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Every year, the awards gala was part of the KIDS 'Time fair,  however, the pandemic has made it impossible to stage the event live. The expo has been postponed until July. The expo organisers, together with the Branża Dzieciią magazine still wanted to hold the competition so that favourite suppliers are presented the rewards they deserve. They also craved to meet, though in a virtual form.

The plebiscite consisted of two parts.  Stage One - nominations. Since the beginning of September, the magazine had been waiting to be notified about the prospective candidates, this stage concludes at the end of the year. In the second stage, three candidates from each category were selected - those who received the greatest number of nominations. These people advanced to stage two. The shortlist was presented to the shops whose staff chose the winners. This stage continued in January.

In the category Merchant of the Year 2020 - Children's Articles, the following people selected to the final round:

Emilia Hamouda-Kurzyńska from Bonjour Cherie Emitrust Corporation,

Piotr Kajzer from form Junior Andrzej Kwapiński and

Tomasz Świergolik from the Marko company.

The Merchant of the Year title in the Children's Articles category was awarded to Emilia Hamouda-Kurzyńska from Bonjour Cherie Emitrust Corporation.

Company of the Year - Products for Children The following companies were the finalists:

Bonjour Cherie Emitrust Corporation,

Junior Andrzej Kwapiński

Swandoo.

The Company of the Year title in the Children's Articles category was awarded to Bonjour Cherie Emitrust Corporation.

The following contestants were running for the title of the Merchant of the Year in the toys category:

Maciej Gliwny from the Artyk company,

Tamara Kępa, also from the Artyk company

Milena Lisek from Rekman.

Tamara Kępa has been pronounced the Merchant of the Year in the toys category.

The final three in the Company of the Year - Toy category:

Hencz Toys,

Toyki

Panda

The award was presented to Hencz Toys.

It is worth adding that the gala was held as part of KIDS' TIME Preview; a series of on-line meetings dedicated to the mother and child articles industry.  The on-line events' idea has been crafted around the child products and services business sector, so that this business sector is able to maintain business contacts even though it is impossible to organise face-to-face meetings in a traditional form.  The Kids' Time Digital Preview includes webinars, online training sessions, presentation of the exhibitors 'offer in social media, the transmission of the awarding ceremony and KIDS' Time Star nomination.

(MBr)