Part of the Shopping Centres Next 2023, the award ceremony had several legacy and new players in the region’s retail eco-space being recognised for their innovation, offerings, service, shopping experiences and differentiation
Bengaluru: Nuts n Spice, Bhima Jewels and DayMart were among the South India based retail businesses felicitated for their achievements, innovation, customer experiences and special accomplishments at the IMAGES Most Admired South India Retailer of the Year awards at the Shopping Centres Next (SCN) 2023 held on 03 and 04 October in Bengaluru.
The award categories this year included Most Admired South India Retailer of the Year for Supermarket Chain, Speciality Retailer, Legacy Retailer, Emerging Retailer in categories like fashion, food and grocery, jewellery, gourmet F&B, store expansion, etc.
The Most Admired South India Retailer of the Year in different categories were:
Supermarket Chain – Trading Density Growth: Vijetha.
Emerging Retailer – Fashion: Cool Colors
Speciality Retailer – Gourmet F&B: Nuts n Spices
Legacy Retailer – Jewellery: Bhima Jewels
Food Service Retailer: Adyar Ananda Bhavan – A2B
Legacy Retailer – Food & Grocery: MK Retail
Emerging Retailer – Food & Grocery: Daymart
Legacy Retailer – Fashion & Jewellery: The Chennai Silks Group
Legacy Retailer – Food Service: Junior Kuppanna
Supermarket Chain – Store Expansion: Ratnadeep
Speciality Retailer – Men’s Fashion: Otto
Fashion & Lifestyle Group: RS Brothers
Convenience Store Launch: Q-Mart Convenio
Other felicitations included
The Scion: Dr. C Vinod Hayagriv, MD, Krishnaiah Chetty Group – CKC Jewellers;
The Visionary: Kayum Razak Dhanani, MD, Barbeque Nation Hospitality and Director of Ruosh Retail & Sara Suole
The Successor: Gurmukh Roopra, CEO, Namdhari’s Group
The Trailblazer: Amuleek Singh Bijral, Founder & CEO, Mountain Trail Foods – Chai Point
The Lifetime Achiever: BA Kodandaraman Shetty, Founder, Viveks
The Rising Star: Yash Agarwal, Founder, National Mart India and Executive Director, Ratnadeep Retail
The Trend Setters: Abhay Hanjura & Vivek Gupta, co-founders, Licious
The Visionary: Pavan Kumar Bajaj, Founder Promoter & CMD, Electronics Mart India
The Catalyst: Ananth Narayanan, Founder, Mensa Brands
The Concepts Creator: Amar Ohri, MD, Ohri’s
The Trend Setter: Bola Rahyl Kamath, Director, Bolas
The Scion: Venugopal Naidu, Chairman, Naidu Hall
The Pace setter: Suresh Seerna, Director, RS Brothers Group.
The two-day forum witnessed retail shopping centres and real estate business leaders, upcoming players and other related stakeholders network and deliberate over critical issues such as future opportunities, leveraging the young working population’s purchasing power, India’s growth in GDP and Gen Z buying potential.
