This year, during the 3rd Annual Retail Innovation Conference, 24 retail executives were honored for embracing positive disruption in the industry at the fourth annual Retail Innovator Awards ceremony.
Retail TouchPoints received more than 100 nominations for the Awards this year, hailing from a wide cross-section of industry segments and company sizes. These executives are disrupting the retail industry with new digital and omnichannel initiatives, workforce innovations, unique entrepreneurial concepts and much more.
Awards were given in six categories. The 2017 recipients are:
Category: OMNICHANNEL
Anthony Luigs, The Home Depot
Edward Park, Guess
Bryce Phillips, evo
Dan Pingree, Moosejaw
Gregg Throgmartin, Fabletics
Martijn van der Zee, Suitsupply
Category: DIGITAL COMMERCE
Wayne Duan, Walgreens
Sid Jatia, Under Armour
Brita Turner, Godiva
Angelo D’Agostino, Wet Seal
Category: UX/CX
Ben Babcock, Jet.com
Aamir Baig, Article
Todd Latz, GoHealth Urgent Care
Category: TECHNOLOGY TRAILBLAZERS
Jason Morris, Walmart
Pam Sweeney, Macy’s
Category: COLLABORATION/OPERATIONS EFFICIENCY
Chad McIntosh, Bloomingdale’s
Jamie Sommerfeld, EXPRESS
Jason McNary, agnes b.
Dennis Vandel, Foot Locker (Champs Sports)
Category: LEADERSHIP/SOCIAL
Bob Infantino, The Rockport Group
Marc Joseph, DollarDays
Ido Leffler, Yoobi
Sam Sisakhti, UsTrendy
Marta Wohrle, Truth In Aging
Do you or someone you know deserve to be in the winner’s circle? Nominations for the 2018 Retail Innovator Awards are already open.
You can access the complete 2017 Innovator Awards report here.