Capturing the Magic By MICHELLE M. HAVICH EVOKING PURE HOLIDAY JOY, MACY'S WINS BEST HOLIDAY WINDOWS IN NEW YORK Customer interaction and the joy of Christmas drew people to Macy's holiday windows, winning the store the Platinum Award in design:retail's annual Winning Windows competition for 2019. The Gold Award was given to Bergdorf Goodman, and Tiffany & Co. won the Silver Award. Windows were judged on three criteria: originality and creativity; captures the spirit of the season, entertains and delights; and professionalism, execution and technical aspects. This year's judges were design:retail Editor in Chief Jessie Dowd; design:retail Managing Editor Michelle Havich; Anne Kong, associate professor, program coordinator for visual presentation and exhibition design at the Fashion Institute of Technology; and Judy Bell, CEO (chief energetic officer) and founder of Energetic Retail. 40