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NEW YORK - Mud Pie was awarded the VENDOR OF THE YEAR title at the 65th REA AWARDS. This honor is given from the retailers, via Gift & Decorative Accessories magazine. All retailers had the opportunity to vote for a slate of 10 top companies in our industry. The retailers chose Mud Pie!

Awarded by Earnshaw’s Magazine, the Earnies recognize outstanding children’s companies for excellence in design. Since the Earnies are the only awards program voted on by industry experts, winning an Earnie Award is an important and valuable distinction for the companies selected. Mud Pie is proud to be named Company of the Year 2015.

Mud Pie now has 2 ICON Honors to our name, the highest accolade given by our peers in the gift industry.

We we're chosen by the readers of Baby & Children's Product News for their Reader's Favorite Award. In 2015 Mud Pie won 1st place in the "Apparel" category and 2nd place in the "Diaper Bag" category and in the "Jewelry-Child" category.

Mud Pie CEO, Marcia Miller, has been recognized within the gift industry and beyond. Some of her 2015 honors include the Gift for Life Trailblazer Award and a nomination for EY Entrepreneur of the Year Southeast Program. In addition, INC. Magazine named Mud Pie to their 500/5000 List of America's fastest-growing, privately-help companies. The Atlanta Business Chronical named Marcia to their list of Atlanta's top women-owned firms.

ATLANTA, July 17, 2014—The fifth-annual ICON HONORS celebrated the best in global innovation as top achievers and superior achievements were recognized before a record-breaking audience on the most anticipated and important night in the home and gift industry. As a centerpiece of the Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market®,the July 10 event attracted a capacity audience of more than 1,000 to applaud the nine ICON HONORS 2014 Honorees, which were selected in rigorous adjudication of a broad field of entries. Watch Icon Honors Video >

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The Inc. 500/5000 is a prestigious list of the nation's most successful private companies and has become the hallmark of entrepreneurial success. The Inc. 500|5000 list ranks companies by overall revenue growth over a three-year period.

Readers Favorites Awards:

Accessories: 2nd Place
Personalized Products: 3rd Place
Picture Frames: 3rd Place
Photo Albums: 3rd Place

The Earnie Awards is Earnshaw's annual award for design excellence in childrenswear. For 35 years, the magazine has recognized manufacturers in more than 20 categories, including accessories, footwear, licensed apparel, girls' apparel, boys' apparel, formalwear and infants and toddlers' apparel. Earnie Award winners are selected by retailers in a nomination and voting process that begins in May of each year. Earnshaw's tabulates these results and announces the winners.

Athens, Ga. - Mud Pie, based in Stone Mountain, GA, was honored on January 21, when the UGA Alumni Association announced the rankings of the 2012 Bulldog 100: Fastest Growing Bulldog Businesses at a celebration in Atlanta. Mud Pie helmed by 1977 UGA graduate Marcia Miller, ranks as this year’s 49th fastest growing Bulldog business. The firm specializes in adorably packaged, innovatively designed and affordably priced gifts.

Readers Favorites Awards:
Gift Sets: 2nd Place
Accessories: 3rd Place

ICON HONORS is the most anticipated and important night in the gift and home industry--celebrating global innovation and the superior achievements of top retailers, manufacturers, sales agencies and service providers across the landscape. ICON HONORS was founded and is staged by AmericasMart Atlanta and is sponsored exclusively by the Gift & Home Trade Association (GHTA) and Sandow Media.

Earnshaw's magazine presented the 34th Annual Earnie Awards on Monday, Oct. 3, at ENK Children's Club in New York City. Industry professionals toasted this year's Earnie winners in 17 categories ranging from Best Hosiery, Footwear and Accessories to Infants', Boys' and Girls' Collections.

Readers Favorites Awards:

Gift Sets: 1st Place

Accessories: 3rd Place

"The inaugural Trailblazer Award, recognizing industry pioneers for outstanding achievements and contributions, was awarded to Marcia Miller, CEO of Mud Pie, thanks to her talent for bringing creative products and ideas to the marketplace that continue to have lasting impact." - Gift For Life

Each year, the Atlanta chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG Atlanta) honors 40 Georgia-based middle market companies that demonstrate the greatest growth in revenue and employment over the prior three years. Rankings are objectively based on weighted three-year average growth in revenue and employment.

Readers Favorites Awards:

Gift Sets: 2nd Place

Decorative Items: 2nd Place
Rattles: 3rd Place

The Earnie Awards are Earnshaw’s magazine’s annual honor recognizing design excellence in children’s wear. For more than 30 years, the magazine has celebrated retailers’ picks for the best kids’ fashions.

Readers Favorites Awards:

Picture Frames: 1st Place

Rattles: 3rd Place
Decorative Items: 2nd Place

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