The 2017 Images RetailME Awards, which recognise Middle East’s best retailers, recently honoured winners in 29 categories at a gala ceremony hosted at the One&Only Royal Mirage Dubai, UAE, with more than 400 industry leaders in attendance.

Images RetailME Awards is the annual industry honours that recognise the top performing retailers and retail practices every year and reward excellence across retail categories. The Images RetailME Awards ceremony is the most prestigious event of its kind in the Middle East retail calendar and benchmarks in this vibrant retail destination.

Among the winners were; The Pet Shop for the most admired Rising Star Retailer of the Year, Al Tayer Insignia for the most admired Middle East Retailer of the Year, and the most admired Retail Personality of the year was won by Mohamed Alabbar – chairman, Emaar Properties & Malls, founder, Noon.

In the Consumer Electronics category E-city took the award, Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo in the Leisure& entertainment (FEC/Theme Parks) category, Almaya in the Supermarket/Hypermarket category, Life Pharmacy under Pharmacy & Healthcare category, Marina Home Interiors in the Home & Housewares category, Tim Hortons under food service (QSR), and Suhad Ghanem, Life Pharmacy won an award for the most admired store Manager of the Year.


The RetailME Awards gala evening was presented by Dubai’s leading anchor Enjy Kiwan. Rayisa Shcherbakova and SerikIskakov set the mood to the awards night with their mystic music. A mesmerizing Ring acrobat performance by Olga Baigacheva and stand-up comedian Artemis Kyriacou entertained the audience with his witty humour.

Amitabh Taneja, chairman of the Images Group said, “We received an overwhelming response with scores of entries this year. We sincerely thank every member of our esteemed jury for sparing the time and effort to evaluate these submissions and compile the results.”

The submissions were evaluated and judged by a jury comprising of an Independent jury panel. The process helped nominate more than 250 of the top performing brands under 29 categories. – TradeArabia News Service