A new location, new categories and new judges all helped make this year’s awards bigger and better than ever. Staged in the historical surroundings of Old Billingsgate in London, retailers and technology suppliers came together to reward innovative projects that are making their mark on the industry

Winners

1 Payment Solution Award

EAT with Commidea for its integrated contactless EPoS solution

2 Project Implementation of the Year

Whitbread for Premier Inn in a box

3 Best Use of E-Commerce Technology in Retail

Specsavers Optical Group for Specsaversdirect.co.uk

4 Best Customer-facing Technology

The Co-operative Group with Smart Technology Solutions for Insight – feedback at point of sale using Chip and PIN devices

5 Best Use of Technology for Employee Training or Communication

O2 with Imparta for O2 Journey Retail Simulation

6 Best Multichannel Integration

Poppets with Intelligent Retail for Nursery Connect Multichannel Retail System

7 Best Use of B2B Internet Technology

Tie Rack with Adare for MC_ – The Marketing Communications Centre

8 Best Security Solution

Douglas Court Shopping Centre with RPC Consultants for its network surveillance solution

9 Best EPoS Initiative

O2 with Torex for its mobile handset repair integration project

10 Best Use of Technology in a Hospitality and Leisure Environment

Bourne Leisure (Butlins) with Fizzback for Instant Customer Feedback service

11 Solution of the Year

O2 with Torex for its mobile handset repair integration project

12 Supply Chain Excellence Award

New Look with Quantum Retail Technology for Q

13 Best Green IT Initiative

Sainsbury’s with NCR for halving Sainsbury’s receipt paper usage with two-sided thermal printing technology

14 Most Innovative Company of the Year

Whitbread

15 Supplier of the Year

Fizzback

16 Best International Solution

Whitbread for Global Financial Management Online