2023 Shortlist

THE OKTA FUTURE LEADER AWARD

Sponsored by:

  • Kirsty Keoghan, Global General Manager of Fashion, eBay
  • Ghassan Hashim, Director, Ecklee
  • Lawrence Stafford, Community Brand Manager, Finisterre
  • Ellen Modin, Head of CRM and Digital Marketing, Harvey Nichols
  • Lee Broomhead, Head of Retail, Hugo Boss
  • Nicola Chattaway, Business Transformation Project Manager, Jigsaw
  • Naomi Kasolowsky, Group Insight & Foresight Director, Tesco
  • Kimberley Roditi, Head of Product Management, Yoox Net-a-Porter Group


THE MICROSOFT AWARD FOR THE HAPPIEST PLACE TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RETAIL TRUST

Sponsored by: 

  • Aldi
  • AllSaints
  • Beaverbrooks
  • eBay
  • Fat Face
  • Majestic Wine
  • Papier
  • Phase Eight


THE ADYEN INCLUSION & DIVERSITY HERO/HEROES AWARD

Sponsored by: 

  • Antonia Tony-Fadipe, Inclusive Hiring Lead, The Body Shop
  • Sharron Murray, Group Head Culture, Inclusion and Engagement, Currys
  • Nicci Thomas, HR Business Partner, EE
  • Oli Kennedy, Sales Associate, Holland & Barrett
  • Leah Buckman-Reilly, Creative Artworker, Pandora
  • Christarose Maphosa, Buying Manager - Fish, Tesco
  • Zee Botchway, Senior Procurement Manager (RAACE Network I&D Lead), Wickes



THE AMERICAN EXPRESS DISTRIBUTION/DELIVERY HERO/HEROES AWARD

Sponsored by: 

  • Automated Warehouse Team, THG
  • Filip Misudik, Distribution Centre Shift Manager, Majestic Wine
  • Dean Lee Reddy, Excellence Manager, Ocado Group
  • Christopher Vaughn, Customer Service Team, Ocado Group
  • Wojciech Czech, Retail & Transport Team Leader, and Jaroslaw Kawski, Inbound & Stock Control Team Leader, The Perfume Shop
  • Fulfillment Development and Analytics Team, The Very Group

COMMUNITY HERO/HEROES AWARD

  • Ganesamoorthy Nithiyakumar, Store Manager, Rushett Connect, BP
  • Junction 9 store, Currys
  • Newark Customer Repair Centre, Currys
  • Ian Ballie, Store Manager, Perth, EE
  • Murali Kiruba, Technology Transformation & Portfolio Director, Estée Lauder Companies
  • One Stop South Wales Retail Team, Retail Division, One Stop Stores
  • Karen Coombes, Store Manager and the Haselmere Team, The Original Factory Shop
  • Karen Harris, Head of Marketing, The Perfume Shop
  • Amy Angus, Charity & Community Manager, Pets at Home, Handforth
  • Wendy Howarth, Community Champion, Tesco, Bury
  • Mike Harrison, Community Champion, Tesco, Loughborough Extra

THE STORE HERO/HEROES AWARD

  • Ryan Geraghty, Store Manager, The Body Shop, Liverpool One
  • Clare Giles, Store Manager, BP, Orsett South/North
  • Roan Irving, Store Manager, Co-op, McDonald Rd, Edinburgh
  • Lee Hutton, General Manager, Currys, Warrington
  • Lorraine Macdonald, Store Manager, Holland & Barrett, Bury St Edmunds
  • Patricio Aleman, Market Manager, Ikea, Birmingham
  • Craig Lambe, Master Manager, Kwik Fit, Cardiff (Cowbridge Road), Cardiff (Newport Road), Pontypridd, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly
  • Jamila Mohamed, General Manager, New Look, Westfield Stratford
  • Erika Crosbie, Senior Store Manager, Pets at Home, East Kilbride
  • Pete Smith, Store Manager, Sainsbury’s, Bude

HEAD OFFICE HEROES AWARD

Sponsored by: 

  • Blakemore Retail Operations Support Team, A.F. Blakemore & Son
  • Omnichannel Connected Customer Team, Currys
  • The People Team, Fat Face
  • Dr Subashini M, Former Director of Science and Wellness, and Dr Taran Toor, Director of New Wellness Innovation, Holland & Barrett
  • IT team, Homebase
  • Charlotte Busby, Senior Central Operations Manager, New Look
  • Amy Smith, Head of Rewards and The Reward Team, Pets at Home
  • Elizabeth Dunn and the Business Change Team, River Island
  • The Property Team, Screwfix Very's
  • Cost-of-Living Squad, The Very Group

THE SALESFORCE RESPONSIBLE RETAILER AWARD

Sponsored by:

  • Aldi
  • The Body Shop
  • Central Co-op
  • Currys
  • eBay
  • Lidl
  • Pets at Home
  • Screwfix
  • SportShoes.com
  • Tesco
  • Wolf & Badger

BEST NEW STORE AWARD

  • Dr. Martens, Carnaby Street, London
  • Flannels, Liverpool
  • Holland and Barrett, Market Street, Manchester
  • InMotion, Heathrow Terminal 5
  • Loupe, Silbury Arcade, Milton Keynes
  • Marks & Spencer, Stevenage
  • Mind Charity, Carnaby Street, London
  • River Island, Derbion Shopping Centre, Derby
  • Seasalt, Westport
  • Sky Retail, Westfield White City, London
  • Sports Direct, Birmingham

SPECIALTY RETAILER OF THE YEAR

  • Ann Summers
  • Cook
  • The Entertainer
  • Fanatics
  • Go Outdoors
  • HelloFresh
  • InMotion
  • ManoMano
  • Myprotein
  • Pets at Home
  • SportsShoes.com
  • Victoria Plum

THE SAS CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE GAMECHANGER AWARD

Sponsored by:

  • Currys - ‘RepairLive’
  • Harvey Nichols - ‘An elevated customer experience’
  • Holland & Barrett - ‘How the Contact Centre is supporting Health and Wellness becoming a way of life for everyone’
  • Kingfisher - ‘Kingfisher x Hullabalook: Making mixed paint shoppable online’
  • ManoMano - ‘SPArtacUX’
  • N Brown - ‘Fashion That Fits’
  • Post Office - ‘WhatsApp Automation’

THE ATTENTIVE FASHION RETAILER OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by: 

  • AllSaints
  • Club L London
  • Fat Face
  • Freemans
  • H&M
  • New Look
  • Primark
  • Quiz
  • Reiss
  • Seasalt

GROCER OF THE YEAR

  • Aldi
  • Ocado
  • Retail
  • Sainsbury's
  • Tesco

BEST RETAILER UNDER £250m

  • Ann Summers
  • Freemans
  • Harvey Nichols
  • Jollyes The Pet People
  • Loaf
  • Mamas & Papas
  • Marks Electrical
  • Wolf & Badger

BEST RETAILER OVER £250m

  • H&M
  • New Look
  • Pandora
  • Primark
  • Reiss
  • Screwfix
  • Tesco
  • The Very Group
  • Wickes

THE CONSUMER CHOICE AWARD

  • Amazon
  • Asda
  • John Lewis
  • Marks & Spencer
  • Primark
  • Tesco