Awards Categories

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
  
• Jewellery eRetailer of the Year
  
• Health, Beauty & Wellness eRetailer of the Year
  
• Consumer Durables eRetailer of the Year
  
• Specialty eRetailer of the Year
  
• Home & Lifestyle eRetailer of the Year
  
• Education eRetailer Services of the Year
  
• Leisure & Travel eRetailer of the Year
  
• Leisure & Travel Retailer of the Year
• Debutant eRetailer of the Year
  
• 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)
  
• Rental eRetailer of the Year
  
• Food & Grocery eRetailer of the Year
  
• Deals eRetailer of the Year
  
• Auto eRetailer of the year
  
• B2B eRetailer of the year
  
• Un-New eRetailer of the Year
  
• C2C eRetailer of the Year
  
• E-commerce Solution Provider of the Year
  
• Best Offline to Online Business Model
  
• Best eRetail website
• Ethnic Fashion eRetailer of the Year
• Apparel eRetailer of the Yea
• Footwear eRetailer of the Year
  
• eRetailer of the Year-
  
• Online Commerce
• Fashion Accessories eRetailer of the Year
  

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
  
• Ethnic Fashion Retailer of the Year
  
• Home & Lifestyle Retailer of the Year
  
• Jewellery Retailer of the Year
  
• Automotive Industry
  
• Footwear Retailer of the Year
  
• Pharmacy Retailer of the Year
• Financial Services
  
• Specialty Retailer of the Year
  
• Luxury Retail - Fashion Retailer of the Year
  
• CDIT & Electronic Retailer of the Year
  
• Mobile & Telecommunication Retailer of the Year
  
• National Retailer of the Year
  
• Food & Grocery Retailer of the Year
  
• Most Innovative Retailer of the Year
  
• Luggage Retailer of the Year
  
• Beauty & Wellness Retailer of the Year
• Regional Retailer of the Year
  
• Book retailer of the Year
  
• Fashion Accessories Retailer of the Year
  
• Kids Retailer of the Year
  
• Value Retailer of the Year
  
• Time Wear Retailer of the Year
  
• Variety Retailer of the Year
  
• Eyewear Retailer of the Year
  
• Experiential store of the Year
  
• Lingerie Retailer of the Year
  
• Kitchen Retailer of the Year
  
• Debutant retailer of the Year
  
• Most Disruptive Retailer of the Year 2025
  
• 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
  
• Inside Best in Retail Category Awards
• Delivery Innovation of the Year
  
• Most Intelligent Use of Data
  
• Best Video Marketing
  
• Best SaaS Retail Enabler
• Customer Loyalty Initiative of the Year
  
• Best Mobile App
  
• Retail Tech Startup of the year
  
• Best logistics Partner
  
• Best CRM platform
  
• Best Use of AI
  
• Best Conversational Analytics Platform
  
• Best use of Technology

Business strategy performance awards

• Best D2C Pivot
  
• Best Use of Social Media and Communication Strategy Award
  
• Best Community Building Strategy
  
• Best Use of Technology
  
• Business Culture Award
  
• Best Influencer Campaign
  
• Best Customer Insight Strategy
  
• Best Digital Campaign
  
• Best Digital Loyalty Programme
  
• Retail Marketing Strategy Award
  
• Retail Partnership of the Year
  
• Best Email Campaign
  
• Best New Product or Launch Campaign
  
• Best Retailer/Agency Collaboration
  
• Best In-store Innovation of the Year
  
• Best Metaverse Initative of the Year
• Best NFT Launch of the Year
  
• Best use of Personalisation
  
• Best Innovation in Delivery
  

Individual Awards

• Lifetime Achievement Award
  
• Retail Leader of the Year
  
• Entrepreneur of the Year
  
• Woman Entrepreneur of the Year
  
• eRetail Leader of the Year
  
• Young Entrepreneur of the Year
  
• eRetail Entrepreneur of the Year

Payment Awards

• Best Digital Wallet Initiative
  
• Best Retailer Adoption of Payments Technology
  
• Best Payments Integration
• Payment Innovation of the Year
  

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
  
• Jewellery
  
• Health, Beauty & Wellness
  
• Consumer Durables
  
• Specialty
  
• Home & Lifestyle-
  
• Education
  
• Leisure & Travel
  
• Food Service
  
• Kids
  
• Rental Business
  
• Un-New Brand
  
• Furniture
  
• Home & Living
  

Special Awards

• Creative Business of the Year
  
• Profitable Business of the Year
  
• Best Shopping Experience
  
• Best Customer Experience
  
• Best Digital Transformation
  
• Most Innovative eRetailer
• E-commerce Marketplace of the Year
  
• Best use of AI technology
  
• Best Shopping Mall of the Year - Regional (East/West/North/South)
  
• Best shopping mall of the Year - national
  
• Experiential store of the Year
  
• Large Format Retailer
  
• Store Design of the Year<1000sq.ft
  
• Store Design of the Year>1000sq.ft
  
• Best Shopping Centre of the Year - Regional (East/West/North/South)
• Best shopping center of the Year - National
• Best Sustainbility Initiative