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TALLAHASSEE, FL The Florida Retail Federation (FRF) announced that one of its board members Lisa Mergel, owner of Kanvas Beauty in Tallahassee, was named the 2018 Americas Retail Champion of the Year in a ceremony held last night in Washington D.C. Mergel was chosen from a group of finalists and received the prestigious award in front of hundreds during an event hosted by FRFs national partners at the National Retail Federation. We are extremely proud but not surprised that the winner came from Florida, and theres no one more representative of the incredible and dedicated retail employees in our state than Lisa Mergel and Kanvas Beauty, said FRF President & CEO R. Scott Shalley. Lisas commitment to her community, her customers and her industry are just some of the reasons she was selected for this prestigious award and were honored to have her as a board member and a leader of Floridas retail industry. Mergel is the owner of Kanvas Beauty, a boutique day spa and beauty products store in Tallahassee that she opened in 2007. The business has ten employees and offers an internship program for Florida State University students studying retail business and merchandising. Mergel, who was recognized as FRFs Florida Retailer of the Year in 2016 and is a member of the organizations Beauty Industry Council, was selected from a group of five finalists who included Sean Brownlee of Ravenox, a rope manufacturer and retailer in Burlington, N.C.; Tom Largay of Old Port Cards in Portland, Maine; Nicole Panettieri of The Brass Owl boutique in New York City; and Linda Taylor of VK Electronics in McCook, Neb. Mergel, a career-long retailer, began her career working for major retail brands in New York before moving to Florida and opening Kanvas which is a unique concept of a world class day spa and specialty boutique. Outside of work, Lisa volunteers her time at one of many local civic organizations and mentoring retail merchandising students from Florida State University. The Americas Retail Champions program, now in its fifth ...