eTail Announces 2013 Finalists For The Annual Best-In-Class Awards

Nominated Companies including Visaprint, Tria Beauty & Gap.com

NEW YORK, New York (January 23, 2013) – For the third year in a row, the eTail West conference will honor winners in four categories for its “eTail Best-in-Class Awards.” The eTail Best-in-Class Awards honor retailers who have displayed marketing excellence in one of four categories: Search, Email Marketing, Mobile Commerce/Marketing and Social Media.

The eTail conference team is proud to announce that many of the nominees, including Lenovo, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Patagonia.com and Gap.com, will be speaking at the eTail West 2013 conference. The conference will take place in Palm Desert, Calif. From Feb. 25 – Feb. 27, at the JW Marriott Desert Springs.

More than 100 submissions were received from retailers and technology companies eager to showcase innovative campaigns.  eTail is proud to announce the finalists, selected by a panel of retail peers. Each finalist will have the chance to present their winning program as a case study during the event, will receive free conference passes and the selected winners will receive a complimentary hotel stay at the JW Marriott.

The lists of finalists  includes the following companies and categories:

Mobile Commerce/Mobile Marketing Best-In-Class Award

• Gap.com
• Intercontinental Hotels Group
• The North Face
• Pizza Pizza
• ShopNBC.com
• Staples.com
• Walmart.com

Social Media Best-In-Class Award

• C Wonder
• Laxworld
• Patagonia.com
• Sneakpeeq.com
• Spreadshirt.com

Search Best-In-Class Award

• Belk.com
• Harry & David
• Lenovo
• Prezzybox
• Vistaprint

Email Marketing Best-In-Class Award

• Chaparral Motorsports
• Cooking.com
• Isotoner
• Shoe Carnival
• Tria Beauty
• Vistaprint

For more information about the awards program can be found here: http://www.wbresearch.com/etailusawest/awards.aspx.

About eTail:
eTail is a conference series held bi-annually in the United States, as well as internationally, offering best practices and tactical strategies presented by retail innovators from every facet of the industry. It is the premier multi-channel and online retail conference dedicated to supporting the growth of the retail industry through high-level networking and extensive thought leadership. More information about the eTail conference can be found at www.etailwest.com.

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