Oracle World Retail Awards' shortlist

The panels of judges have announced the shortlist of this year's Oracle World Retail Awards. Six finalists will be announced in Berlin on Sept 27. See the shortlist below.

RESPONSIBLE RETAILER OF THE YEAR
Marks & Spencer Plc, United Kingdom
The Co-operative Food, United Kingdom
Coop Cooperative, Switzerland
Kingfisher Plc, United Kingdom
The Salvation Army Salvos Stores, Australia
Grupo Pão de Açúcar, Brazil

STORE DESIGN OF THE YEAR
Carrefour Planet (Vénissieux, France/Alcobendas, Spain/Mont St Jean, Belgium)
Disney Store (New York, United States)
eSpoir (Seoul, South Korea)
Desigual (Barcelona, Spain)
Myer (Melbourne, Australia)
Tsvetnoy (Moscow, Russia)

ETAILER OF THE YEAR – PURE PLAY
Sponsored by GFK
notonthehighstreet.com, United Kingdom
ocado.com, United Kingdom
shoesofprey.com, Australia
appliancesonline.com.au, Australia
ruelala.com, United states
360buy.com, China

ETAILER OF THE YEAR – MULTICHANNEL
tesco.com, United Kingdom
jcpenney.com, United States
debenhams.com, United Kingdom
elcorteingles.es, Spain
marksandspencer.com, United Kingdom
newlook.com, United Kingdom

EMERGING MARKET RETAILER OF THE YEAR
Colins, Turkey
Croma, Infiniti Retail Limited, India
Grupo Pão de Açúcar, Brazil
Pick n Pay, South Africa
Reliance Retail, India
Splash, United Arab Emirates

RETAIL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Castorama, “C’est Castoche” by Publicis Activ Paris
Castro, “Castro Street Project”
The Co-operative, “Passionate Plea"
John Lewis, “Never Knowingly Undersold” by Rain Communications UK
Republic of Chicken, “Fire Scooter” by McCann Worldgroup
Walgreens, “Arm Yourself for the Ones You Love” by Arc Worldwide

The finalists now move forward to the final judging where the Grand Jury meet in Berlin before the opening of the World Retail Congress to discuss and debate all of the categories and to select the one company in each category that is believed to be truly outstanding on the global stage.

There will be shortlists announced shortly for the Retail Innovation Award as well as for the coveted International Retailer of the Year and Retailer of the Year categories.

All of the winners will then be announced at the Oracle World Retail Awards Gala Dinner at Berlin’s German Historic Museum on September 27.