Internet Retailer Announces the Winners of the 2015 Internet Retailer Excellence Awards

CHICAGO, June 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Internet Retailer, the world's leading publisher of strategic e-commerce business intelligence, last night announced the winners for the first-ever Internet Retailer Excellence Awards, which recognize the outstanding achievements made by innovative online retailers in the past year. The awards ceremony and dinner banquet were held at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place hotel, which is adjacent to McCormick Place West, the convention center where the 11^th annual Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition (IRCE) convened from June 2-5. Internet Retailer serves as the official media sponsor of IRCE.

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Determined by teams composed of Internet Retailer magazine senior editors and e-commerce industry experts, the winners for each of the 10 Excellence Awards categories are as follows:

Internet Retailer of the Year (the Internet Retailer Top 1,000 web merchant that demonstrated extraordinary performance in all aspects of e-commerce activity and on all major e-commerce metrics): The Home Depot Inc.

Mobile Commerce Award (the retailer showing the greatest creativity, performance and sales growth from a mobile-specific web site and/or apps): Groupon Inc.

Marketer of the Year (the Top 1,000 retailer that most effectively used all forms of online marketing based on e-mail, paid search, SEO and social marketing metrics tracked by Internet Retailer research to achieve above-average sales growth in its merchandise category): Macy's Inc.

E-Retail Growth Award (a retail web site that ranked in the Top 1,000 for at least two years and which achieved the highest growth rate in the current year): Dollar Shave Club

Newcomer of the Year (a retail web site that grew its sales most dramatically to emerge from relative obscurity to a ranking in the Internet Retailer Top 1,000 of North American retail web sites): Uniqlo Co. Ltd.

Comeback of the Year (the Top 1,000 e-retailer showing the greatest growth after a year or two of declining sales and which achieved such improvement through criteria such as better marketing, site performance, merchandising, etc.): Pier 1 Imports Inc.

Web Redesign of the Year (a web site that shows a major improvement in its appeal, functionality and customer friendliness while producing improved results with higher average ticket, conversion rates and higher sales, etc.): Signature Hardware

Global E-Retailer of the Year (the retailer that has most successfully invested in selling in online markets around the world and has dedicated time and resources to developing an understanding for each local market it enters): Yoox Group

Best Video of the Year (a well-produced retail video featuring high entertainment and promotional values, resulting in higher sales and a high level of viral distribution and awareness): Previously Owned by a Gay Man

B2B E-Commerce Player of the Year (the manufacturer, wholesaler or distributor that most effectively uses a B2B web site to increase online sales to business customers and which is considered a pioneer in business-to-business e-commerce development): W.W. Grainger Inc.

"I wholeheartedly congratulate all 10 winners of our inaugural 2015 Internet Retailer Excellence Awards," says Jack Love, publisher of Internet Retailer. "These web merchants certainly demonstrated excellence in their respective categories, and they're helping inspire the leaders of tomorrow in e-retailing," he says.

Emmy Award-winning WGN Morning News reporter Ana Belaval served as the emcee for the event.

For media inquiries, contact: Anna Applegate, corporate marketing communications, Internet Retailer, at 312.572.6264 or [email protected]. 

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