Retail Asia Awards

Our vision at Daraz is to become a champion of South Asia that serves the needs of a hundred million customers and businesses by 2030. So, these awards- they tell me that we are on the right track and I’m just delighted to know that our initiatives are being positively received both by our customers and by our sellers. The awards will also be a huge encouragement to our almost ten thousand employees across the region who’ve worked so hard to get us here.

We are extremely glad to be recognised by Retail Asia magazine. We will continue to strive for innovation and are committed to serve the community and our customers. In addition, Retail Asia magazine is one of the most influential media in the Southeast Asia retail market. Winning the three awards will certainly help Dmall get more recognition globally.

From Eu Yan Sang Singapore, we are really humbled and honored to be awarded Singapore’s International Retailer of the Year award, as we know that this award recognises companies that have sound strategic direction that are innovative and have achievement in their business. This award is a testament of our strategic efforts and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the team for their hard work.

I think it is a really great endorsement for the team that has worked so hard as well as the partners that we’ve worked with, like I’ve mentioned: Singapore Land Authority, the Tourism Board folks, together with NTUC, and all the local entrepreneur brands- I think that it just means that we are doing something right and we would like to continue to do that. We are forces of conviction and commitment in this concept and we hope that we can continue to do more.

It means a lot. This past year, it hasn't been easy on anyone. We had to fight, we had to adapt. This award is a great testament to that. It also shows the progress we’ve made in Asia as a company over the past two years- the ability we have to serve our clients, deliver solutions, and the strength of our teams. It also shows that there’s an appreciation and demand for more sustainability to be incorporated in physical retail spaces and we at ITAB, we really hope that we could be a part of driving sustainability within retailer stores and showrooms in the future as well.

This win is a testament to the efforts and the amazing team behind the scenes, working hard to deliver for our customers and it also reflects the trust placed in us by customers. With these awards comes great responsibility to continue to strive towards improving the quality of life for our nation every step of the way and we believe this recognition will inspire us to do so.

Our teams’ ability to adapt and always prioritize the customers’ needs and the experience overall has been great and I feel that this is just for everyone at Koala- for being able to get through this past year. From the heart, it really means a lot- so, thank you. I’m honoured to accept this award on behalf of Koala.

I feel really honoured to have been awarded this Retail Asia- Retailer of the Year Award, it's truly fantastic for us to win the latter. I'd like to thank my team, it's really recognition for them across all the countries on which we operate. We're really honoured and privileged to be recognized in this way. I feel so pleased for the entire team. They worked so hard and they've done such amazing work throughout this period of time. I think for everybody who is involved in this success in Kmart for the last 12 months, I was really pleased for all of them that with this recognition, through this award.

A big thank you to Retail Asia for this award and for all the hardwork and effort that Retail Asia has put in to organize this event, to celebrate retailers across the region especially in challenging times like this. To receive this award, the Omnichannel Strategy of the Year for Singapore is a huge honour for KrisShop, given such challenging times in the past year where we have lost most of our traditional business. This award is a testament to the KrisShop's team efforts, resilience and passion in driving the bond forward despite difficult times… This is a huge motivation for us in difficult times like this. Stronger wins help us soar higher. In times like this, we will continue to invest in areas to improve ourselves. There is such much for us to do. This is for the team, the team will be motivated by the fact that we have recognition. Thank you very much for this award. It has given us a strong boost in times like this when we need it.

On behalf of 50,000 colleagues, we would like to express our thanks to Retail Asia for this recognition. The award is a testament to the different hardwork and dedication of our team especially this year where it has been challenging due to the quick spread of COVID-19. 2021 has also been a very exciting year for us, as we are in the midst of rebranding Lotus. We are committed to provide great products and services at affordable prices, bringing innovations and technology to enhance our customer shopping experience in the years to come. We're honoured to receive the award. Our team has been working very hard to serve our customers in this difficult time. The success of this award will be celebrated across the organization. We are also hoping to encourage us to offer more to the market and bring in the latest innovation to enhance our customer shopping experience.

We are honoured and proud to receive the two awards on behalf of our passionate and creative team that worked really hard to make that a truly unique concept. In Majid Futtaim, our pursuit of excellence is relentless and our focus to remain relevant and continue our growth journey is quite important so we continue making sure that we are fit for preference and we are able to remain relevant for the challenging and evolving landscape or the overall market that we exist in. It means a lot for us to win those two awards. I am quite humbled. It is really an affirmation that we are in the right direction. It distinguishes and recognises all the hours and days of planning, thinking, and execution of bringing that excellence. It is quite a nice appreciation for the team who worked hard, to make sure that we bring the best and raise the bar of what retail should be.

