2010 TOP SHOP® Latest News
2010 TOP SHOP® Retail Excellence Awards –
Congratulations TOP SHOPS!
The winners of the 2010 TOP SHOP® Retail Excellence Awards will be announced next month amongst the glitz and glamour of several black-tie awards dinner functions.
Across 9 categories, stores have been recognised for:
· Having great staff who love their jobs
· Offering fantastic customer service
· Taking pride in their store - store layout, merchandising, window displays and signage
· Standing out from their competitors
· Showing innovation and imagination in their approach to retail
· Having that WOW factor that makes their customers want to shop with them again.
The winners will be celebrated during October at four Award functions:
| Wellington |
Friday 8 October 2010 |
Duxton Hotel, Wellington |
| Auckland |
Tuesday 12 October 2010 |
SkyCity Convention Centre, Auckland |
| Waikato |
Wednesday 20 October 2010 |
The Meteor Theatre, Hamilton |
| *Christchurch |
Saturday 30 October 2010 |
The Hotel Grand Chancellor, Christchurch |
*Please note change of date.
If you still require tickets for any of these events go online and register at www.retail.org.nz or call the TOP SHOP® team on 0800 24 25 24.
The final results of the 2010 TOP SHOP® Awards will be listed on the New Zealand Retailers Association website and check out the December issue of NZRetail for photos and a full listing of all four regional results.
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Does your business have that special something that keeps your customers coming back for more?
Tell us about it when you enter the 2010 TOP SHOP® Retail Excellence Awards.
The TOP SHOP® Retail Excellence Awards are back for 2010 and with new categories and sponsors; we are excited to provide retailers with the opportunity to participate in this event.
Remember that the Awards are open to ALL retailers whose business sits within the TOP SHOP® regions; you do not have to be a New Zealand Retailers Association member to enter.
Entries for the 2010 TOP SHOP® Retail Excellence Awards open in early May. To register your interest email Kay Eade, keade@retail.org.nz, with your name and contact details and we will keep you up to date with all the exciting developments.
For more information please refer to the  2010 TOP SHOP Entry Booklet_V2.pdf(734.95 KB)
Kind regards
The TOP SHOP® Team
The TOP SHOP® Retail Excellent Awards seek the best of the best in every major retail category. The awards recognise and celebrate the benchmarks for excellence in retailing in Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland and Waikato.
Following the decision in 2008 to make the TOP SHOP® Retail Excellence Awards a biannual event, the 2010 awards will be an event to remember.
The Top Shop® Retail Excellence Awards are all about identifying retailers who:
- Have great staff who love their jobs
- Offer fantastic customer service
- Take pride in their store – layouts, merchandise, window displays and signage
- Stand out from their competitors
- Show innovation and imagination
- Have that special something that makes your customers want to return
Entering the competition offers retailers a number of benefits including:
- The opportunity to develop a great team spirit and unity
- Scope to reassess your customer service approach and focus
- The ability to have service standards independently assessed through the mystery shopping process
- The opportunity to benchmark yourselves against other retailers within the same category
- The opportunity to celebrate your success with peers at a black tie Gala Awards dinner
Why the New Zealand Retailers Association runs TOP SHOP®
For the New Zealand Retailers Association, the TOP SHOP® Retail Excellence Awards give us the opportunity to provide a competition which assists in “Promoting excellence in retailing” throughout New Zealand.
Our objectives of the TOP SHOP® Retail Excellence Awards are to:
- Raise the standards of retailing in New Zealand
- Recognise and reward those retailers who are implementing best practice principles
- Acknowledge, promote and celebrate with those of you who have achieved excellence in retailing
The competition also acknowledges the vital industry partnerships that exist between retailers and sponsors.
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