Canada Post has announced the finalists in their second ‘E-commerce Innovation Awards’ today. In total there are 27 finalists in six different categories vying for the chance to capture a piece of the $1 million worth of prizes up for grabs (most in the form of parcel shipping contracts and direct marketing programs).
It’s estimated that Canadian companies sold about $122 billion worth of goods online last year and the awards program was set up to ‘honour companies that are transforming the Canadian e-commerce space.’ The six categories are: Best Multi-channel Retailer (Large), Best Multi-channel Retailer (Small), Best E-tailer (Large), Best E-tailer (Small), Most Innovative Retailer (Large), and Most Innovative Retailer (Small).
There’s a great mix of companies in each category doing amazing things online, notedly Well.ca, ClearlyContacts, Transcend Coffee, Frank & Oak, Knix Wear, BookMob and Beyond the Rack.
The judging panel consists of Rafe Petkovic of Google Canada; Josh Bloom of Facebook Canada; Stéphane Ricoul of Sid Lee Technologies; Duncan Payne of DX3; and Siobhan Vinish of Postmedia Network. Winners will be revealed on September 25th. Here’s the full list of finalists:
Best Multi-channel Retailer – Large
- Lowe’s Canada (North York, Ont.) lowes.ca
- MEC (Vancouver, B.C.) mec.ca
- Walmart.ca (Mississauga, Ont.) walmart.ca
- ClearlyContacts.ca (Vancouver B.C.) clearlycontacts.ca
- Clément (Quebec City, Que.) clement.ca
Best Multi-channel Retailer – Small
- Momzelle Nursing Clothing (Gatineau, Que.) momzelle.com
- SNAKES & LATTES (Toronto, Ont.) snakesandlattes.com
- Transcend Coffee (Edmonton, Alta.) transcendcoffee.ca
- 3RIDE BMX BIKES (Thunder Bay, Ont./North Vancouver, B.C.) 3ride.com
- L’Art des Animaux (Quebec City, Que.) artdesanimaux.com
Best E-tailer – Large
- ContactsExpress.ca (Toronto, Ont.) ContactsExpress.ca
- Frank & Oak (Montréal, Que.) frankandoak.com
- NailPolishCanada.com (Vancouver, B.C.) nailpolishcanada.com
- Well.ca (Toronto, Ont.) well.ca
- Beyond the Rack (Montréal, Que.) beyondtherack.com
Best E-tailer – Small
- LiveOutThere.com (Calgary, Alta.) liveoutthere.com
- Minitrade.ca (Boucherville, Que.) minitrade.ca
- MyEssentials.ca (Toronto, Ont.) myessentials.ca
- BookMob (Ottawa, Ont.) bookmob.ca
- Build.ca, a Build.com Network Store (Burlington, Ont.) build.ca
Most Innovative Retailer – Large
- London Drugs (Richmond, B.C.) londondrugs.com
- Purdys Chocolates (Vancouver, B.C.) purdys.com
- Well.ca (Toronto, Ont.) well.ca
- Hudson’s Bay Company (Scarborough, Ont.) thebay.com)
- Jewlr (Thornhill, Ont.) jewlr.com
Most Innovative Retailer – Small
- Knix Wear (Toronto, Ont.) knixwear.com
- Minitrade.ca (Boucherville, Que.) minitrade.ca
- TenTree International (Regina, Sask.) tentree.com
- BookMob (Ottawa, Ont.) bookmob.ca
- FoodiePages.ca (Ottawa, Ont.) foodiepages.ca
