Images RetailME presents 2012 retail awards

Amongst the attendees at the black tie dinner included top CEO's from regional retail organisations. The evening was elegantly presented by Manasi Scott, backed by a spree of laughter by well known standup star Dan Nainan.

"The RetailME Awards celebrates retail excellence and serves as a great motivational and inspirational platform to retailers across the middleeast and around the world. There has been a 100% increase in the number of participating entries this year, which made the selection process extremely challenging. With the help of our expert panel of judges and our in-house support team, we have been able to review each entry acutely and finally declare the 19 winners of the evening," said Amitabh Taneja, Chairman of the Images Group.

Amongst winners (listed below) in 19 different categories were Landmark Group who won the Most Admired Middle East Retailer of the year, Kamal Osman from Jamjoom won the Most Admired Retail Personality of the Year, The One won the Most Admired Responsible Retailer of the year, Adventure HQ won the Most Admired Store Design of the year and Tim Hortons Café & Bake shop won the Most Admired Retail Launch of the year.

This year's judges to the awards included Myra Searle, senior Vice President of Retail with the Ilyas & Mustafa Galadari group, Mohammed Alawi, CEO Red Sea Markets &Co., Avijit Yadav, GM marketing & operations of GLA property Management Company LLC, Mohamed Galal, Founder of Tasweeq Shopping Malls Egypt, Alex Andarakis, Founder and Managing Director od Andarakis Advisory Services, Hussein Doughan, manages Euromonitor International's regional Office in Dubai, and Roy Higgs, President of Roy Higgs International.

The images RetailME Awards since its launch sets benchmarks in becoming the largest and the most prestigious awards in the retail sector. Known as the Oscars of the retail world, these awards honour excellence in retail - from fashion, food, consumer electronics, health and beauty, leisure and entertainment to best marketing, best social media campaigns, store design and personality of the year.