ECMOD Direct Commerce Award Winners

The ECMOD Awards are delighted to announce that the following companies have won a prestigious ECMOD Award for work carried out during 2011.

Held at a glittering ceremony at the Lancaster London Hotel on the evening of 27th March, these awards recognise business excellence for organisations engaged in direct-to-customer retailing across traditional and emerging channels.

With categories designed for those targeting sales to businesses as well as for those selling to consumers, these awards also seek to celebrate the achievements of businesses of all scales and at all stages of development.

The winners are

• Best All Round Business or Brand – Annual Sales from £0 - £5M, Business to Business: ESE Direct
• Best All Round Business or Brand – Annual Sales from £0-£5M, Business to Consumer: MattressesWorld
• Best All Round Business or Brand – Annual Sales from £5M-£10M, Business to Business: International Dance Supplies
• Best All Round Business or Brand – Annual Sales from £5M-£10M, Business to Consumer: Railbookers
• Best All Round Business or Brand – Annual Sales from £10M-£25M, Business to Business: Ironmongery Direct
• Best All Round Business or Brand – Annual Sales from £10M-£25M, Business to Consumer: Artigiano
• Children’s Sector: Great Little Trading Company
• Fashion Apparel for Women: Artigiano
• Fashion Apparel for Men: Oliver Sweeney
• Gardening & Homewares:  Thompson & Morgan
• Gifts: Handpicked Collection
• Education & Teaching: TTS Group
• Industrial Equipment & Supplies: ESE Direct
• Niche Trade & Professional Supplies: Lyco Direct
• Catering, Hotel & Facilities Supplies: Lyco Direct
• Warehouse & Materials Handling Supplies: Rapid Racking
• Best New Market and/or New Brand Launch – Enterprise Level: Argos TV
• Best New Market and/or New Brand Launch – SME: Bodie and Fou
• Best Catalogue Refresh – Business to Business: Morleys of Bicester
• Best Catalogue Refresh – Business to Consumer: RUCraft
• Best Mobile Commerce Performance: Very.co.uk
• Best Website Redesign: Macmillan Cancer Support
• Best Online Business – Business to Business: Farnell Element14
• Best Online Business – Business to Consumer: Mobile Fun
• Best International Performance: Charles Tyrwhitt (Direct Commerce
Readers’ Choice Award)
• Outstanding CRM & Customer Service: Dolls House Emporium
• Congratulations also to Angus Thirlwell and Peter Harris of Hotel Chocolat, who received a Lifetime Achievement Award for their contribution to multichannel retailing.