The 20th edition of IMAGES Retail Awards involved industry-wide voting from over 111 of India’s leading shopping centres
Mumbai: The curtains were drawn on the 2-day Phygital Retail Convention (PRC) 2024 in Mumbai with the IMAGES Retail Awards 2024 ceremony celebrating excellence in the business of retail in India. The spectacular evening, anchored by international TV presenter and host Lee Clark, actor and playwright Anish Trivedi and singer-actor Manasi Scott featured high-energy music and dance performances, and fashion shows by Mufti and Vero Moda topping up the recognitions bestowed across over two dozen categories. While actor Simba Nagpal walked the ramp as a showstopper for the Mufti, actress Anerri Vajanii charmed audiences as a showstopper for Vero Moda.
The 20th edition of IMAGES Retail Awards involved industry-wide voting from over 111 of India’s leading shopping centres, as well as an extensive process of over 200 Live presentations, adjudicated by an illustrious panel of jurors.
The 2-day PRC 2024 mega congregation hosted over 300 Indian and international speakers, 500+ unique brands and companies and over 150 exhibitors across a massive 1 lakh+ sq. ft floor plate.
The brands and companies felicitated at IMAGES Retail Awards 2024 included:
AWARD SEGMENT 1: SHOPPING CENTRES’ CHOICE AWARDS
IMAGES Most Admired Retailer of the Year: Indian Origin
Awardee: Tie – Zudio & Rare Rabbit
IMAGES Most Admired Fashion Retailer of the Year: Foreign Origin
Awardee: H&M
IMAGES Most Admired Food Service Retailer of the Year: Indian Origin
Awardee: Wow! Momo
IMAGES Most Admired Food Service Retailer of the Year: Foreign Origin
Awardee: KFC
IMAGES Most Admired Footwear Retailer of the Year
Awardee: Metro Brands Ltd
IMAGES Most Admired Food & Grocery Retailer of the Year
Awardee: Nature’s Basket
IMAGES Most Admired CDIT Retailer of the Year
Awardee: Croma
IMAGES Most Admired Home Improvement Retailer of the Year
Awardee: Home Centre India
IMAGES Most Admired Health and Wellness Retailer of the Year
Awardee: Wellness Forever
IMAGES Most Admired Leisure / Entertainment Retailer of the Year
Awardee: Timezone India
IMAGES Most Admired Department Store of the Year
Awardee: Lifestyle
IMAGES Most Admired Hypermarket of the Year
Awardee: LuLu Hypermarket
IMAGES Most Admired Multiplex of the Year
Awardee: PVR INOX
AWARD SEGMENT 2: JURY AWARDS
IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: Celebrity Endorsement
Awardee: Ranveer Singh for Jack & Jones
Awardee: Madhuri Dixit for SMART Bazaar
IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: Discount Sales
Awardee: Being Human Clothing
IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: Festival Sales
Awardee: Beauty – The Body Shop
Awardee: Fashion – Max Fashion
Awardee: Food – Ghoomar Restaurant
IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: In-store
Awardee: Wild Bean Cafe
Awardee: Cinepolis
IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: Launch
Awardee: Tibbs Frankie
IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: Multi-Media
Awardee: Pepe Jeans
IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: Seasonal
Awardee: Copper Chimney
Awardee: Amante
IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: Social Cause
Awardee: LuLu Hypermarket
IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: Social Media
Awardee: MAX URBN
IMAGES Most Admired Retail Launch of the Year: Brand Debut
Awardee: Fashion World by Trends
Awardee: Wow! Kulfi
IMAGES Most Admired Retail Launch of the Year: Concept Outlet
Awardee: Spykar
IMAGES Most Admired Retail Launch of the Year: Flagship Outlet
Awardee: SSBeauty — for Beauty
Awardee: Palaxi Cinemas — for Entertainment
IMAGES Most Admired Retail Launch of the Year: New Outlet
Awardee: abCoffee
IMAGES Most Admired Retail Launch of the Year: Market Expansion
Awardee: Wild Bean Cafe – For New Market Penetration
Awardee: Ethnic by Raymond – For Store Count Augmentation
Awardee: Metro Brands – For 360° Expansion
IMAGES Most Admired Retail Launch of the Year: Innovation in Retail Design / Experience
Awardee: Max Fashion
IMAGES Most Admired Retail Launch of the Year: Innovation in Visual Merchandising
Awardee: United Colors of Benetton
IMAGES Most Admired Retail Launch of the Year: Innovation in Customer Service
Awardee: Jack&Jones
IMAGES Most Admired Retail Launch of the Year: Innovation in Employee Practice
Awardee: Saffron Lifestyle
IMAGES Most Admired Digital – First Offline Retailer of the Year
Awardee: Clovia
IMAGES Most Admired Startup of the Year
Awardee: abCoffee
Awardee: ANAAR
IMAGES Most Admired Brand Retailer Partnership of the Year
Awardee: Payal Singhal & Azorte
IMAGES Most Admired Retailer of the Year: ESG Initiatives
Awardee: Being Human Clothing
IMAGES Most Admired Retailer of the Year: Tech Implementation
Awardee: ABFRL — for In-store Technology
Awardee: Azorte — for eCommerce Platform and Online Retail
IMAGES Excellence Awards for Out-of-the-box Innovation
Awardee: Car & Bike by Mahindra First Choice
Awardee: CKC Jewellers
RETAIL TECH.NXT AWARDS 2024
Tech.NXT Award for Omnichannel Implementation
Vinculum & Pepe Jeans
Tech.NXT Award for Customer Experience Implementation
CASA Retail AI & Whitehouse
Tech.NXT Award for Planning & Implementation Optimization
Onebeat & Being Human Clothing
Tech.NXT award for Store Optimization Solution
BI Retail & Khimji Ramdas Retail
Tech.NXT award for Last-mile Fulfillment
Tenovia & Drools