British retail heroes celebrated in shortlist for the Retail Week Awards 2022
More than 50 people working in Britain’s shops, headquarters, distribution and delivery centres have been shortlisted in this year’s Retail Week Awards.
Taking place at Old Billingsgate, London, on 26 May, the Retail Week Awards 2022 will celebrate the outstanding work of British retailers and the retail workforce over the last year by recognising excellence across the industry. The ceremony will follow Retail Week Live 2022, a two-day innovation festival, which takes place 24 – 25 May.
Dozens of businesses ranging from grocery giants Tesco and Aldi to speciality brands such as HelloFresh and Sosandar are also in line to receive an award, with categories including Best new store, Best place to work and Retail leader of the year.
An impressive line-up of 15 industry experts makes up the Retail Week Awards judging panel this year, including Liz Evans, Managing Director of Asda, Jo Whitfield, CEO of Co-op Food, Manju Malhotra, CEO of Harvey Nichols and Pano Christou, CEO of Pret.
The Retail Week Awards 2022 takes place at Old Billingsgate on 26 May.
Retail Week Awards 2022 Shortlist:
The Quadient store hero award
- Store 6482 Team, Boots UK
- Geoff Wood, Store Manager, The Co-Op
- Thomas Robson, Store Manager, Central England Co-Op
- Darren Kenworthy, Store Manager, Currys
- Dee Rutherford, General Manager, Dobbies Garden Centres
- Steve Tappin, Store Manager, Holland & Barrett
- Kim Scott, Team Leader, Homebase
- Nick Holmes, Solihull Shack Manager, Loaf
- Brian Torley, Store Manager, M&S Falkirk
- Sheena Irvine, Community Champion, Morrisons
- Claire McCabe, Store Manager, New Look
- Joanne Hammond, Store Manager, Poundland
- Sarah Patterson, Store Manager, Tesco
- Simon Cuzner, Branch Manager, Waitrose
Distribution and delivery hero award
- Liam Hayward, DC Operations Assistant Manager The Body Shop
- John Mark Brown, Delivery Driver, The Co-Op
- Birmingham distribution team, Currys
- Logistics Safety Team, Sainsbury’s
- Jhorvis Tyrell, Warehouse Operative, M&S
- Paul Mooney, Excellence Manager, Ocado Group
- AJ Jones and Alex Tansley, Engineers, Ocado Group
- Andrew Wiseman, LGV Team Manager, Ocado Group
Head office hero award
- Customer Care Team, Asos
- Feel As Good As New – cross functional team, Boots UK
- Steve Bird, Wellbeing Manager, Currys
- Customer Contact Centre, Iceland Foods
- Alison Booth, Laura Curtis, Mark Hughes, Head of Property, Head of VM, Maintenance Manager, Jigsaw
- People Team, New Look
- People Team, Pets at Home
- Group Safety and Insurance Team, Sainsbury’s
- Distribution and Fulfilment Team, Tesco
- The Digital Customer Experience Tribe, The Very Group
Diversity champion award
- Gavin Gillie, Assistant Store Manager, The Body Shop
- Deb Garrett, Wellness & Inclusion Partner, B&Q
- Leanne Cahill, CEO, Bravissimo
- Peter Batt, Divisional Managing Director, The Co-Op
- Geoffrey Williams, Global Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Dr Martens
- Prince Okoro, Store Manager, EE
- Louise Blaize, Display Planner and M&S Culture & Heritage Network Co-Chair, Marks & Spencer
- Hannah Berman, Senior Talent Acquisition Business Partner, Moonpig
- Alice Cleary, Chief Marketing Officer, schuh
- Joanne Mackie, Customer and People Director, Superdrug and Savers
- Leon Donald, Buying Manager, Food – Fresh, Tesco
Best new store award
- The Body Shop, Edinburgh St James Quarter
- Boots, Welwyn Garden City
- The Floor Room by Carpetright, Tottenham Court Road, London
- Central England Co-op, Lichfield
- Eataly London
- Holland & Barrett, Knightsbridge, London
- Homebase, Bradford
- Nespresso, Bluewater Shopping Centre, Kent
- Situ Live, Westfield Shopping Centre, London
- Sports Direct, Oxford Street, London
The customer experience award
- Aldi Best Version of Us
- ASOS Customer Care – Customer experience transformation
- MarTech with the ‘feel good’ factor!, Boots UK
- Convenient solutions delivering last mile locally, The Co-Op
- Currys PC Builder with Hullabalook
- Customer Service improvements, EE
- Personalising the Experience, Harvey Nichols with SEC Newgate
- Screwfix Sprint
- Sky Glass Experience Bluewater
- Whoosh & GetGo, Tesco
Best place to work award
- Aldi
- ASOS
- B&Q
- The Body Shop
- Ocado Retail
- Pets at Home
- TJX Europe
- The Very Group
The Relex responsible retailer award
- Aldi
- Amazon
- Boots
- The Co-op
- H&M
- Ikea UK and IE
- Joules
- Nespresso
- Superdry
- Tesco
Fashion retailer of the year
- ASOS
- H&M U.K. & Ireland
- In The Style
- Joules
- REISS
- Sosandar
- The Very Group
Grocer of the year
- Aldi
- Iceland Foods
- Marks & Spencer
- Morrisons
- Ocado Retail
- Sainsburys
- Tesco
Speciality retailer of the year
- Card Factory
- COOK
- Dreams
- HelloFresh
- ManoMano
- The Perfume Shop
- Pets at Home
- schuh
- Woolovers
Best own brand range or product award
- New Best Ever Body Butters, The Body Shop
- Boots Own Brand, Boots
- Country Living Kitchen Collection, Homebase
- Perricone MD, THG
- Goodmove, M&S
- Lua, Mamas & Papas
- Simply Be – Own Brand Lingerie, N Brown
- Site, Screwfix
- Plant Chef, Tesco
Best retailer under £250m
- Beaverbrooks
- Farmison & Co
- In The Style
- Loaf
- Net World Sports
- REISS
- Seasalt
- Simba Sleep
- SOSANDAR
- WoolOvers
Best retailer over £250m
- The Body Shop
- Halfords
- Ocado Retail
- Pets at Home
- Primark
- Tesco
- The Very Group
- Wickes
Retail activist award
Retail leader of the year
Alixpartners outstanding leadership award
