IMAGES Retail Awards 09 – the most eagerly awaited awards of the organised retail industry in India. The second and final day of India Retail Forum (IRF) 2009 culminated with the IRA ’09 awards, given in recognition of excellence in the development of business of organised retail industry in India.
Here goes the complete list of the awards and the nominees in different categories:
Most Admired Retailer of the year: Fashion & Lifestyle – Bata
Most Admired Retailer of the year: Food & Grocery – Food Bazaar
Most Admired Retailer of the year: Catering Outlets – Cafe Coffee Day
Most Admired Retailer of the year: Leisure – Odyssey
Most Admired Retailer of the year: Consumer Electronics – Croma
Most Admired Retailer of the year: Entertainment – Big Cinemas
Most Admired Retailer of the year: Telecom and Mobile – The Mobile Store
Most Admired Retailer of the year: Health & Beauty – Kaya Skin Clinic
Most Admired Retailer of the year: Home & Interiors – Home Centre
Most Admired Retailer of the year: Department Store – Westside
Most Admired Retailer of the year: Rural Retailing – IOC Kisan Seva Kendra
Most Admired Retail Launch of the year – Easy day
Most Admired Retailer of the year: Speciality Retail – Mom & Me
Most Admired Retailer of the year: Hypermarket – Big Bazaar
Most Admired Retailer of the year: Customer Relations – Shoppers Stop
Most Admired Retail Group of the year – Future Group
Most Admired Retailer of the year: Smart Strategy – Joint winners: Spencer’s and More
Most Admired Retailer of the year: Marketing Strategy – Gitanjali Group
Most Admired Retailer of the year: Repositioning – Marks & Spencer
IRA 2009 – Categories and Nominees:
1. Most Admired Retailer of the year: Fashion & Lifestyle
Nominees: Levi’s, Benetton, Wills Lifestyle, Bata, Louis Phillipe, Titan
2. Most Admired Retailer of the year: Food & Grocery
Nominees: Food Bazaar, Spencer’s, More, Reliance Fresh, Easy Day
3. Most Admired Retailer of the year: Catering Outlets
Nominees: Cafe Coffee Day, Haldiram’s, Mainland China, McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, Barista
4. Most Admired Retailer of the year: Leisure
Nominees: Odyssey, Planet M, Music World, Crossword, Landmark
5. Most Admired Retailer of the year: Consumer Electronics
Nominees: Croma, Next, Xcite, LG Shoppe, E Zone
6. Most Admired Retailer of the year: Entertainment
Nominees: PVR Cinemas, Big Cinemas, INOX, Fame
7. Most Admired Retailer of the year: Telecom and Mobile
Nominees: The Mobile Store, Reliance World, Nokia, Hot Spot, Mobile Nxt
8. Most Admired Retailer of the year: Health & Beauty
Nominees: The Body Shop, VLCC, Lakme Beauty Salon, Kaya Skin Clinic
9. Most Admired Retailer of the year: Home & Interiors
Nominees: @Home, Home Stop, Home Centre, Home Town
10. Most Admired Retailer of the year: Department Store
Nominees: Shoppers Stop, Lifestyle, Pantaloons, Westside, Globus, Reliance Trends
11. Most Admired Retailer of the year: Rural Retailing
Nominees: ITC Choupal Sagar, IOC Kisan Seva Kendra, DCM Hariyali Kisan Bazaar
12. Most Admired Retail Launch of the year
Nominees: Ethnicity, Easy day, Down 2 Earth, Fashion Yatra, Axiom Telecom
13. Most Admired Retailer of the year: Speciality Retail
Nominees: Carnation Auto, Mom&Me, Mother Earth, Mocha Mojo, Reliance Autozone, Baker St.
14. Most Admired Retailer of the year: Hypermarket
Nominees: Big Bazaar, Spencer’s Hyper, Hyeprcity, Reliance Mart, Star Bazaar, SPAR
15. Most Admired Retail Group of the Year
Nominees: Future Group, K Raheja Corp, Tata Group, Landmark Group, RPG Group, Aditya Birla Group, Reliance Retail
16. Most Admired Retailer of the year: Customer Relations
Nominees: Shoppers Stop, Reliance Retail, Westside, Lifestyle, Pantaloons
— IndiaRetailing Bureau
