AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

General Releases | Awards & Recognition

Date	Title and Summary	Additional Formats
Toggle SummaryJune 2019	Oprah Magazine named Vera Bradley’s Clearly Colorful Stadium Backpack as “Best Carry On Backpack,” noting that the “acrylic style is so on-trend right now.”
Toggle SummaryMay 2019	Vera Bradley’s Influencer Marketing Campaign was a finalist in the Shorty Awards “Best Real Time Media Buy” category. This award honors campaigns with the most impressive real-time media buying strategies across platforms including social, mobile, and video.
Toggle SummaryFebruary 2019	Gift for Life, the gift and home industries’ sole charitable organization that raises funds for AIDS research, education, treatment and care, honored Barbara Bradley Baekgaard, Co-Founder of Vera Bradley, with the Chuck Yancy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Toggle SummaryDecember 2018	Giftbeat, the premier trade publication serving the gift industry, voted Vera Bradley as the Vendor of the Year for 2018, an award given to the vendor that contributed the most to the reporting stores’ bottom lines.
Toggle SummaryDecember 2018	Tom Giacalone, our VP of Digital, has been appointed by his industry peers to serve on the National Retail Federation Digital Advisory Board (formerly known as the Shop.org Board of Directors).
Toggle SummaryOctober 2018	Fashion Group International honored Barbara Bradley Baekgaard and Vera Bradley with the Humanitarian Award at their annual “Night of Stars” event for their work in the fight against breast cancer.
Toggle SummaryAugust 2018	Congratulations to Emily Sanzone, our Top Accounts Director, who was named one of the specialty channel’s “40 under 40.” The Gift + Stationery 40 Under 40 Awards recognize the next generation of specialty retail industry leaders based on leadership qualities, creativity, innovative thinking and commitment to the industry.
Toggle SummaryJuly 2018	Town and Country Magazine named the Vera Bradley Travel Duffel one of eight “Best Weekender Bags.”
Toggle SummaryJuly 2018	Top Brands, Inc. named Vera Bradley “Supplier of the Year.”
Toggle SummaryJune 2018	Vera Bradley was once again named as one of Indiana's "Top Public Companies" by the Indiana Business Journal.