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Shortlist announced for 2008 European Retail Solutions Awards

April 30, 2008

Nominees have been announced for the eighth annual European Retail Solutions Awards, which will be awarded in a ceremony June 25 at Old Billingsgate Market in London.

The ERSAs are "focused on recognizing retailers and suppliers for excellence and innovation in retail IT, solutions and technology," according to the organization's Web site.

The nominees for the awards include:

Best Customer Facing Technology

Figleaves with Bazaarvoice for Bazaarvoice Ratings & Reviews implementation on Figleaves.com
EAT with Commidea for its integrated contactless EPoS solution
Marks & Spencer with Fizzback for its instant customer feedback service
The Co-operative Group with Smart Technology Solutions for Insight - customer feedback at the point of sale using Chip & Pin devices

Best Green IT Initiative

Sainsbury's with NCR for Sainsbury's halves receipt paper usage with NCR two-sided thermal printing technology
The Co-operative Group with IBM for InControl - Green Tills using Wake Up On LAN
Littlewoods Shop Direct Group

Best Multi-Channel Integration

Poppets Ltd with Intelligent Retail for Nursery Connect Multichannel Retail System
Direct Wines with Site Intelligence for Multi-Channel Intelligence
Specsavers Optical Group for Multi-Channel Integration

Best Use of E-Commerce Technology in Retail

zavvi Entertainment Group with hybris and Javelin Group for its e-commerce solution
Littlewoods Shop Direct Home Shopping with Adobe for Enhanced Customer Internet Experience
Specsavers Optical Group for Specsaversdirect.co.uk

Best Use of Technology for Employee Training or Communication

World Duty Free with First Friday Ltd for E-learning training to support implementation of ICE EPoS system
O2 with Imparta for O2 Journey Retail Simulation

Supply Chain Excellence Award

Co-operative Retail Logistics with Manhattan Associates for Project Odyssey
New Look with Quantum Retail Technology for Q
JD Williams with TradeStone Software for TradeStone Merchandise Lifecycle Management Suite Byblos Book Store with Alien Technology for its item-level RFID deployment

A full list can be found at the ERSA Web site.