Showcase your retail innovation at the Retail’s Big Show Europe Awards – a unique opportunity to highlight the most impactful projects in the industry, across 10 categories open to exhibitors and retail professionals.

NRF 2025: Retail's Big Show Europe

 

Discover the Retail's Big Show Europe Awards

 

Let’s highlight the importance of innovation in the retail sector today: The Retail's Big Show Europe Awards are a unique opportunity to showcase the most remarkable and innovative projects in Europe, aiming to redefine the retail landscape and pave the way for new solutions for the future. For the winners, this event serves as a true springboard to recognition. A true standout moment of the event.


Conditions to apply

  • Free of charge for exhibitors
  • Other applicants: €500
  • Application period: June 5 – July 29, 2025

Sign up for Retail's Big Show Europe Awards
  1. If you are an exhibitor, please log in to your Exhibitor Area, where you will find the link to submit your application online.
  2. If you are not an exhibitor, please get in touch with our sales team at: [email protected]
    Only one innovation per company may be submitted, and only in one category.

The Retail’s Big Show Europe Awards honor the best international retail innovations across 10 categories:

  • Seamless unified retail - How to bring all the physical and digital channels together under one brand umbrella.
  • Store design innovation and technology - Maximising the customer experience through design, technology and store fixtures.
  • Logistics and the supply chain - Trends in supply chains, nearshoring and sourcing in a changing world.
  • CSR and ESG - How to embed sustainability and community values within business.
  • Expansion of marketplaces - The use of digital platforms to promote sales on websites and through retailer platforms.
  • Payments innovation - How to best capture sales through payment innovation in an increasingly cashless society.
  • CRM systems - Managing customer data to create enhanced customer experiences and offers.
  • The intelligent use of data - Capturing data, managing information and drawing customer insights from data.
  • Start-up / Innovation
  • Retailer of the year

Calendar

  • June 5, 2025: Platform opens for submissions
  • July 29, 2025: Deadline for application submissions
  • Early September 2025: The 3 finalists in each category will pitch their projects to the Advisory Board
  • September 16, 2025: Retail’s Big Show Europe Awards Ceremony

 

Event Schedule

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

  • 5:30 PM – Welcome
  • 5:45 PM – Awards Ceremony
  • 6:45 PM – Cocktail
  • 8:30 PM – End of the Event
Image collage from the NRF event: two speakers on stage, "R"-shaped award trophy, gala dinner with set tables, welcome reception in a large hall, a speaker at the podium, and cocktails served on a tray.
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