Entries are now open for Shop! ANZ’s 25th annual Marketing at Retail Awards, with the best in Australian retail marketing campaigns to be recognised across 25 categories, covering physical displays and shopper experience.
The prestigious Shop! ANZ Awards recognise and reward best practice, innovation, and excellence in retail and shopper marketing. Open to both Shop! members and non-members, entrants vie for the distinguished Gold, Silver and Bronze ‘Point’ trophy, with special Best in Show and Pinnacle prizes also Awarded.
Shop!’s highest honour, the Tom Harris Marketing at Retail Award (named after Shop! ANZ founder, Tom Harris) is selected from Gold winners. Other Pinnacle Awards are given for excellence in Design & Innovation, Shopper Experience, and Best Display.
Australian and New Zealand designers and producers of retail marketing material, brand owners, agencies, suppliers, and retailers are eligible to enter the Awards. Awards criteria, and step by step guides on how to enter the Awards online are available at shopassociation.org.au/enter-awards.
Shop! ANZ General Manager Carla Bridge says the Awards are the highest recognition of retail marketing success in Australia and New Zealand.
“Despite a challenging retail environment, the Shop! ANZ Retail Marketing Awards continue to go from strength to strength, with the number of entrants growing each year, proving the importance and resilience of marketing in the retail landscape,” Ms Bridge said.
Award entries are open from October 5 to January 16. Entries must have been in market in the period between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022.
Winners will be announced at retail marketing’s night of nights, the Shop! Awards Gala Dinner, on Thursday 23 March, 2023. Tickets can be purchased at shopassociation.org.au/events/2022-awards-gala-dinner. Bookings made before December 31 receive a 10% Early Bird discount.
Awards criteria, and step by step guides on how to enter the Awards online are available at shopassociation.org.au/enter-awards.
For more information, or to enter the Awards, visit shopassociation.org.au/about-awards
Shop! ANZ 2022 Retail Marketing Awards categories:
Physical store
– Large or Department Store
– Grocery Store (food) –Temporary Display & Permanent Display
– Grocery Store (non-food)
– Liquor – Temporary Display & Permanent Display
– Petrol, Convenience & Route
– Health & Beauty – Temporary & Permanent
– Consumer Electronics – Temporary & Permanent
– Specialty Retail, Lifestyle & Service Providers – Temporary Display & Permanent Display
– Category Management
– Window Displays
– Store Design
– POP THIS Retail Industrial Design – Temporary & Permanent
– CENTRUM GROUP Produced in ANZ.
Shopper experience
– Digital Instore, Mobile, Social & Online
– Experiential
– Field Marketing
– Sales Promotion
– Occasion-based Shopper Campaign
– Integrated Path to Purchase Campaign.
Pinnacle and special awards
– People’s Choice Award
– 5P GROUP Environmental Stewardship
– Best Design & Innovation
– Best Display
– Best Shopper Experience
– Tom Harris Retail Marketing Award (Best in Show).
