Finalists of the 2015 World Retail Awards

As every year during the World Retail Congress (Rome, 8-10 September) the prestigious World Retail Awards will be assigned, divided into the five categories of the Retailer of the Year super award.

There are only two Italians present: Yoox Group in the eCommerce Retailer of the Year category and Coop with ‘Chiedilo alla Coop – Ask Coop’ in the Retail Advertising Campaign category. The other categories are: Young Retail Entrepreneur of the Year, Retail transformation and reinvention concerning activity re-engineering and restructuring projects with a view to sustainable growth, and Store Design. The lists of those selected for the other two categories – Retail Transformation of the Year and Retailer of the Year – will be revealed shortly.

Ian McGarrigle, President of the World Retail Congress, said: “We are very pleased to see so many participants in each category. Once again, the calibre of the finalists is really exceptional with a variegated representation of the retail world. It will be difficult to determine the final winner in each category; we are nevertheless very grateful to all those who participated.”

In the Store Design category there are six finalists, all very representative of retail trends, from food to luxury goods, from games to sport and cars. These last two (Rockar and Rose Biketown) are a remarkable example of multi-channel and integration between on-line and off-line channels. In particular, Rockar represents a possible revolution in the way cars are sold.

 

Store Design of the Year

– Galeria Melissa, London. Muti Randolph and IDL: Architecture
– Hamleys World, Moscow by Fitch
– Mad Cooperativet, Copenhagen by COOP Denmark inhouse concept design team and Cada Design
– Markthal, Rotterdam by MVRDV and Designers Winy Maas
– Rockar, Bluewater, UK
– Rose Biketown, Munich by Blocher & Blocher

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These are the other finalists

Young Retail Entrepreneur of the Year
Sponsored by MasterCard


– Kunal Bahl, co-founder, Snapdeal
– Nitin Passi, founder, Missguided.com
– John Winning, CEO, the Winning Group
– Bahman Nedaei, Zahir Dehnadi, co-founders, Navabi
– Gökhan Meriçliler, founder, Poi

 

Retail Advertising Campaign of the Year

– Continente for “Going to Continente Makes it Worth Your While”. By Fuel
– Coop Italy for “Chiedilo alla Coop”. Y&R Italy
– Intel for “Get In The Mix with NE YO”. Arc Worldwide/Leo Burnett Chicago, Chicago
– M&S Food for “Adventures”. RKCR/Y&R
– M&S “For Every Milestone”. RKCR/Y&R
– Watsons Taiwan for “Have a cozy and lazy life with Gudetama”. By Dentsu Taiwan

 

eCommerce Retailer of the Year
Sponsored by JDA

– Appliancesonline, Australia
– JD.com, China
– Jumia, Nigeria
– Matchesfashion.com, UK
– Michael Hill Jewellery, Australia
– Mudo, Turkey
– Yoox Group, Italy