TOP WOMEN IN RETAIL DESIGN 2017 Leading Ladies Creative excellence, leadership and mentoring skills distinguish the winners of VMSD's first annual awards recognizing the industry's finest female leaders. By Jennifer Acevedo, Editor-in-Chief I n its inaugural year, VMSD's Top Women in Retail Design awards program was created to recognize outstanding leading women in the retail design and visual merchandising industries. Nominated by our readers and selected by our editorial team, each of our winners were chosen based on their career commitments to innovation, creative excellence and lifelong learning; active involvement in a mentorship role; as well as a body of accomplishments in the fields of retail design or visual merchandising. 24 NOVEMBER 2017 | VMSD.COMhttp://www.VMSD.COM