Entrepreneur India presents the country's most prestigious awards in the Entrepreneur community. The awards
aim to recognize and felicitate Achievers, Innovators and Suppliers, who have contributed significantly
towards the development of entrepreneurship in India.
Best in e-Retail category Awards
The category leaders which enjoy the largest market share and are also leading innovation for growth.
- Beverages eRetailer of the Year
- Most Disruptive eRetailer of the Year
- Gifting eRetailer of the Year
- Lingerie eRetailer of the Year
- Luggage eRetailer of the Year
- Fitness eRetailer of the Year
- Fashion eRetailer of the Year-
eRetailer specializing in Clothing, footwear, watches,
jewelry, accessories
- Jewellery eRetailer of the Year-
It is applicable for leading gold, diamond, and
semi-precious jewelry and accessories e-Retailer
- Health, Beauty & Wellness eRetailer of the Year-
eRetailer specializing in Health,
Beauty,
and Pharma products and services
- Consumer Durables eRetailer of the Year-
eRetailer specializing in consumer durables,
IT,
and telecommunication products and services
- Specialty eRetailer of the Year-
eRetailer specializing in a product and service meant
for
the niche consumer
- Home & Lifestyle eRetailer of the Year-
eRetailer specializing in hard and soft
furnishings
and accessories for the home
- Education eRetailer Services of the Year-
Online educational services
- Leisure & Travel eRetailer of the Year-
eRetailer specializing in leisure and travel
services like e-ticketing, travel
- Leisure & Travel Retailer of the Year
- Debutant eRetailer of the Year
eRetail venture which is less than 5 years
- Quick service food delivery eRetailer of the Year
- Value eRetailer of the Year
- Kids eRetailer of the Year
- Subscription eRetailer of the year(Service/ Product) -
E-commerce companies that get
customers to pay a subscription fee (monthly, annually, etc.,) and receive a product delivered to them on
a recurring schedule.
- Rental eRetailer of the Year-
E-commerce company that works on a rental business
model
- Food & Grocery eRetailer of the Year-
E-commerce business that is giving Direct to
Home eRetail supplies across food, milk, grocery, or beverages
- Deals eRetailer of the Year-
E-commerce company that is giving deals or promotions,
coupons, etc to be availed online or offline
- Auto eRetailer of the year-
E-commerce business that is retailing four-wheelers or
two-wheeler (it could be either first-hand or used )
- B2B eRetailer of the year-
E-commerce business that is selling products/services to
other businesses
- Un-New eRetailer of the Year-
E-commerce business that is selling Second Hands goods
to customers through their online platform (Single category /marketplace )
- C2C eRetailer of the Year-
E-commerce company where sellers and buyers directly
interact with each other to sell
- E-commerce Solution Provider of the Year-
Helping the e-commerce industry to grow
their online business
- Best Offline to Online Business Model-
Retailer that has best deployed
Offline-to-online commerce a business strategy to draw potential customers who prefer the internet as the
purchasing platform
- Best eRetail website
- Ethnic Fashion eRetailer of the Year
- Apparel eRetailer of the Year.
- Footwear eRetailer of the Year.
Footwear eRetailers for men/women/ children
- eRetailer of the Year-
The award is open to the best e-commerce company/ online brand
which has showcased excellence and outstanding achievement across various parameters including GMV,
customer experience, and product innovation amongst others.
- Online Commerce
- Fashion Accessories eRetailer of the Year
"Recognizing excellence in the online
retail space, the 'Fashion Accessories eRetailer of the Year' category celebrates brands that excel in
offering a diverse and captivating range of fashion accessories.
Best in Retail Category Awards
These Retail Awards will recognize the Retailers and Brands who are modernizing retail in the digital age.
The Awards will recognize outstanding retailers who have best responded to changing consumer habits by
tailoring experiences, adopting omnichannel and digital strategies, and bringing retail
transformation(front-end or back-end operations) thus closing the gap between the physical and digital
worlds.
