham, MA BIG COOL NO. 2 Be On Park Winter Park, FL SMALL COOL NO. 3 Huntington Jewelers Las Vegas, NV BIG COOL NO. 3 Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry San Antonio, TX HONORABLE MENTIONS AMERICA’S COOLEST STORES 2023 SPONSORS