Retailer Awards 2026
Best unified retail

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What you'll need to answer

Describe your company’s approach to a unified customer experience and how it enhances your overall customer value proposition.

How has your company evolved as an omnichannel retailer in the last 12 months?

What impact have these recent changes had on the business? Describe the impact and how you assessed this.

How is your company’s unified CX approach different from your competitors?

Your submission

Who can enter?
Open to retailers operating within Australia or New Zealand.

Nominations on behalf of retailers must secure pre-approval from the retailer and designate a retailer contact.

Responses should be maximum 300 words per question.

A PDF can be included as support material for your submission.

Retailer (finalist) must be in attendance at the event to accept the award.

For reference

Customer experience
The total journey of a customer’s interactions with a brand.

Customer service
The advice or assistance a company gives its customers.

Nominations close
Opening soon

Nominations close
3 December 2025

Finalists announced
14 January 2026

Winners announced
26 February 2026

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Retailer Awards 2026

Eleven years strong. Celebrating the best in customer experiences.

The Retailer Awards is marked as the pivotal event for the retail sector. Celebrating its tenth year, the awards highlight customer experience excellence across Australia and New Zealand and attract some of the best talent the retail industry has to offer.

The awards are managed and run by the superstar team behind Inside Retail and Octomedia, one of Australia’s leading B2B publishers.

Winners will be announced at a Gala Evening in Melbourne on Thursday, 26th February 2026.

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