08 – 09 MAY 2024 AT JIO WORLD CONVENTION CENTRE, MUMBAI

08 - 09
May 2024
Mumbai

Awardees 2024

IMAGES Most Admired Fashion Retailer of the Year: Indian Origin

Received By

Images Group on behalf of Zudio

Presented By

Harsh Bansal and Suresh Anand, Directors, Vegas Mall


IMAGES Most Admired Fashion Retailer of the Year: Indian Origin

Received By

Lavish Soni, Business Head; Chandranshu Vats, Business Development Manager (N&E);Somesh Ninave Asst. Manager BD, Rare Rabbit and Team

Presented By

Harsh Bansal and Suresh Anand, Directors, Vegas Mall

IMAGES Most Admired Fashion Retailer of the Year: Foreign Origin

Received By

Images Group on behalf of H&M

Presented By

Harsh Bansal;Suresh Anand, Directors; Naresh Agarwal and Shreshth Bansal, Vegas Mall


IMAGES Most Admired Food Service Retailer of the Year: Indian Origin

Received By

Indranil Banerjee, AVP - Business development, WOW! MOMO

Presented By

Rajneesh Mahajan, CEO, Inorbit Malls


IMAGES Most Admired Food Service Retailer of the Year: Foreign Origin

Received By

Images Group on behalf of KFC

Presented By

Rajneesh Mahajan, CEO, Inorbit Malls



IMAGES Most Admired Footwear Retailer of the Year

Received By

Rajgopal Narasimha Nayak, Chief Technology Officer; Arun Pillay, AVP – Business Development & Projects, Metro Brands and Team

Presented By

Sadique Ahmed Mohamed, Founder & CEO, Pathfinder

IMAGES Most Admired Food & Grocery Retailer of the Year

Received By

Sachin Agarwal, COO; Lily Vincent, Head of Merchandising, Nature's Basket and Team

Presented By

Chetan Bohra, Director, Mall Of Madras

IMAGES Most Admired CDIT Retailer of the Year

Received By

Ashish Gupta, Lead Property Development, Croma

Presented By

Chetan Bohra, Director, Mall Of Madras

IMAGES Most Admired Home Improvement Retailer of the Year

Received By

Sandesh Vasant Gogavale, Area Manager Mumbai, Lifestyle

Presented By

Anuj Kejriwal, CEO & MD, ANAROCK Retail

IMAGES Most Admired Health and Wellness Retailer of the Year

Received By

Saibal Chandra Banerjee, Sr VP Merchandising; Mihir Mukadam, General Manager Marketing, Wellness Forever Medicare and Team

Presented By

Anuj Kejriwal, CEO & MD, ANAROCK Retail

IMAGES Most Admired Leisure/Entertainment Retailer of the Year

Received By

Megha Agrawal, Head of Marketing and Aditi Dongre, Assistant Manager marketing, Timezone

Presented By

Anuj Kejriwal, CEO & MD, ANAROCK Retail

IMAGES Most Admired Department Store of the Year

Received By

Sandesh Vasant Gogavale, Area Manager Mumbai, Lifestyle

Presented By

Manish Gupta & Adarsh Aggarwal, Directors, PKS Group

IMAGES Most Admired Hypermarket of the Year

Received By

Shibu Philips, Director Shopping Malls, Lulu Group; Sameer Verma,General Manager, Lulu Mall Lucknow and Team

Presented By

Manish Gupta & Adarsh Aggarwal, Directors, PKS Group

IMAGES Most Admired Multiplex of the Year

Received By

Pramod Arora, CEO Growth and Investment, PVR INOX

Presented By

Manish Gupta & Adarsh Aggarwal, Directors, PKS Group


IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: Celebrity Endorsement

Received By

Danish Ojha, PR specialist, BESTSELLER; Neetu Luthra, Marketing Head, JACK&JONES and Team

