AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

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Toggle SummaryJune 2018	Greater Fort Wayne Inc. presented the Maclyn Parker Swagger Award for Community Vision and Leadership to Barbara Bradley Baekgaard, co-founder of Vera Bradley Inc. and driving force behind a new boutique hotel being built in downtown Fort Wayne.
Toggle SummaryMay 2018	Patricia Miller, co-founder and current director of Vera Bradley, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Indiana University. Miller was Indiania’s first Secretary of Commerce, appointed in 2005.
Toggle SummaryMay 2018	Vera Bradley and Riddle & Bloom, our agency partner that helped execute our campus ambassador program, won the silver award for Best Millennial Campaign at the 2018 Ex Awards (the world’s largest recognition program for experiential marketing).
Toggle SummaryMay 2018	Teen Vogue published its "Back to School Awards 2018: Best Dorm Décor.” Vera Bradley’s Throw Blanket in Coral Floral was featured on the list as the “Best Throw Blanket.”
Toggle SummaryMay 2018	The LIM Fashion Education Foundation, which provides scholarships to LIM College students, named Harry Cunningham, Vice President of Creative Services, to its board of directors.	View HTML PDF Version
Toggle SummaryDecember 2017	PAVE (Planning and Visual Education) awarded Vera Bradley the "VMSD Excellence in Store Design and Visual Merchandising Award” for our Soho store and its virtual reality experience.	View HTML PDF Version
Toggle SummaryNovember 2017	Oprah selected our versatile, hands-free RFID All in One Crossbody for her 2017 Favorite Things list. This style is featured in Leather, Microfiber and Velvet! “Why give a wallet when you can give a wallet that converts into a cross-body bag?” said Oprah.	View HTML PDF Version
Toggle SummarySeptember 2017	Vera Bradley's "Weekender" bag in its signature Breast Cancer print, Modern Medley, was featured as the #1 item in Elle Magazine's "19 Things You Can Buy To Support the Fight Against Breast Cancer."	View HTML PDF Version
Toggle SummarySeptember 2017	Designer Bags named the Vera Bradley "Change it up" Diaper bag as one of its Top 10 Best Designer Diaper Bags of 2017.	View HTML Designer Bags named the Vera Bradley "Change it up" Diaper bag as one of its Top 10 Best Designer Diaper Bags of 2017. 9.3 KB
Toggle SummaryAugust 2017	Vera Bradley took home the Supplier of the Century Award at the 66th Annual Retailer Excellence Awards. The Retail Excellence Awards were introduced in 1951 by Gifts & Decorative Accessories and are presented annually in connection with the summer NY NOW