A big thank you to all our team who were connected to each other and to build this chain very quickly. We are really proud to get this nomination. We are the first retailer in Uzbekistan who won and it is really big for us. Thanks to all the people who are working in our company, who helped us to reach this target to become the best domestic chain in the country. It will be in our portfolio, in all our stores, the stickers that we are the best in the market.

We are delighted to receive the award for Singapore's Hypermarket of the Year. It is a testimony of the commitment and hard work by our team and the trust accorded to us by consumers. As a progressive retailer, we will continue to innovate and serve the needs of our community while keeping prices and supply of daily essentials stable for our customers. 

We are honoured to receive the award for CSR Initiative of the Year. This award goes to our staff especially our frontliners for the working commitment in serving the needs of the community amidst pandemic. It is a great honour that I received this award on behalf of team Fairprice. I would like to express my heart-felt gratitude to all the stakeholders who came together to build this store against all odds, especially in the midst of a pandemic. We are grateful for this recognition. We will continue to work hard to serve our communities.

Receiving this award provides validation that our hard work and teamwork and perseverance as a team during these challenging times has truly paid off and further boosts Don Don Donki’s teams’ determination to continue beating any future hurdles that come in our way. We are truly grateful in receiving these awards and rest assured that Don Don Donki will continue to strive in providing our customers the best shopping experience. 

We are thrilled and grateful to be recognized by Retail Asia Awards for our efforts to optimize online retail and the supply chain through innovation and technology. The award is an endorsement of our pioneering C2M model and improvement it brings to retail for consumers and manufacturers.

The Retail Asia Awards are prestigious. Once we were recognized, we’re honoured and humbled to receive them. Winning three awards is a milestone we are all proud of. These awards are a reflection of our journey in the past few years and the developments we’ve made in the business based on the team’s honest intentions and agile actions. These awards will aspire to the quality of thinking, in the organization, and planning. On behalf of Sharjah Coop, we must thank our customers, businesses, government partners, and again, we thank Retail Asia again once more.

I think it’s validation of three years of incredibly hard work. The concept, from the sheet of paper three years ago, to what we have now- it proves that we took the right course. We’re recognized as one of the industry leaders in innovation and I think the award for the digital campaign was probably one of the most inspiring things for us because what started as an alternative campaign because of COVID and to try to use social media influencers (Instagram, Google) was innovative and good. The Supermarket of the Year was nice, I cannot deny, I think the disruption of the digital campaign was a very, very pleasant surprise, but I think, well worthy.

For me, this is validation of the team’s efforts, validation of our franchisee’s efforts, and validation of our frontline workers many of whom fronted up during the heart of COVID, they kept serving our customers, they kept delivering their personally rewarding experience, and they were the ones who are able to deliver our promise. To see that as a brand that has reached wide across Asia, to be recognised for that will instill a lot of pride in the team and give us even more energy to double-down in our growth into the future.

It means a lot. We don’t go out in search of awards- we work hard every single day to deliver great customer experiences, but when we get recognition and for Retail Asia magazine to recognise our efforts- it’s really humbling and uplifting. It is kind of a pat on the back for all our hard work we’ve been doing for the last eighteen months and years before that to get into this moment, but it is just a pat on the back. We need to keep going every single day and delivering that quality experience to our customers, but it’s nice to get that pat on the back and that recognition, so, thank you very much

I think it’s a reward for the team, it’s something as a recognition. For us, it’s a big recognition. The first time it was announced and sent out to us, your email, I think everyone was screaming, yelling, (happy), laughing, and they are full of joy because their hard work has been recognised. I think, it’s just not just any individual, but every single one from operations, from store design, from the construction team, to the marketing, to the merchandisers, and how we operate today also today is very different from before as well and even our suppliers, our vendors, they all say that this is the Best Mall and they feel they are so proud to be part of The Mall Lifestores.

These awards tell us that we are fulfilling our mission to help our customers look good, do good, and feel great. We want to thank Retail Asia for this award and for this affirmation. We are going to be inspired to push forward with all our initiatives with all of these awards. The times ahead will remain challenging, but we know that if we listen closely to our customers, and Watsons, colleagues, partners, like Retail Asia, we will be able to respond to these needs of our customers with agility as we continue to serve them better.

It’s a great honour for me to accept the Retail Asia Award on behalf of UNIQLO. We have truly appreciated getting recognised with this achievement. I’d like to thank the Retail Asia Awards team for organizing the awards, the judging committee for their trust in our brand, to our team and stakeholders of UNIQLO for their commitment, as well as our UNIQLO fans for their support through the years. To immerse as Singapore’s Apparel Retailer of the Year is very heartening for all of us.

It’s a wonderful and great recognition of our efforts over the past fifteen years, so, we are honoured to receive the award. We believe that we’ll be able to work with even more cosmetic brands and also assist them to reach a much wider audience in many of the customers in many of the countries, so, we are very delighted to receive the award.