Congratulations to all our 2026 finalists! Don't forget to book your tickets and join us on 19 March 2026, where the winners will be revealed.

THE ALIXPARTNERS BEST RETAILER OVER £250m AWARD

• Aldi
• B&Q
• Boots
• CDS Superstores (The Range, Wilko)
• Holland & Barrett
• Lidl
• Ocado Retail
• Screwfix
• Specsavers
• Superdrug
• Tesco
• Wickes

THE BEST RETAILER UNDER £250m AWARD

• Pure Seoul
• Rituals
• Seasalt
• Sweaty Betty
• The Cotswold Company
• The Entertainer
• Trinny London

THE BEST NEW STORE AWARD - LARGE

• B&Q, Altrincham
• Boots, Gateshead
• Flannels, Leeds
• Frasers, Sheffield
• Primark, Bolton
• Tesco, Cheshunt
• TFG London, Fosse Park, Leicester
• Whole Foods Market, King’s Road, London

THE BEST NEW STORE AWARD – SMALL/MEDIUM

• Boots Opticians, Leeds
• Central Co-op, Hambleton
• Co-op, Solihull
• East of England Co-op, Ipswich Station
• Fanatics Collectibles, Regent Street, London
• Forbidden Planet, Sheffield
• Holland & Barrett, Cardiff
• Loaf, Essex Road, London
• Shackleton, Piccadilly, London
• Space NK, Oxford Street, London
• The Entertainer, Bluewater
• Trinny London, King’s Road, London
• Waitrose & Partners, Hampton Hill, London
  

THE FASHION RETAILER OF THE YEAR AWARD

• Debenhams
• F&F at Tesco
• George at Asda
• Nobody's Child
• Primark
• Rixo
• Weird Fish

THE GROCER OF THE YEAR AWARD

• Aldi
• Lidl
• Ocado Retail
• Tesco
• Waitrose & Partners
  

THE RESPONSIBLE RETAILER AWARD

• Aldi
• Asda
• Central Co-op
• Decathlon
• EE
• Fat Face
• Holland & Barrett
• Rituals
• TJX Europe
• Who Gives A Crap

THE SPECIALTY RETAILER OF THE YEAR AWARD

• Bensons for Beds
• Boots Opticians
• Clarendon Fine Art
• Dreams
• Forbidden Planet
• Harding Retail
• HMV
• Majestic Wine
• Mamas & Papas
• Pure Seoul
• Sephora
• The Entertainer
• Trinny London

THE EV CARGO DIGITAL EXCELLENCE AWARD

• Currys
• Harding Retail
• ICIW Sportswear
• John Lewis Partnership
• Must Have Ideas
• New Look
• Ocado Retail
• Pets at Home
• The Very Group
• Wickes
• Yours Clothing

THE SALESFORCE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE GAMECHANGER AWARD

• Au Vodka with LoyaltyLion - password promos
• Bicester Village with Absolute Labs - connected guest journey programme
• Co-op - festival pop-up stores
• Harvey Nichols with Absolute Labs – loyalty management
• John Lewis & Partners - deliver from store initiative
• Lidl - Lidl Plus
• Schuh with OSF Digital - The Schuh Club
• Sweaty Betty with Tryzens Global - shopper app
• The Inkey List with LoyaltyLion - Insiders Week
• Toolstation – Fast Track Delivery
• Uber Eats - live order editing
• Waitrose & Partners - Retail Performance initiative
  

THE GREEN INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR AWARD

• Co-op - sustainability showcase programme
• eBay & Marks & Spencer - preloved partnership programme
• Iceland & Olio - food waste hierarchy programme
• JoJo Maman Bébé in partnership with thelittleloop - JoJo Reloved
• Lidl - net zero by 2050
• N Brown - reducing plastic waste with Polymax dissolvable packaging
• Nobody's Child with Fabacus & Fairly Made – supply chain traceability
• Pets at Home - Chick Bites
• Represent - The Archive
• Specsavers - Planet, People and Communities initiative
• Tesco - Protect Nature

THE COMMUNITY HEROES AWARD

• Brighton team, AllSaints
• Deborah Kenney, community champion, Asda, Leicester
• Sharon Gregory-Wareing, community champion, Asda, Southport
• Lyndsey Mutch, No7 Beauty adviser, Boots, Dumfries
• Amar Aslam, optometrist, Boots Opticians, Glasgow
• Louise Moore, team leader, Co-op, Northwich
• Angela Carpenter, community support lead, East of England Co-op
• Bob Gill, head of branch, John Lewis & Partners, Leicester
• Recruitment and onboarding team, Selfridges
• Keighley store team, Specsavers
• Malone Road team, Spar, Belfast
• Kev Rimmer, regional leader, Wickes

THE DISTRIBUTION/DELIVERY HEROES AWARD

• Logistics services team, Asda
• Warehouse and distribution team, Bensons for Beds, Durham
• Hybrid team and Sarah Cooper, store manager, Boots, Huddersfield
• Cyber incident response team, Co-op
• Primary Transport LGV Academy and Customer Delivery C1 Driving Academy distribution teams, John Lewis Partnership
• Logistics operational execution and operational safety team, Sainsbury’s

THE HEAD OFFICE HEROES AWARD

• People team, Bensons for Beds
• Olivia Collins, retail communications specialist, BP
• Cyber security and IT resilience team, Co-op
• AI demand forecasting squad, John Lewis Partnership
• Alethea Demetriou, head of merchandising, Pure Seoul
• Screwfix Live team, Screwfix
• Global safety and security centre team, TJX Europe
• Retail performance team, Waitrose & Partners
• Rose Dorken, central operations communication and planning manager, WHSmith
• Digital development team, Wickes

THE AMERICAN EXPRESS INCLUSION & DIVERSITY HEROES AWARD

• Jenny Taylor-Smith, national head of town planning, Asda
• Culture team, B&Q
• Colleague inclusion networks, Central Co-op
• Matamen - men's health network, Matalan
• Accessible Primark team, Primark
• Stephanie Rosewarne, inclusion partner, Seasalt
• Claire Samuels, senior buying manager, Tesco
• Global women in technology team, Tesco
• Hannah Lewis-Moore, regional manager, Waitrose & Partners

THE STORE HEROES AWARD

• Edinburgh team, AllSaints
• Georgina Taylor, store manager, Bensons for Beds, St Helens
• Cathina MacCorquodale, store manager, Co-op, Sollas
• Rhodri Welsh, store manager, Fat Face, Cardiff
• Malone Road team, Spar, Belfast
• Napoleon Yorke-Andrews, general sales assistant, Matalan, St Albans
• Natalie Linton, store manager, Wickes, Stirchley
• Breda Doyle, team leader, William Hill, Falkirk
  

THE HAPPIEST PLACE TO WORK AWARD IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE RETAIL TRUST

• Aldi
• Fat Face
• Majestic Wine
• Tesco
• The Perfume Shop
• Wickes
  

Nominated Categories

The following categories are nomination only and will be revealed on March 19th at the Retail Week Awards Ceremony.