Bangladesh Retail Awards 2021 and 6th Bangladesh Retail Congress held

Different organisations have recently been honoured through 26 winners and 14 honorable mentions in different categories at Bangladesh Retail Congress 2021 and Bangladesh Retail Awards 2021.

The sixth edition of the two-day congress started on October 23 and the Retail Awards were organised on the second day of the congress.

Bangladesh Brand Forum organised the shows, which were presented by Shwapno and powered by Apex, according to a statement.

"The pandemic has amplified different dimensions in the retail sector; and as we are gradually transitioning from that space we have developed a completely new need, where organised retail and organisations who offer last mile distribution are adapting with," said Shariful Islam, founder and managing director of Bangladesh Brand Forum, during his opening speech.

The two-day sessions were inaugurated by Mahadi Faisal, head of marketing of ACI Logistics Limited, and Rajan Pillai, CEO of Apex Footwear Ltd.  

The keynote speakers at the congress were: AK Enamul Haque, economics professor and dean of Faculty of Business and Economics at East West University; Shweta Chopra, shopper lead for South Asia, Middle East and Africa at Nielsen; Daniel Hodges, retail technology futurist and founder and  CEO at Retail Store Tours; Vach Pillutla, CEO, Al-Ikhsan Sports; Murali Prakash, chairman of Ashnip Global Pvt. Ltd., Sri Lanka and Smaay Global Pty. Ltd., Australia.