TransWorld Business Announces 1st Annual Industry & Retail Awards Winners

TransWorld Business decided it was time to recognize the industry’s leading retailers, manufacturers, sales reps, and products by proudly introducing the 1st Annual TransWorld Business Industry & Retail Awards.
By: Lauren Machen, TransWorld Media
 
Feb. 2, 2010 - PRLog -- Carlsbad, CA, January 21, 2010 — Despite the economic challenges of 2009, the action-sports industry continues to thrive with new ideas, prod­uct innovations, and campaigns aimed at growing the market. TransWorld Business decided it was time to recognize the industry’s leading retailers, manufacturers, sales reps, and products by proudly introducing the 1st Annual TransWorld Business Industry & Retail Awards. TW Biz reached out to more than 2,500 retailers and industry insiders for their nominations and votes across several unique categories in order to distinguish the shops, brands, reps, and products that contributed the most to the action-sports industry in 2009 by building demand and strengthening the endemic market.

And the winners are …

Industry Awards
Brand Of The Year- Vans
Best Specialty Store Specific Line- Volcom Stone-Age
Most Innovative Point Of Purchase (POP) Materials- Vans

Retail Awards
Retailer Of The Year- Surfside Sports (Costa Mesa, California)
Online Retailer Of The Year- Dogfunk.com (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Hardgoods Retailer Of The Year- Hanger 94 (La Mesa, California)

Product Awards
(powered by ActionWatch)
Recession Buster -(Category with best average retail margins over past twelve months)
Short-Sleeve T-Shirts
#1 National Brand In Category: Volcom
Breakout Category Of The Year -(Category with best year-over-year sales change)
Skirts
#1 National Brand In Category: Roxy
Hard Sell -(Hardgoods category with best year-over-year sales change)
Stand-Up Paddle (SUP) Boards
#1 National Brand In Category: N/A
Turnstile -(Category with best turn rates over past twelve months)
Short Complete Skateboards (less than 34 inches)
For a complete breakdown of the winners and results visit www.transworldbusiness.com.

Winners will receive an award along with a complimentary TransWorld Business VIP membership. The membership includes access to exclusive VIP-only Web content, complete multi-sport Exposure-Meter reports, monthly retail sales reports from ActionWatch, and a 12-issue print subscription beginning with the January 2010 State Of The Union Address issue, which features bold market predictions from expert industry executives like Bob McKnight, Laurent Potdevin, Doug Palladini, and many more.

To become a VIP member, log on to http://business.transworld.net/subscription-information.

About Awards:
The winners were selected using the results of a two-month survey conducted in two parts, VIP, and People’s Choice. VIP votes were by invite only and were weighted at 70 percent of the final results. The People’s Choice nominations were conducted on www.transworldbusiness.com and were weighted at 30 percent. Think of it as the Electoral College and the popular vote, and just like our nation’s elections, the votes were rigorously patrolled to ensure only one vote was cast per person. Hundreds of votes were cast in each category.

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TransWorld Media , a division of Bonnier Corporation, is the world’s leading action sports media brand and publisher of action sports publications and Web sites in terms of advertising, audience, and brand recognition.
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Source:Lauren Machen, TransWorld Media
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