Double Recognition! Shortlisted for two Creative Retail Awards & One POPAI Award!

Big News! Double Recognition for Our Retail Design! We're thrilled to announce we've been shortlisted for both the Creative Retail Awards and the POPAI Awards! These awards celebrate excellence in overall retail design and in-store experiences. Read the full story to see how we're pushing the boundaries of retail design!

We’re bursting with excitement to announce that we’ve been shortlisted for not one, but two incredibly prestigious design awards: The Creative Retail Awards and the POPAI Awards! These recognitions are a tremendous honor and a testament to our ongoing dedication to creating a cutting-edge and exceptional retail experience for our customers.

Award Recognition: Creative Retail

The Creative Retail Awards celebrate the very best in retail, leisure, and hospitality design. Hundreds of entries from around the world are evaluated by a panel of industry experts, making it a highly competitive honor.  We’ve been shortlisted in two categories, Retail Experience with our Petmania Ireland Client.  The second category is in the Graphics Category for our work with Carry Out Off-Licence.

Award Recognition: POPAI

In addition to the above, we’ve also been shortlisted for a POPAI Award, also for our Store Design work with Petmania.  POPAI Awards are renowned for recognising excellence in shopper marketing and in-store displays, the POPAI Awards are the ultimate symbol of creativity and best practice within the retail environment.

Commitment to Excellence:

Being shortlisted for both these prestigious awards reinforces our unwavering commitment to delivering an exceptional retail experience across all aspects.  We strive to create a truly inspiring and engaging journey for our Clients and their customers.

Winners and finalists for the Creative Retail Awards will be announced on September 19th at a ceremony in London. Stay tuned for updates! You can learn more about the competition and see the other shortlisted entries on the Creative Retail Awards website https://creativeretailawards.com/.

POPAI Award winners will be revealed at a separate ceremony. In the meantime, explore the POPAI Awards website https://www.popai.co.uk/awards/ to discover more about the competition and fellow nominees pushing the boundaries of in-store design.

We’re incredibly grateful for this recognition and can’t wait to share the final results with you!

For all the details checkout the link below  https://issuu.com/retailfocus/docs/shortlist-brochure-cra-2024

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