Retailer Innovation Award Winners Announced!

By Erin Harris, Editor-In-Chief, Cell & Gene
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Welcome to 2017. We hope Innovative Retail Technologies subscribers have their best, most profitable year yet. We’re kicking off 2017 by announcing the Winners and Finalists of our inaugural Retailer Innovation Awards. We’re delighted to announce that 27 retailers have been awarded across the categories of Omni-Channel Retailing, In-Store Operations, Workforce Management, Customer Engagement, and Loss Prevention. More than 50 retailers were nominated, and the competition was fierce. In our joint article, which kicks off the Retailer Innovation Awards Special Report in the January/February issue, Matt and I explain the why behind the Retailer Innovation Awards, and why we’ve recognized our Winners and Finalists for their dedication to innovation.

Indeed, we dedicated last October to garnering nominations for some of retail’s most innovative companies and brands. The IRT editorial staff meticulously read countless pages of detailed and worthy entries, and we were blown away by how the nominees address the incredibly complex problems retailers face today. We think you’ll agree that our Winners and Finalists are proving their reliance on innovative retail technologies and interdepartmental collaboration is boosting profits and improving the customer experience and that they represent some of the brightest minds and boldest leaders who are solving those problems through innovation.

On behalf of the team at Innovative Retail Technologies, congratulations to the winners of the Retailer Innovation Awards.  We’re inspired by your success, and we know our subscribers will be, too. Be sure to stop by to see us at the Innovative Retail Technologies booth (#3782) at the NRF BIG Show to pick up a copy of the Retailer Innovation Awards and to meet the team.