2026 Winners

The Salesforce Retail Leader of The Year Award

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Winner

Alex Baldock , CEO, Currys

The Outstanding Contribution to Retail Award

Winner

Gary & Catherine Grant

The Pride of Retail Award

Winner

Amar Aslam, Boots Opticians

The AlixPartners Best Retailer over £250m Award

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Winner

Superdrug


Silver

B&Q

The Best Retailer Under £250m Award

Winner

The Cotswold Company

The American Express Best New Store Award - Large

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Winner

Whole Foods Market , King’s Road, London

The Best New Store Award - Small/Medium

Winner

Holland & Barrett , Cardiff

The Community Heroes Award - Team

Winner

Malone Road Team, Spar , Belfast

The Community Heroes Award - Individual

Winner

Lyndsey Mutch , No7 Beauty adviser, Boots, Dumfries

The Distribution/Delivery Heroes Award

Winner

Cyber incident response team , Co-op

The Inclusion & Diversity Heroes Award

Winner

Accessible Primark team , Primark

The Head Office Heroes Award

Winner

Cyber security and IT resilience team , Co-op

The Store Heroes Award

Winner

Cathina MacCorquodale , store manager, Co-op Sollas, Outer Hebrides

The EV Cargo Digital Excellence Award

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Winner

Wickes

The Salesforce Customer Experience Gamechanger Award

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Winner

Toolstation, Fast Track Delivery

The Green Initiative of the Year Award

Winner

Specsavers , Planet, People and Communities initiative

The Fashion Retailer of the Year Award

Winner

Nobody’s Child

The Grocer of the Year Award

Winner

Lidl GB

The Responsible Retailer Award

Winner

Decathlon

The Speciality Retailer of the Year Award

Winner

Clarendon Fine Art


Silver

HMV

The Happiest Place To Work Award In Association with The Retail Trust

In Association With


Winner

Aldi UK


Silver

Wickes