Having beaten off stiff competition from dozens of entries to the Glee Awards, the shortlisted entries for the Retail categories have been announced.
As part of the new Glee Awards – which build on the success of the Glee New Product awards – the Retailer Awards have been designed to celebrate the best examples of innovation from the sector’s retailers.
Made up of four key categories – Buyer/ Buying Team Initiative of the Year; Sales & Marketing Initiative of the Year; Green Initiative of the Year; and Retailer of the Year – the Retailer Awards have been rigorously judged by a panel of industry experts. The judges are editor of Pet Product Marketing magazine, Sandra Pearce; GleeWire’s very own Mary Clarke, international retail guru, John Stanley; and Karl McKeever, from Visual Thinking Ltd.
After careful consideration and much debate the shortlists of highly deserving retailers are:
Buyer/Buying Team Initiative of the Year
Scotsdale Garden Centre
Shackletons Garden and Lifestyle Centre
Sunshine Garden Centre
The Garden & Leisure Group
Sales & Marketing Initiative of the Year
Fermoys Garden Centre and Farm Shop
First Franchise
Scotsdale Garden Centre – Forest Fencing Campaign
Scotsdale Garden Centre – Grow your own campaign
The Garden & Leisure Group
Trelawney Garden Centre
Ruscrete Ltd
Green Initiative of the Year
Eco-St @ Wyevale Garden Centre
Monkton Elm & Pet Garden Centre
Palmers Garden Centre
Sanders Garden World
Whitehall Garden Centre
Retailer of the Year
Coolings Nurseries
Marlows Home and Garden Centre
Scotsdale Garden Centre
The Ark Pet Centres
The Dogs Doo Dahs 2
The Garden & Leisure Group
The Pet Extraodinarium
Glee (21-23 September 2008) Birmingham’s NEC