Clare Business Excellence Awards 2024
Retailer of the Year
Sponsored by Clean Ireland
Entry Criteria
This award will recognise and celebrate businesses with an exceptional customer offering, individuality through innovation in merchandising, product range, services, and a real understanding of their customer needs.
Mystery shoppers will visit each entrant and will look for:
- How well the product range and services reflect the type and size of the store.
- The provision of value -added services which customers may not expect to find
- Excellent retail standards in all areas of the store
- Innovative and exciting product range
- Excellent merchandising and display
- Welcoming and well-informed staff
Judges will take into consideration the company size, available finance resources and existence, or not, of an IT department. They will look at planning, implementation, and evaluation of the solution, in addition to the innovation and design.
The judges’ decision will be final, no correspondence will be entered into before or after judging. Once a company is announced as finalist, it cannot withdraw from the competition.
Guidelines for Submission
You should aim to type no more than 1500 words in total. You may attach up to three pieces of supplementary evidence, such as photographs to your submission.
Deadline & Fee
Application to be received on or before August 09, 2024.
Adjudication/Mystery shopping to commence on August 12, 2024.
Free to enter for Ennis Chamber members, entry fee of €50 payable per category for non-members. Applicants will be invoiced on receipt of entry.
