2021 RTIH retail technology awards: judging panel announced
RTIH is pleased to announce the judges line up for its 2021 Innovation Awards, with the panel featuring such big hitters as Selfridges, Marks and Spencer, Boots UK, and Office Depot.
Our thanks to the following retail leaders for offering their assistance and expertise this year.
Mike Cadden, IT Director (Sales, Marketing and Customer Services), Office Depot
Hayley Meenan-Wilkin, E-Commerce Manager, Fishpools
Martin Newman, Founder, The Customer First Group
Paula Bobbett, E-Commerce Director, Boots UK
Tiffany Lung, Retail Analyst
Nadine Neatrour, Marketing Director, Selfridges
Simon Curtis, Sales and Marketing Director, PMC Retail
Christine Russo, Digital and Physical Retail Consultant
Gerald Dawson, Business Consultant and Finance Director, The iOutlet and HANX
Sharon Peters, Head Of Technology - Marks and Spencer, HR, Finance, Corporate Services and M&S Bank
Luke Phillips, Head of IT Delivery, Studio Retail
Matt Taylor, Technology Transformation Leader at EY, Retail and Consumer Products
Don’t delay, enter today!
Time is running out to enter (free of charge) the 2021 RTIH Innovation Awards.
Now into their third year, the awards, sponsored by PMC, StoreSpace, Critizr, Marxent, QVALON and Selazar, celebrate global tech innovation in a fast moving omnichannel world.
The 2021 categories are as follows and you have until Friday, 5th November to get your entries in.
The winners will be announced on 8th December at a roundtable discussion/networking event in central London.
Category 1
Bricks and mortar innovation - Sponsored by StoreSpace
This award will go to a retailer enabling physical spaces to thrive via innovative technology, even as online shopping continues to grow.
We’re looking for examples of reducing friction in the customer journey, offering improved experiences, and blurring the lines between channels.
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Category 2
Supply chain innovation
This award highlights companies that are re-inventing and re-thinking retail supply chains via innovative advancements in technology.
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Category 3
Payments innovation
This award recognises payment initiatives that are both innovative and customer and retailer friendly.
We’re looking to reward a project that has the potential to increase a retailer’s competitiveness and effectiveness, and to improve the shopper experience. Bonus points if the project could be considered a first in the market.
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Category 4
Most innovative UK retailer - Sponsored by QVALON
Who has been the UK’s most innovative, customer focused retailer this year?
Judges are asked to look at the tech deployments, pilots etc listed alongside each retailer and decide which one has been the most consistently forward thinking and customer centric in 2021.
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Category 5
Most innovative retailer (rest of world) - Sponsored by QVALON
Who has been the most innovative, customer focused retailer (rest of world) this year?
Judges are asked to look at the tech deployments, pilots etc listed alongside each retailer and decide which one has been the most consistently forward thinking and customer centric in 2021.
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Category 6
Most innovative pureplay - Sponsored by Selazar
Who has been the most innovative, customer focused pureplay this year?
Judges are asked to look at the tech deployments, pilots etc listed alongside each retailer and decide which one has been the most consistently forward thinking and customer centric in 2021.
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Category 7
Technology vendor of the year (UK)
This category celebrates companies that have developed innovative technologies and worked with retailers to transform the customer experience or back-end operations or both.
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Category 8
Technology vendor of the year (Rest of World)
This category celebrates companies that have developed innovative technologies and worked with retailers to transform the customer experience or back-end operations or both.
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Category 9
Startup of the year
This award will recognise the startup with the most innovative technology offering and the company which is best placed to succeed in the long-term (management, funding, the retailers it is working with etc).
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Category 10
Best coronavirus innovation - Sponsored by Critizr
The pandemic has had a major impact on the way that we shop and the way that retailers operate.
This award will go to the company who has best turned to technology to solve the challenges presented by the Covid-19 era, improving in-store and/or online experiences for both staff and customers.
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Category 11
Technology implementation of the year (UK)
This award recognises UK retail technology project excellence, both in delivery and outcomes.
Implementation should have been completed between November 2020 and November 2021.
Judges will be looking for clear project objectives, effective and innovative implementation and tangible and demonstrable results.
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Category 12
Technology implementation of the year (rest of world)
This award recognises rest of world retail technology project excellence, both in delivery and outcomes.
Implementation should have been completed between November 2020 and November 2021.
Judges will be looking for clear project objectives, effective and innovative implementation and tangible and demonstrable results.
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Category 13
Best Retailer/Technology Supplier Relationship
This award recognises a successful partnership between a retailer and a technology supplier, with an emphasis on the last 12 months and how said partnership has gone from strength to strength during that period.
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Category 14
Overall Winner - Sponsored by QVALON
Our judging panel will pick the stand out entry from across the 13 aforementioned categories.
Category 15 - Sponsored by Marxent
RTIH Editor’s Choice Award
RTIH Editor, Scott Thompson, will pick his stand out entry from across the 13 aforementioned categories.