Presented By

Puneet Khullar, Country Leasing Manager, Ingka Centres

IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: Celebrity Endorsement

Received By

Chyoetten Gyamtso, Brand Team, SMART Bazaar

Presented By

Puneet Khullar, Country Leasing Manager, Ingka Centres

IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: Discount Sales

Received By

Kunal Turukmane,VP-LFR & Strategy; Preeti Chopra,VP -BD, Being Human and Team

Presented By

Puneet Khullar, Country Leasing Manager, Ingka Centres

IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: Festival Sales

Received By

Burjis Bhanwadia, Training Manager and Gagan Chitkara, Operations Manager, West, The Body Shop

Presented By

Atul Talwar, Director BD And Ashish Gupta, VP BD, Pacific Malls

IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: Festival Sales

Received By

Sumit Ghildiyal, Senior VP – Head BD & NSO, MAX & EasyBuy; Arpita Ghosh, AVP - Head Project Design & Planning, MAX and Team

Presented By

Atul Talwar, Director BD And Ashish Gupta, VP BD, Pacific Malls

IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: Festival Sales

Received By

Nirakh Tyagi, Director; Nihaar Tyagi, Director and Santosh Tyagi, Managing Director, Ghoomar

Presented By

Atul Talwar, Director BD and Ashish Gupta, VP- BD, Pacific Malls

IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: In-store

Received By

Paul Warren, Head - Convenience business, Jio-bp India; Srinivasa Rao, Head -WILD BEAN CAFÉ, India and Team.

Presented By

Atul Talwar, Director BD And Ashish Gupta, VP BD, Pacific Malls

IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: In-store

Received By

Images Group on Behalf of Cinepolis

Presented By

Atul Talwar, Director BD and Ashish Gupta, VP BD, Pacific Malls



IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: Launch

Received By

Harpreet Singh Tibb, Promoter & Executive Director and Abhilasha Katwale, Head of Marketing, Tibbs Foods

Presented By

Smita Bhatia,Business Consultant,Third Eyesight & Véronique Poles,Luxury Lifestyle Fashion Consultant; Advisor, Poles Luxe Consulting

IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: Multi Media

Received By

Priyaranjan Manay, GM - Marketing; Yadul Bhatka, Deputy Manager - Marketing and Dhwani Bhagta, Deputy Manager - Marketing, Pepe Jeans.

Presented By

Smita Bhatia, Business Consultant, Third Eyesight & Véronique Poles, Luxury Lifestyle Fashion Consultant; Advisor, Poles Luxe Consulting

IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: Seasonal

Received By

Vikash Shrivastava, Asst Manager- Marketing and Vishal Hariharan, Training Manager, Copper Chimney

Presented By

V Mohammed Ali, CEO, Forum Malls

IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: Seasonal

Received By

Nischal S, Head of Marketing; Ajay Pandey, Regional Sales Manager West and Abhishek Trivedi, Area Sales Manager, Mumbai, Amanté

Presented By

V Mohammed Ali, CEO, Forum Malls

IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: Social Cause

Received By

Shibu Philips, Director Shopping Malls, Lulu Group India; Sameer Verma, General Manager, Lulu Mall Lucknow and Team

Presented By

V Mohammed Ali, CEO, Forum Malls

IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: Social Media

Received By

Sumit Ghildiyal, Senior VP – Head BD & NSO, MAX & EasyBuy; Arpita Ghosh, AVP - Head Project Design & Planning, MAX and Team

Presented By

V Mohammed Ali, CEO, Forum Malls

IMAGES Most Admired Marketing Campaign of the Year: Social Media

Received By

Burjis Bhanwadia, Training Manager and Gagan Chitkara, Operations Manager West, The Body Shop India

Presented By

V Mohammed Ali, CEO, Forum Malls

IMAGES MOST Admired Retail Launch of the Year: Brand Debut

Received By

Indranil Banerjee, AVP- Business development, WOW! MOMO and Sandeep Agarwal, AVP, WOW! KULFI By WOW! MOMO

