On Thursday 27 February 2020, Retail Without Borders (RWB) – part of the We Are Pentagon Group, hosted its first Marketplace Awards Ceremony in London at the top of one of London’s most iconic landmarks.
The exclusive black-tie gala dinner and awards ceremony, held at the top of the Gherkin, was attended by 120 decision-makers from leading global marketplaces and organisations including Shieldpay, Department for International Trade, eBay, SEKO Logistics, ShipStation, Zalando, Facebook, TheMarket, SoftBank Telecom Europe, Catch, Sprii, OnBuy, ZigZag Global and more.
Hosted by former BBC Breakfast journalist, Declan Curry, the RWB awards ceremony was the first evening of its kind to celebrate and reward international online marketplaces which are transforming the retail landscape.
During the ceremony, 15 awards were presented to the marketplaces which scored the highest for the most seller-friendly policies, having been adjudicated by Thomas Andersson of consultancy STIQ.
Laurence Guy, CEO of the We Are Pentagon Group, said: “It was fantastic to host our first ever Retail Without Borders awards ceremony at such a prestigious venue with panoramic views of London’s most iconic skyline. We were delighted to have been joined by representatives of marketplaces across Europe, LATAM, Middle East and Australasia to reward the highest scoring marketplaces across categories which encompass marketplace innovation on sustainability, logistics, customer service, automation and more.”
The awards and winners are as follows:
- Marketplace Activation Award sponsored by We Are Pentagon – Winner, Wish
- Marketplace Merchant Logistics Award sponsored by SEKO Logistics – Winner, OnBuy
- Marketplace Fulfilment Award sponsored by SEKO Logistics – Winner, Zalando
- Marketplace Branding Award sponsored by ZigZag Global – Winner, TheMarket
- Marketplace Curation Award sponsored by Storesome – Winner, Rakuten
- Marketplace Customer Service Award sponsored by We Are Pentagon – Winner, Fruugo
- Marketplace Automation Award sponsored by ZigZag Global – Winner, Yahoo! Japan
- Marketplace Merchant Service Award sponsored by Shieldpay – Winner, Cdiscount
- Marketplace Payments Award sponsored by Shieldpay – Winner, eBay
- Marketplace Expansion Award sponsored by We Are Pentagon – Winner, Fruugo
- Marketplace Sustainability Award sponsored by ZigZag Global – Winner, Depop
- Marketplace Rising Star Award sponsored by Storesome – Winner, Catch
- Fashion Marketplace of the Year Award sponsored by Shieldpay – Winner, La Redoute
- Consumer Electronics Marketplace of the Year Award sponsored by Shieldpay – Winner, Fnac Darty
- Marketplace of the Year Award sponsored by We Are Pentagon – Winner, eBay
The Marketplace Awards Ceremony took place at the end of the first day of the Retail Without Borders 2020 conference, held at London’s QEII Centre in the heart of Westminster on 27-28 February.
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