- QSR Retailer of the Year
- Food service Retailer of the Year
- Beverage Retailer of the Year
- Gifting Retailer of the Year
- Fashion Retailer of the Year
- Apparel Retailer of the Year
Fashion Retailer
- Ethnic Fashion Retailer of the Year-
All the retailers who promote and specialize
ethnically.
- Home & Lifestyle Retailer of the Year
Retailer specializing in hard and soft furnishings
and
accessories for the home.
- Jewellery Retailer of the Year-
Applicable for leading branded gold, diamond, and
semi-precious jewelry and accessories Retailer
- Automotive Industry-
Corporate dealers and distributors of Auto & auto products
- Footwear Retailer of the Year-
Footwear Retailers for men/women/ children
- Pharmacy Retailer of the Year
- Financial Services-
It will be given to Financial Services companies with
offline-online models
- Specialty Retailer of the Year-
Retailer specializing in a product and service meant
for the niche consumer
- Luxury Retail - Fashion Retailer of the Year-
Applicable to luxury fashion Retailer
in India
- CDIT & Electronic Retailer of the Year-
Applicable to all electronics goods/ white
goods companies/manufacturers and retailers.
- Mobile & Telecommunication Retailer of the Year-
Applicable to all mobile handset
manufacturers and retailers/ dealers/ distributors.
- National Retailer of the Year-
Applicable to retailers with Pan India Presence
- Food & Grocery Retailer of the Year-
Applicable to Grocery Retail Businesses
- Most Innovative Retailer of the Year-
Retailer employing must cutting edge digital
transformation to enhance customer experience
- Luggage Retailer of the Year-
Recognising excellence in Luggage Retail
- Beauty & Wellness Retailer of the Year
- Regional Retailer of the Year-
Recognizing the regional retailers
North/South/East/West
- Book retailer of the Year-
Applicable to all formats of bookstores.
- Fashion Accessories Retailer of the Year-
Retailers/online brands who made it easier
for everyone to have easy access to all the fashion accessories.
- Kids Retailer of the Year-
Applicable to all retailers who specialize in kids’
articles including clothing/ footwear/ accessories/ toys, etc.
- Value Retailer of the Year-
Retailers/online brands who made it easier for everyone
to have easy access to all the fashion accessories.
- Time Wear Retailer of the Year-
Retailer who is selling watches/clocks in–store
- Variety Retailer of the Year-
Open to Large, medium, and small retail concepts
providing customers with a huge variety of products under one roof with an affordable price range.
- Eyewear Retailer of the Year-
Retailer that is selling eyewear and optical merchandise
innovatively
- Experiential store of the Year-
Retail store that has great tangible and intangible
experience for the customer with seamless use of technology
- Lingerie Retailer of the Year-
Selling Innerwear or Lingerie in the store
- Kitchen Retailer of the Year-
Selling kitchen and kitchen-related merchandise
in-store
- Debutant retailer of the Year-
Retail venture which is less than 2 years
- Most Disruptive Retailer of the Year 2025-
This award is designed to celebrate the
retailer - be they online pureplay, omnichannel, or bricks and mortar only - that has done the most to
change their game.
- Salon Retailer of the year
- Travel Retailer of the year
RETAIL TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARDS
This category celebrates companies that have developed innovative technologies and worked with retailers to
transform the customer experience or back-end operations or both.
- Digital Transformation of the Year-
Technology Deployment helps the Retailer adhere
to standards brought about by changing consumer habits.
- Inside Best in Retail Category Awards
- Best Connected Experience of the Year-
Tech Company that has been able to deliver a
seamless experience across the various channels of Retailers. Evidence of a consistent customer experience
and intelligent management of inventory across the channels will be good indicators of success.
- Delivery Innovation of the Year-
Given to a Tech Enabler who has perfected effective
and cost-efficient delivery for Brands
- Most Intelligent Use of Data-
A data tech company that gives the best solutions for
consumer data and insights to enable useful customers insights
- Best Video Marketing-
Awarding a video strategy by a tech company that successfully
increased engagement or awareness for a retailer
- Best SaaS Retail Enabler
- Customer Loyalty Initiative of the Year-
This Award is open to a Tech enabler that
has instigated new and innovative ways of improving its customer loyalty.