Presented By

Abhinav Ajmera, President & Saurabh Mehta, VP Leasing, Omaxe Ltd

IMAGES MOST Admired Retail Launch of the Year: Brand Debut

Received By

Afsar Tanweer, Senior Manager, Growth & Strategy and Vishnu GR, Senior Manager, Marketing, Fashion World By Trends

Presented By

Abhinav Ajmera, President & Saurabh Mehta, VP Leasing, Omaxe Ltd

IMAGES MOST Admired Retail Launch of the Year: Concept Outlet

Received By

Vivek Shah, Chief Manager Marcom, Spykar

Presented By

Abhinav Ajmera, President & Saurabh Mehta, VP Leasing, Omaxe Ltd.



IMAGES MOST Admired Retail Launch of the Year: Flagship Outlet

Received By

Maruschka Fernandes, Customer Care Associate & Senior GM and Sulochana Singh Customer Care Associate & Sr. Manager – Content, SS Beauty

Presented By

Abhinav Joshi, Head of Research – India, Middle East and Africa and Vidhi Dheri, Director and Head of Research Operations, CBRE South Asia

IMAGES MOST Admired Retail Launch of the Year: Flagship Outlet

Received By

Muhamed Fawaz, CEO;Janardhanan K, Mall Head, HiLITE Mall and Team

Presented By

Abhinav Joshi, Head of Research – India, Middle East and Africa and Vidhi Dheri, Director and Head of Research Operations, CBRE South Asia


IMAGES MOST Admired Retail Launch of the Year: New Outlet

Received By

Narsaya Gajji, GM - Operations;Vijay Verma, Barista and Kundan Thakur, VP - Strategy, abCoffee

Presented By

Abhinav Joshi, Head of Research – India, Middle East and Africa and Vidhi Dheri, Director and Head of Research Operations, CBRE South Asia


IMAGES Most Admired Retailer of the Year: Market Expansion

Received By

Paul Warren, Head - Convenience business, Jio-bp India; Srinivasa Rao, Head, WILD BEAN CAFÉ, India and Team.

Presented By

Ashish Dhir, Executive Vice President (Consumer and Retail), 1Lattice and Shardah Uniyal, Retail Industry Thought Leader

IMAGES Most Admired Retailer of the Year: Market Expansion

Received By

Bidyut Bhanjdeo, Chief Business Officer and Ethnix by Raymond team.

Presented By

Ashish Dhir, Executive Vice President (Consumer and Retail), 1Lattice and Shardah Uniyal, Retail Industry Thought Leader

IMAGES Most Admired Retailer of the Year: Market Expansion

Received By

Rajgopal Narasimha Nayak, Chief Technology Officer; Arun Pillay, AVP – BD & Projects, Metro Brands and Team.

Presented By

Ashish Dhir, Executive Vice President (Consumer and Retail), 1Lattice and Shardah Uniyal, Retail Industry Thought Leader

IMAGES Most Admired Retailer of the Year: Innovation in Retail Design/ Experience

Received By

Sumit Ghildiyal, Senior VP – Head BD & NSO, MAX & EasyBuy; Arpita Ghosh, AVP - Head Project Design & Planning, MAX and Team

Presented By

Shriram R, Director - Partnerships & Strategic Alliances, FYND

IMAGES Most Admired Retailer of the Year: Innovation in Visual Merchandising

Received By

Harita Choudhary Kaul, Chief Product Officer; Deepak Chakravarty, Head VM; Hardik Panchal, GM-VM, UCB

Presented By

Shibu Philips, Director Shopping Malls, Lulu Group India

IMAGES Most Admired Retailer of the Year: Innovation in Customer Service

Received By

Geeta Late, Manager customer experience, Bestseller; Ranjan Sharma, CIO and Head of supply chain at Bestseller and Team

