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Date: 20 October 2009

ASOS.com sweeps the board at the e-Commerce Awards for Excellence 2009


Last night at a glittering ceremony in London’s West End the e-Commerce Industry came together for the inaugural E-Commerce Awards for excellence. In what turned out to be an outstanding evening for ASOS.com, they walked away with four awards including the prestigious OnLine Gold Award (OLGA) voted by the Members of IMRG.

Sainsbury’s and Ocado were the other big winners, winning two awards each.

David Smith, Director of Operations at IMRG said “The UK e-Commerce Industry in 2009 will top £50bn in sales, so it is fitting that we should come together to celebrate and recognise those companies who are making outstanding contributions to the market. It is no surprise given the industry we are in that there was a very long tail of e-commerce sites voted for by the IMRG membership. Given their performance elsewhere in the Awards, ASOS.com are worthy winners of this year’s OLGA.

A full list of categories and winners are listed below.

Best Customer Experience – Winner – ASOS.com

Best Multi-Channel Retailer – Winner – Clarks

• Best Multi-Channel Retailer – Highly Commended – Kiddicare

Best Marketing Initiative – Winner - Game Group Stores

• Best Marketing Initiative – Highly Commended – M&M Direct

Best Pureplay Retailer – Winner - ASOS.com

Best Use of Rich Media – Winner – Littlewoods

Best Customer Service Award – Winner – Sainsbury’s

Cross Border e-Retail Innovation – Winner – The Book Depository

e-Commerce Site Innovation – Winner – Ocado

Innovation In Delivery – Winner – DPD-Geopost

Leading Green /Ethical Website – Winner – Ocado

Re-design/Re-Launch of the Year – Winner – Sainsbury’s

User Generated Content Innovation – Winner – ASOS.com

On-Line Gold Award (OLGA) – Winner – ASOS.com

• Runners-up, John Lewis and Play.com

About IMRG
IMRG (Interactive Media In Retail Group) is the industry body for global e-retail. Formed in 1990, IMRG is setting and maintaining pragmatic and robust e-Retail Standards to enable fast-track industry growth, and facilitates its community of members with practical help, information, tools, guidance and networking. The strength of IMRG is the collective and co-operative power of its members.

For further information please contact:
David Smith – Director of Operations
Email - market@imrg.org
Office - 020 7189 5533
Mobile - 07970 237 078