Solution providers recognised at inaugural industry awards

Dean Blake

30th Oct 2018

Internet Retailing’s sister site Inside Retail has been named best media outlet in the inaugural National Online Retailers Association’s Solution Provider Excellence Awards 2018.

Held at the Calyx Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney last Thursday, the NORA awards aimed to celebrate the “unsung heroes” of Australia’s retail industry, by recognising leading solution providers.

Other winners on the night included eBay, which took home the crown of best marketplace, Neto which was named best e-commerce platform, and Dynamic Creative, which was named best e-commerce integrator.

For payments, eWay won both the best payments provider and best security/anti-fraud solution awards, OFX won both best cross-border payments solution provider and best foreign exchange provider, SecurePay was named best payments gateway, while Afterpay took home best buy-now-pay-later solution.

In logistics and distribution, Readytoship was named best fulfilment technology, Milk It Academy was named best returns solution, SEKO won best cross-border shipping solution, eStore Logistics was named the best fulfilment service provider, and Star Track won best carrier, while Sendle won best shipping and logistics.

Fusion Factory, Shippit and MerchantSpring took home awards for innovation solutions, and NMPi, Emarsy, Bazaarvoice, Cashrewards and The General Store won awards for best marketing-related solutions. Other providers were recognised for their work in analytics and professional services.

The team at Inside Retail is honoured to have received this recognition from readers and others in the industry and remains committed to providing valuable retail news and information to the industry in the coming years, as we have since 1972.