Swiss Colony New Product Contest Rules

(Employee Only)

Official Rules

The Swiss Colony 100-Year Anniversary New Product Contest (the “Contest”) is sponsored by The Swiss Colony, partnering with Colony Brands Community Relations. We’re looking for new product ideas to celebrate our 100-year anniversary that we can offer the customer in our Fall/Holiday 2026 catalog. Whether it’s a bring-back product from years past, or a brand-new product idea, we’d love to hear them. Show us your best ideas!

OFFICIAL RULES

SPONSOR: The Swiss Colony, Inc., 1112 7th Avenue, Monroe, WI 53566-1364.

ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (includes DC), eighteen (18) years of age or older, who are employees of Colony Brands, Inc. and who remain in good standing as of the winner announcement date. Employees involved in the preparation or judging of the Contest are not eligible to participate. Contest is not open to the general public.

ENTRY PERIOD: All entries must be submitted between 8:00 A.M. Central Time (CT) on June 27, 2025, and 11:59 P.M. CT on July 31, 2025.

HOW TO ENTER: To enter, please visit https://forms.office.com/r/jAYVh4CyqW, and complete the steps of the online entry process, including providing a short description not exceeding 500 characters (approximately 70-130 words) of your new product idea and what inspired you to create your submission. You will also be required to provide your name and department number. Limit one (1) entry per person.

Entries must adhere to the following requirements:

• Short descriptions must be written in English and may not exceed 500 characters (approximately 70-130 words).
• Entry must be the entrant’s original creation and may not include copyrighted, trademarked, patented, or previously published material.
• Entry cannot defame or invade the rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any third party’s personal, proprietary, or intellectual rights.
• Entry cannot contain illegal or unlawful material, and must not promote bigotry, racism, harm, violence, or discrimination.
• Entry must be consistent with Sponsor’s reputation in the marketplace and must be suitable for audiences of all ages.

Entries that do not meet these stated requirements, or entries that (in Sponsor’s or judges’ sole discretion) may technically meet the stated criteria but do not reflect the intent and the spirit of the Contest, are not eligible.

WINNER SELECTION: Entries will be judged by a panel of judges selected by Sponsor, which may include members of the The Swiss Colony, LLC. team. All decisions by the judges are final and binding on all entries.

All entries will be judged using a 60-point scale based on the following criteria:

1. Does it fit within the Swiss Colony product line? (30 points max)
2. Can we easily make or source the product? (20 points max)
3. Does the product offer a good value/price/quality? (10 points max) 

The entries with the highest number of total points will be deemed the winners. In the event of a tie, the entry with the highest score in the originality category will be deemed the winner.

Potential winners will be notified on or about September 1, 2025, by email or interoffice mail. The winner of the Contest will be revealed in an internal email and recognized on The Swiss Colony Facebook page.

PRIZES & APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUES (ARV): Three winners will be selected as described above. The winner will receive the following: [DESCRIBE]

RIGHTS TO ENTRY MATERIAL: Participation in the Contest is deemed to be within the scope of employment and subject to all conditions of employment. As such, and for the avoidance of any doubt, all rights, title, and interest in entries submitted to Sponsor, including all intellectual property rights in the entries, the exclusive right to secure trademark and copyright registrations and other rights for entries (or any portion thereof), the exclusive right to license, exploit, sell, assign, or otherwise dispose of the entries, or any of the said rights included therein for any purpose which the Sponsor may see fit, and any and all subsidiary rights to the entries, belong to the Sponsor. If, for any reason, Sponsor’s claims to such rights, title, and interest were to be challenged by any person, as a condition of participation, each entrant (including each team member) agrees to assign all rights, title, and interest in the entries to Sponsor. Each entrant further agrees that he or she (i) will have no right of approval, review, or modification as to the future use, modification, or display of the entry, (ii) will have no right of compensation from, credit or attribution, or approval over any use of the entry by Sponsor, (iii) hereby forever waives and relinquishes all so-called “moral rights (droit moral)” now or hereafter recognized in connection with any entry, and (iv) will execute any additional written authorization, assignment, or other papers requested by Sponsor in connection with the transfer and assignment of rights to his/her entry.

RELEASE: By entering, entrant agrees to accept and abide by the Official Rules of this Contest and agrees that any dispute with regard to the conduct of this Contest, rule interpretation, or award of prize shall be submitted to Sponsor, whose decision shall be binding and final. By participating, you release Sponsor from and against any and all injury, loss, or damage, including but not limited to personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, caused or claimed to be caused by your participation in the Contest. Entrant hereby agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Sponsor against any and all third-party claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses, including reasonable legal fees and expenses, arising out of or related to any breach by the entrant of any provision of these Official Rules, including, without limitation, entrant’s representations and warranties.

ADDITIONAL RULES: Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of this offer, administration of the Contest, or in the announcement of prizes, including erroneous appearance of qualification for a prize, and under no circumstances will more than the stated number of prizes be awarded. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to modify, cancel, or suspend this Contest, or to amend the Official Rules at any time, without prior individual notice, should any factor interfere with the administration, security, or proper play of this Contest as contemplated by these Official Rules. If for any reason Sponsor is prevented from continuing with this Contest, or the integrity and/or feasibility of the Contest is severely undermined by any event, Sponsor shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to abbreviate, modify, suspend, cancel, or terminate the Contest without further obligation. If Sponsor in its discretion elects to abbreviate the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right, but not the obligation, to award the prizes from among all eligible entries received to date. All entries are the physical property of Sponsor and are not returnable.