Shop.org Innovation Award Winners Set to Revolutionize Retail Shopping Experience
September 14 2018 - 11:45AM
Business Wire
Inaugural Contest Celebrates Some of the Most
Innovative Products in Retail
The National Retail Federation today announced the winners of
its inaugural Innovation Awards, a new competition to acknowledge
cutting-edge tech startups and other companies using the best and
latest technology to revolutionize the retail shopping experience.
The awards were presented as part of NRF’s annual Shop.org
conference, which concludes tonight at the Venetian Resort.
“It is exciting to celebrate these pioneering companies that are
leveraging technology and digital innovation to reimagine the
retail experience,” NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said. “These
recipients represent the true spirit of innovation. The
extraordinary new products, services and experiences they have
created are poised to play a transformative role in the retail
industry.”
The winning companies are:
- Innovation Lab: Best Awareness Tech:
IceCream Labs
- Innovation Lab: Best Consideration
Tech: Allure Systems
- Innovation Lab: Best Engagement Tech:
Hero
- Innovation Lab: Best Logistics and
Loyalty Tech: ZigZag
- Top Exhibitor: Startup Zone:
Mystore-E
- Shop.org Attendee Choice Award:
Trade’EM
“These winners are examples of how much technology and
innovation were front and center at this year’s conference,” said
Lacoste Vice President of Retail and Digital Chris Hardisty, one of
the judges for the awards. “They are fierce competitors who
highlight how much there is to be excited about when it comes to
the evolution of retail and what the future holds.”
The winners were chosen from among the 34 exhibitors at the
conference by a panel of judges representing venture capitalists,
technology incubators, retailers and journalists. Companies had to
showcase their ability to most effectively apply the latest
advances in artificial intelligence, augmented reality, machine
learning, facial recognition, data analytics, robotics and more.
The winners were selected based on the impact of their innovation,
product execution, ability to scale and market fit. Of the six
winners, IceCream Labs, Allure Systems, Hero, and ZigZag were
chosen among categories at the conference’s Innovation Lab and
Mystore-E from the Startup Zone while Trade’EM was designated as
the “Shop.org Attendee Choice Award” selected by attendees voting
via the conference’s mobile app.
The winners will receive spots in the Innovation Lab or Startup
Zone and participate in a session on the Innovation Lab stage next
year at NRF 2019: Retail’s Big Show. NRF’s annual convention is
scheduled to be held January 13-15, 2019, in New York as over
37,000 retailers from nearly 100 countries gather to address the
industry’s latest trends, innovations and strategies for
transformation.
About
NRF
The National Retail Federation is the world’s
largest retail trade association. Based in Washington, D.C., NRF
represents discount and department stores, home goods and specialty
stores, Main Street merchants, grocers, wholesalers, chain
restaurants and internet retailers from the United States and more
than 45 countries. Retail is the nation’s largest private-sector
employer, supporting one in four U.S. jobs — 42 million working
Americans. Contributing $2.6 trillion to annual GDP, retail is a
daily barometer for the nation’s economy.
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National Retail FederationAna Serafin Smith,
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