- Best Mobile App-
Awarding a mobile application enabler that most successfully achieved
set goals.
- Retail Tech Startup of the year-
A start-up Retail tech company that has disrupted the
rules laid by industry giants.
- Best logistics Partner-
Awarded to logistics, courier, and fulfillment Company, who
have been voted as Best-in-class service providers to retail business
- Best CRM platform-
This award is for Customer Relationship Management vendors. The
winning applicant will evidence market success, growth, and innovation.
- Best Use of AI-
This award is open to businesses that are using artificial
intelligence technology to further enhance customer experience. The winning applicant should demonstrate
innovative thinking and how they improved the experience for their customers.
- Best Conversational Analytics Platform-
This award is open to speech technology
vendors (text, speech, call recording, and call analytics) who can evidence innovation and market success
in implementing chatbots, Language support as an important part of their business for Retailers
- Best use of Technology
Business strategy performance awards
- Best D2C Pivot-
Awarding the most successful pivot to a DTC model by a brand.
- Best Use of Social Media and Communication Strategy Award-
The Award will be given to
the Retailer who has optimized Social media to leverage better customer engagement
- Best Community Building Strategy-
Awarding the community building strategy that
resulted in consistently high audience engagement and a span sense of community built around a brand.
- Best Use of Technology-
Awarding a retailer whose use of new technology has most
significantly enhanced the customer experience.
- Business Culture Award-
This Award is open to any Retail organization that has great
Talent trust and this has made it an outstanding place to work.
- Best Influencer Campaign-
Awarding the influencer marketing campaign that has been
most creative, strategic, and effective in achieving its objectives
- Best Customer Insight Strategy-
Awarding the retailer who has most effectively
employed customer feedback.
- Best Digital Campaign-
To those who have engaged and tried to create a connection
with the customers through innovative Digital ads
- Best Digital Loyalty Programme-
Brands/ Retailers who have led the digital campaigns
successfully and have attained/increased the loyal base of customers.
- Retail Marketing Strategy Award-
This award will consider the ways technology now
enables retailers to make sure customers get advertising relevant to them
- Retail Partnership of the Year-
This category will recognize a successful partnership
between a specific retailer and a technology supplier.
- Best Email Campaign-
Awarding an original email campaign that has successfully
increased engagement or awareness for a retailer.
- Best New Product or Launch Campaign-
Awarding a marketing campaign that successfully
generated buzz or increased awareness around a new product or initiative.
- Best Retailer/Agency Collaboration-
Awarding the retailer/agency collaboration that
has successfully met goals using uniquely innovative and creative solutions.
- Best In-store Innovation of the Year-
A company that has delivered a memorable
experience to its customers when they have visited its stores. This could be through the clever use of
technology alongside traditional customer service techniques. It is the overall experience that must be
exemplary, with technology simply being an enhancer.
- Best Metaverse Initative of the Year
- Best NFT Launch of the Year-
Awarding the retailer whose mobile strategy or App best
engages customers and/or aids the buying process.
- Best use of Personalisation-
For the eCommerce business that has used personalisation
in a unique, compelling and commercially successful way
- Best Innovation in Delivery-
Awarded to the eCommerce business that has innovated to
improve its delivery service level
Individual Awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award-
The person who has given his heart and soul to create a
brand from scratch, has reached an unbeatable level of success by creating an edge over its competitors
and making the brand organization Sustainable.
- Retail Leader of the Year-
A veteran retail professional who is constantly looking
for and driving the next level of performance in their staff, product mix, merchandising, and marketing to
sustain continuous growth.
- Entrepreneur of the Year-
A thorough professional who has radicalized the industry
with sharp business acumen.
- Woman Entrepreneur of the Year-
Given to a woman entrepreneur/ professional who has
done path-breaking in retail and building brand
- eRetail Leader of the Year-
The professional with significant achievements as a
mentor/leader, under whose leadership the company has grown tremendously.
