Internet Retailer Announces the Finalists for the 2015 Internet Retailer Excellence Awards
The outstanding achievements of e-retailers and one B2B e-commerce company will be recognized with the presentation of 10 Awards, including Internet Retailer of the Year
CHICAGO, April 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Internet Retailer, the world's leading publisher of strategic e-commerce business intelligence, today announced the finalists for the 10 categories of the Internet Retailer Excellence Awards. The Awards recognize the outstanding achievements made by innovative online retailers and business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce companies in the past year. Internet Retailer will announce the winners at the inaugural Excellence Awards dinner banquet held at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place hotel on June 3, 2015, as the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition (IRCE) convenes for its 11th straight year. Internet Retailer serves as the official media sponsor of IRCE, which will occur at McCormick Place West in Chicago from June 2-5, 2015.
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"I enthusiastically congratulate all 35 finalists for our inaugural 2015 Internet Retailer Excellence Awards," says Jack Love, publisher of Internet Retailer. "By rewarding excellence in e-retailing when we see it, we draw attention to those web merchants who are raising the bar for superior performance in online retailing. Given this slate of contenders, our job of picking the winners in each of the 10 categories will be extremely challenging."
Determined by a team comprised of Internet Retailer senior editors and e-commerce industry experts, the finalists for each of the 10 Excellence Awards categories are as follows:
B2B E-Commerce Player of the Year: MSC Industrial Supply Co., W.W. Grainger Inc., Environmental Lights, Newark element14, Tacoma Screw Products
Best Video of the Year: Previouslyownedbyagayman.com, TigerDirect, Lululemon Athletica Inc., ZenDesk.com
Comeback of the Year: J.C. Penney Inc., Target Corp., Pier 1 Imports Inc.
E-Retail Growth Award: Dollar Shave Club, Etailz.com, Groupon Inc., NoMoreRack.com, Warby Parker
Global E-Retailer of the Year: ASOS Plc Holdings, Uniqlo Co. Ltd., Xioami.com, YOOX Group
Internet Retailer of the Year: Amazon.com, Etsy Inc., The Home Depot Inc., Walmart.com
Marketer of the Year: Macy's Inc., Julep, Charlotte Russe
Mobile Commerce Award: QVC Group, Target Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Groupon Inc.
Newcomer of the Year: Uniqlo Co. Ltd., The Honest Company, NatureBox
Web Redesign of the Year: Sunglass Hut, Signature Hardware, The New York Times Store, Medelita.com
"We were pleased to receive hundreds of nominations for our 10 categories of Internet Retailer Excellence Awards," says Kurt Peters, Executive Editor of Internet Retailer. "The broad range of retailers and high quality of all nominations made choosing finalists difficult but ensured that when we announce the winners on June 3 at IRCE, we will be recognizing the leaders of the industry."
For media inquiries, contact: Anna Applegate, corporate marketing communications, Internet Retailer, at 312.572.6264 or [email protected].
ABOUT INTERNET RETAILER®
The flagship brand of Chicago-based Vertical Web Media, Internet Retailer® provides comprehensive e-commerce business intelligence through print and digital channels, including a monthly magazine, several research guides, web sites, online databases, webinars and e-mail newsletters. Internet Retailer, launched in March 1999, is the largest e-retailing monthly magazine with 44,500 subscribers. InternetRetailer.com is the most visited informational web site in e-commerce featuring daily industry news and market analysis. The site attracts more than 205,000 unique monthly visitors and is also available in Mandarin for the Chinese e-commerce market at dianshang500.com. IRNewsLink, a daily e-commerce newsletter, is sent to more than 44,000 subscribers and features a weekly mobile commerce edition.
ABOUT VERTICAL WEB MEDIA
Vertical Web Media is a privately held, Chicago-based publisher that focuses on providing business intelligence for the e-commerce industry. Founded and led by journalists, the company aims to be the largest and most credible provider of objective business information on the market trends, technology, competitive practices and people shaping online retailing. Starting with Internet Retailer magazine, launched in 1999, Vertical Web Media has since introduced more than a dozen competitive data products and is now the largest publisher in e-commerce. Through its Internet Retailer® brand, the company operates a monthly magazine, two web sites, a daily e-mail newsletter, and 12 research guides—strategic content designed to equip e-commerce executives with the competitive data they need to help grow their online businesses.
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