The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has announced the finalists for this year’s 2019 eftpos ARA Australian Retail Awards. 

With 12 awards up for grabs, the ARA consulted a panel of expert judges and industry leaders to determine the finest in retail across three categories: Customer Experience, People in Retail and National Retailer. 

The ARA said the “high standard of submissions” this year was a testament to “the passionate retailers who contribute to the vitality of this thriving sector”.

This year’s awards will be held at Myer Mural Hall in Melbourne on August 15. With a theme of Retail Morphosis, the night will celebrate the progressive development of the retail sector into what the ARA describes as “a highly integrated network that is evolving and changing at a rapid rate”.

ARA Retail Awards finalists

Customer Experience Award category

2019 Manhattan Associates Excellence in Customer Experience Award

  • Birdsnest
  • PETstock
  • Brava
  • OTR
  • Retail Prodigy Group

2019 Daylight Agency Excellence in Retail Marketing Award

  • PETstock
  • Vodafone
  • Bakers Delight
  • Brava

2019 Pronto Retail Innovator of the Year Award

  • George and Matilda Eyecare
  • Biome
  • Myer
  • Specsavers

2019 Store Design and Fit-Out of the Year

  • AWPL News @BNE store 
  • OTR
  • Coles Liquor
  • AWPL Merchant Sydney T3 Store

People in Retail Award Category

2019 Rest Retail Business Woman of the Year

  • Go For Zero
  • Hear Us Roar
  • Harris Scarfe
  • Spoilt

2019 FCB Retail Employer of the Year Award

  • PETstock
  • Vodafone
  • Aldi
  • OTR
  • Retail Prodigy Group
  • AWPL

2019 Rest Young Retailer of the Year Award

  • Marko Krndija, Harris Scarfe
  • Jacinta Farrell, BCF
  • Julieanne Wilson, OTR
  • Thomas Kovacs, Harris Scarfe
  • Amanda Styles, Harris Scarfe
  • Aled Ball, OTR

2019 ARA Retail Graduate of the Year Award

  • Anita Holman, Pandora
  • Esther Laub, The Sydney String Centre
  • Jamie Turner, Mossimo

National Retailer of the Year Award Category 

2019 eftpos Digital Commerce Retailer of the Year

  • YCL Jewels
  • The Party People
  • Myer

2019 eftpos Franchise Group of the Year

  • Degani
  • Bakers Delight
  • Specsavers
  • Poolwerx

2019 eftpos Independent Retailer of the Year

  • Birdsnest
  • Brava
  • The Party People
  • Spoilt

2019 eftpos National Retailer of the Year

  • Vodafone
  • Retail Prodigy Group
  • Kidstuff

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