- Young Entrepreneur of the Year-
The Award will identify a young start-up entrepreneur
who transformed the Indian ecosystem with his business execution, disruptive idea to business, and great
entrepreneurial vision
- eRetail Entrepreneur of the Year
PAYMENT AWARDS
- Best Digital Wallet Initiative
A digital company that has leveraged technology to
link payment gateways with multiple platforms to ease electronic transactions for their patrons.
- Best Retailer Adoption of Payments Technology
This award is for retailers
who have adopted emerging payment technologies in their organizations to make the payment process easier
and smoother for the customers.
- Best Payments Integration
- Payment Innovation of the Year-
Awarded to innovate payment solution that has
transformed business operations and deliver outstanding results
BEST OMNI-CHANNEL AWARDS
The Online brand has shown growth in entering the offline market to tap their customers on the last mile
and deliver exceptional customer service
- Fashion-
Brand specializing in Clothing, footwear, watches, jewelry, accessories,
Ethnic wear, sports & Athleisure
- Jewellery-
Applicable for leading gold, diamond, and semi-precious jewelry and
accessories Brand
- Health, Beauty & Wellness-
Brand specializing in Health, Beauty, and Pharma products
and services
- Consumer Durables-
Brand specializing in consumer durables, IT, and telecommunication
products and services
- Specialty-
Brands specializing in a Niche product and service - Petcare, Sleep
solutions, Nutraceuticals, Recommerce
- Home & Lifestyle-
Brands specializing in hard and soft furnishings and accessories for
the home
- Education-
Brands in educational services
- Leisure & Travel-
Brands specializing in leisure and travel services like e-ticketing,
travel
- Food Service-
food delivery Brand
- Kids-
Brands that specialize in kids’ articles including clothing/ footwear/
accessories/ toys, etc.
- Rental Business-
Brand that works on a rental business model
- Un-New Brand-
Business that is selling Second Hands goods to customers
- Furniture
- Home & Living
SPECIAL AWARDS
- Creative Business of the Year-
This award will identify and acknowledge such companies
that have a creative concept or design innovation as their business premise.
- Profitable Business of the Year-
e-Retail companies take a long time to break even.
The Award will recognize such e-commerce companies that have posted profits
- Best Shopping Experience-
This Award will benchmark the organization that has the best
customer experience and ease in transactions right from ordering to delivery
- Best Customer Experience-
This award will be ranked based on site usability, product
and content, the efficiency of delivery, and customer satisfaction.
- Best Digital Transformation-
Awarded to Most Innovative brand with unimaginative
initiatives in the online retail space, ranging from site design, usability, customer experience, service,
need fulfillment, or any other area of the Business
- Most Innovative eRetailer
- E-commerce Marketplace of the Year-
Aggregators who are a 360-degree platform in
Fashion, Food& Grocery, Foodservice, CBD, Consumer Durable, Pets, and Kids.
- Best use of AI technology-
Given to a Retailer or eRetailer who has meaningfully
deployed AI in the eRetail backend or front end.
- Best Shopping Mall of the Year - Regional (East/West/North/South)-
Shopping Malls
that have found resonance with customers and retailers alike
- Best shopping mall of the Year - national-
shopping malls that have found resonance
with customers and retailers alike nationally
- Experiential store of the Year-
Retail store that has great tangible and intangible
experience for the customer with seamless use of technology
- Large Format Retailer-
Applicable to stores of at least a size of 10,000sq.ft. or
more, & for departmental or single category stores
- Store Design of the Year<1000sq.ft-
Recognizing outstanding store design that has
changed the way customers shop and discovers their brand(s). Open to all retail sectors and stores,
with sizes less than 1000sq.ft.
- Store Design of the Year>1000sq.ft-
Recognizing outstanding store design that has
changed the way customers shop and discovers their brand(s). Open to all retail sectors and stores, with
sizes less than 1000sq.ft.
- Best Shopping Centre of the Year - Regional (East/West/North/South)
- Best shopping center of the Year - National
- Best Sustainbility Initiative