Presented By

Shibu Philips, Director Shopping Malls, Lulu Group India

IMAGES Most Admired Retailer of the Year: Innovation in Employee Practice

Received By

Rajesh Goplani, Area Retail Manager, Saffron Lifestyle Traders Private Limited

Presented By

Dr. Dheeraj Dogra, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, MVN Infrastructure

IMAGES Most Admired Digital - First Offline Retailer of the Year

Received By

Neha Kant, Founder and Director, Clovia

Presented By

Dr. Dheeraj Dogra, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, MVN Infrastructure

IMAGES Most Admired Startup of the Year

Received By

Trishala Joshi, Brand Marketing Associate, Anaar

Presented By

Eeshan Sharma, COO & Co-Founder, BharatX

IMAGES Most Admired Startup of the Year

Received By

Abhijeet Anand, Founder CEO; Vijay Verma, Barista Partner, abCoffee and Team

Presented By

Eeshan Sharma, COO & Co-Founder, BharatX

IMAGES Most Admired Brand Retailer Partnership of the Year

Received By

Suraj Singhal, Director – Marketing, Digital Business and Collaborations, Payal Singhal Design House and Rakesh Jallipally, VP & Business Head, AZORTE

Presented By

Rohit Gopalani, SVP- Head Leasing, Inorbit Malls

Images Most Admired Retailer Of The Year: ESG Initiatives

Received By

Kunal Turukmane, Vice President - LFR & Strategy; Preeti Chopra, Vice President - Business Development, Being Human and Team

Presented By

Boni Satani, Co-founder, Zestard Technologies

IMAGES Most Admired Retailer of the Year: Tech Implementation

Received By

Rakesh Jallipally- VP & Business Head; Rohit Shukla, DGM- NSO, AZORTE and Team

Presented By

Prabhu Vasudevan, VP- BD & Strategy, & Raman TR, VP - Product Delivery TEJAS Software

IMAGES Most Admired Retailer of the Year: Tech Implementation

Received By

Anant Saboo, Head of Retail Operations, TMRW

Presented By

Prabhu Vasudevan, VP- BD & Strategy, & Raman TR, VP - Product Delivery TEJAS Software

IMAGES Excellence Award

Received By

Joanna Thomas, Sr Manager- Marketing, car&bike

Presented By

Bhavesh Pitroda, CEO & Vineet Chadha, COO, Images Group


IMAGES Excellence Award

Received By

Hareesh KA, Head Corporate Social Responsibility and Archives, C Krishniah Chetty Group of Jewellers

Presented By

Bhavesh Pitroda, CEO & Vineet Chadha, COO, Images Group

RETAIL TECH.NXT 2024 - AWARDEES

Tech.NXT award for Omnichannel Implementation

Received By

Venkat Nott, Founder & CEO; Sakshi Singh, Brand Marketing & Communication Manager and Shahbaz Umar, Sales Manager, Vinculum

Presented By

Bhavesh Pitroda, CEO & Vineet Chadha, COO, Images Group

Tech.NXT award for Customer experience Implementation

Received By

Sathiyanarayanan RV, Founder and CEO, CASA Retail AI

Presented By

Bhavesh Pitroda, CEO & Vineet Chadha, COO, Images Group


Tech.NXT award for Planning & Implementation Optimization

Received By

Shashikant Jangir, Engagement Manager; Chinmay Nayak, Head of Sales, Onebeat & Kunal Turukmane, VP-LFR & Strategy; Preeti Chopra, VP -BD, Being Human and Team

Presented By

Bhavesh Pitroda, CEO & Vineet Chadha, Coo, Images Group

Tech.NXT award for Store Optimization Solution

Received By

Niraj Jaipuria, Founder & Director, BI Retail

Presented By

Bhavesh Pitroda, CEO & Vineet Chadha, COO, Images Group

Tech.NXT award for Last mile Fulfillment

Received By

Murali Balan, Co Founder, Tenovia and Team Drools

Presented By

Bhavesh Pitroda, CEO & Vineet Chadha, COO, Images Group

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