Middle East’s top retailers honoured at Images RetailME Awards 2022
Lulu Group International, Apparel Group, 6thStreet.com, ENOC, Splash, Crocs, Aldo, Babyshop and Skechers, are among awardees at the 12th RetailME Awards held alongside the 11th Middle East Retail Forum in Dubai on November 15, 2022. Retailers were honoured at the prestigious RetailME Awards under 22 different categories.
Images RetailME received over 135+ nominations from retailers in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Egypt and more. All nominations were reviewed by a distinguished panel of jury members. More than 35 awards were given to retail leaders from different companies across the region during the gala ceremony.
The awards recognised the achievements of retailers from the region who have had the courage to think out-of-the-box and bring innovative retail concepts and experiences equipped with emerging technologies and data that the world has access to today.
Some of Middle East’s most deserving retailers were felicitated at the gala ceremony at the annual Images RetailME Awards.
Welcoming the delegates, Justina Eitzinger, Chief Operating Officer of Images RetailME, organiser of the Middle East Retail Forum and the Images RetailME Awards, said, “RetailME Awards has become the most coveted regional awards for the top performers and trendsetters in the retail industry in the Middle East. We are happy to honour the most admired retailers in the Middle East region at this prestigious award ceremony. We aspire to inspire more retail industry players to up their game and be recognised in the future for their good work. It was truly a privilege for me to go through all the nominations along with the jury and see all the retailer’s efforts unfold into tangible results of excellence this year.”
List of the awardees:
| Most Admired Customer Service Initiative of the year | ENOC AutoPro |
| Most Admired Retail Launch of the Year | Brands for Less |
| Most Admired Retail Transformation of the Year | 6thStreet.com |
| Most Admired Retailer of the Year: Home & Housewares | Homes R Us |
| Most Admired Retailer of the Year: Footwear & Accessories | Crocs |
| Most Admired Retailer of the Year: Food & Grocery | Grandiose Supermarket |
| Most Admired Retailer of the Year: Fashion | Splash Fashions |
| Most Admired Responsible Retailers of the Year | Apparel Group |
| LuLu | |
| F5 | |
| Spinney’s | |
| Most Admired Collaborations of the Year | SKECHERS |
| Danube Supermarket (Bin Dawood Group) | |
| Most Admired Emerging Tech Adopters of the Year | 6thStreet.com |
| Lenskart | |
| Most Admired Brand Campaigns of the Year | Splash Fashions |
| ALDO | |
| Mihyar | |
| Birkenstock | |
| LC Waikiki | |
| Most Admired E-commerce Retailer of the Year | 6thStreet.com |
| Most Admired Experiential Retailer of the Year | ENOC Link |
| Most Admired Omnichannel Retailer of the Year | Lulu Group International |
| Most Admired Online Innovations of the Year | Aster |
| Nessa | |
| Most Admired Retailer of the Year: Beauty & Wellness | IZIL |
| Most Admired Retailer of the Year: Children’s Wear | Babyshop |
| Most Admired Store Designs of the Year | Adidas |
| Petzone | |
| Cocteau | |
| Dream | |
| Most Admired Store Managers of the Year | Skechers – Rohitha Amarasinghe |
| Nayomi – Nour Al Najjar |
| Most Admired Retail Personality of the Year | Mohammad A. Baker, GMG |
| Most Admired Retail Company of the Year | Lulu Group International |
| Images RetailME Excellence Awards (Editor’s Choice) | Threads Middle East RedTag DWELL |
The Middle East Retail Forum and Images RetailME Awards were supported by MasterCard, Kalandoor Contracting, Interstore I Schweitzer Zebra Technologies, Line Investments, Adyen, Altavant Consulting, Al Bayader, BinDawood Group, Rasasi Perfumes, ENOC, Being Human, Xpandretail powered by Savant, KPMG, XENO, Red Sea Mall, Dubai South, Jiffy Software, Board International, Tap Payments, Yango Deli Tech, Aruba, Fashinza, PearlQuest, Dalma Mall, Top Rock Interiors, Mishipay, Infobip, VEMCO, Infotek Software, Alpen Capital, LP Flex, CION Lighting, Newland and SkyEx.
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