Nigel Eco Store Wins Yahoo Acolade
Beating off stiff competition from all types of online retail, “winning the award reflects the increase in demand for eco products” said Nigels' Eco Store MD, Nigel Berman.
Yahoo said: “The Shopping category is in its second year for the Finds of the Year competition. The award aims to recognise and reflect the popularity of online shopping. This was a close call as there are so many great, innovative shopping sites around these days, but Nigel's Eco Store (www.nigelsecostore.com)
Not only was the idea really unique and engaging, the judges also loved the layout of the site and felt it was distinctive in concept and differed from other shopping sites. In fact, this was one of the favourite sites overall fitting perfectly with a shopping site's goal and society's ecological outlook”
The judging panel for the award was an independent body made up of experts known for their knowledge of the web and the internet industry. The judging panel were the following:
• Haje Jan Kamps (T3 Online)
• Nigel Powell (freelance journalist, writes for The Sunday Times)
• Claire Woffenden (Web User)
• Mark Harris (freelance journalist, writes for The Metro, The Independent and T3)
• Michael Phillips (Creative Director, Cowforce.com last year’s winner)
• Serena Privett (vogue.com)
• Stuart Miles (Pocket-Lint.co.uk)
• Tom Whitwell (Times online)
• Salim Mitha (Yahoo! Search)
• Andy Williams (Senior Editor, Yahoo! Search)
There were four main criteria that each site was judged on:
• Wow! Factor’, this measured how original, quirky, creative, interesting and inspirational the content of each site was
• Functionality, i.e. whether the site was fully working, with no broken links
• Design and how easy they were to use and navigate
• Relevance to the British people
Nigel Berman, MD of nigelsecostore.com, said, “Nigel's Eco Store was only set up at the beginning of 2005, we're a pretty young company, and we really believe in what we do - we are extremely pleased and excited to win this award, and to be recognised in this way.”
Nigel's Eco Store has a full range of eco friendly products, including cleaning products, solar powered gadgets, clothes, bags, office products, toys, low energy lightbulbs and more. Products are available online at www.nigelsecostore.com or over the phone on 0800 288 8970
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