Regulations

The national professional "Golden Scales" award is established by the National Trade Association as a supreme professional RF award for outstanding achievements in fitting trading and public catering enterprises in Russia. The award is given annually on the results of the nation-wide rating “All for Trade. XXI”.

The final ratings of companies are composed on the results of data submitted by the participants to the Organizing Committee concerning their activities as well as surveys conducted among directors of Russian trading enterprises with subsequent checking.
Survey is performed from January 01 2003 till April 31 2003.
The rating results will be published in “Equipment” magazine

The list of laureates and winners of the “All for Trade. XXI” rating will be announced at the official “Golden Scales” awarding ceremony to be convened in the framework of the International Exhibition Forum “Trade World” (June 18-20 2003, Moscow, Gostiny Dvor)

I General Regulations:

1. The award is given on the decision of advisory council with the National Trade Association
2. The award laureates are presented with a statue and award laureate’s certificate
3. The advisory council consists of heads of well-known trading enterprises, experts employed by state and public trading enterprises, representatives of regional and central mass media
4. Applications for award in one or several categories is submitted by companies in the format approved by the advisory council
5. Representations and materials concerning the nominees submitted to the advisory council are reviewed at its meetings. Decision on awarding is made by open vote at a meeting the day before the awarding ceremony.
6. The award is presented to laureates on public at a solemn awarding ceremony arranged by the National Trade Association

II Order of applications submission for the "Golden Scales" award

Within the preset time terms a company working at the market for trading and public catering enterprises fitting submits applications in the approved format for the approved categories.

A permanently operating group of the National Trade Association’s employees responsible for the Project collects and processes the incoming information, verifies it if necessary, obtains additional materials and recommendations on proposed candidates

At the meeting of the advisory council convened one month prior to the awarding ceremony lists of "Golden Scales" categories and laureates are preliminary confirmed.

III Categories
The National Professional "Golden Scales" award is given to:

1. Leading companies in the trading and public catering enterprises fitting market in the following categories:
1.1.   Software
1.2.   Complex automation
1.3.   Security systems
1.4.   Refrigerating equipment
1.5.   Cash registers
1.6.   Weighing equipment
1.7.   Bar-coding systems
1.8.   Climatic equipment
1.9.   Trading furniture
1.10. Local sales grounds fitting
1.11. Complex store fitting
1.12. Trading hall design
1.13. Clothing boutique design and fitting
1.14. Perfume boutique design and fitting
1.15. Jewelry boutique design and fitting
1.16. Wine boutique design and fitting
1.17. Shop window design

2. Leading companies in the public catering enterprises fitting market in the following categories:
1.1. Software
1.2. Complex automation
1.3. Process equipment
1.4. Furniture for public catering enterprises
1.5. Coffee making equipment
1.6. Bear cooling and pouring equipment
1.7. Lighting systems
1.8. Public catering enterprise design and fitting
1.9. Shop window design

3. Best mass media specialists:
3.1. High professionalism and popularization through mass media of experience accumulated by leading managers of trading enterprises in Russia