Recommend a retailer or partner

  • Identify an outstanding retailer or a great solution provider partner.

I am a Solution Provider

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Myself for awards at this link

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A leader at a retail client

I am a Retailer

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My solution provider partners for awards

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Myself or fellow retail leaders for the below select awards:

Recommend a Retailer

The retail leaders that embody partnership and company success are key to the evolution of our industry. You rely on your peers across the industry for guidance, compare trials, tribulations, and successes, and navigate the changing landscape. Fill out the form below to recommend a colleague, peer, or yourself for one of the below retailer eligible awards and celebrate the wins.

Retail Transformation Award

This retail company award celebrates a powerful transformation story made possible through a strong retailer–vendor partnership. Nominations may be submitted by either the retailer or the solution provider, but vendor-led entries must have the retailer’s agreement and participation. Submissions should highlight the initiative, its progress, and the sustainable business impact achieved. Examples may include cross-functional initiatives, business model shifts, technology modernization, cultural transformation, or major process improvements. The entry must show how the transformation delivered measurable, lasting results.

Retailer consent to participate and be recognized is required. Use code RETAILERNOM to complete the complimentary nomination entry at checkout.

Bridge Builder: Person of the Year

This award recognizes a leader in the retail industry whose career includes substantial retail experience alongside time in solution provider roles. Whether they are currently with a retailer or a solution provider, their foundation in retail gives them the perspective to bridge both sides of the industry. With this insight, they champion transparency, foster empathy, and build enduring partnerships that raise the standard for how business relationships should be created and sustained. Use code BRIDGENOM to complete the complimentary nomination entry at checkout.

Retail Partner: Person of the Year

The Retail Partner of the Year Award recognizes a retail executive who is a pioneer, an innovator, a lifelong learner, and a mover and shaker. He or she is a leader who leaves a path for others to follow and embodies the Vendors in Partnership mission in everything they do. When working with their partners, they demonstrate vulnerability and trust as all parties come equally to the table and establish successful long-term partnerships. This executive also demonstrates to those they lead how all boats rise in a committed partnership, enabling future leaders to build a stellar company culture and advance effective, mutually beneficial business relationships. Use code RETAILERNOM to complete the complimentary nomination entry at checkout.

Recommend a Partner

This one’s about the solution providers that have your back. The partners who bring the big ideas, the tools, the spark that makes success happen. If there’s a company that makes your life easier (and your results bigger), shine a light on them here. Fill out the form below.

Winning a VIP Award means you're not just in the game, but you're changing it. It's the spotlight moment that says loud and clear: you're the one everyone else is chasing.

Our judges evaluate all nominations, and there is open voting. We follow up to formalize things before putting in front of our judges.

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