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On stage at the Emerald Theatre, London.

Creative Retail Awards 2025

The 2025 winners

Portugal Jewels won Store Design of the Year, StudioXAG is Design Agency of the Year and Coach received the first Retail Trailblazer Award, the pick of more than 500 entries.

Thursday 25 September 2025, Emerald Theatre, London

See every categoryRead the Winners Guide

The headline awards

Store Design of the Year and the three special awards. All were decided by the judges, apart from the Shop Drop Daily Concept of the Year, which went to a public vote.

Read the Winners Guide
The jewellery counters and barber chairs inside Portugal Jewels

Store Design of the Year

Portugal Jewels

It topped a shortlist that included Asteri with Dalziel and Pow, M&S Battersea with Kesslers London, Renuar’s flagship store with designThat and Wayfair Chicago with Gensler.

Highly commended Flannels Leeds, with Argent Design

A Coach Christmas tree hung with bags and charms

Retail Trailblazer

Coach

New for 2025, for a brand, organisation or individual setting the benchmark in retail design and customer experience. Coach’s UK team collected the first award, and Giovanni Zaccariello, SVP Global Visual Experience & Store Design, joined them from New York with a recorded message on the venue’s screens.

A Coachtopia space by StudioXAG

Design Agency of the Year

StudioXAG

The judges said StudioXAG “consistently push retail environments beyond functional display into immersive storytelling”. It also won Pop-Up Store, for Ikea’s Hus of Frakta.

Highly commended Design4Retail

The Fenty Hair Mane Street pop-up at Selfridges

Shop Drop Daily Concept of the Year

Fenty Hair

Mane Street, Selfridges Corner Shop

Chosen by public vote from the ten most-viewed concepts on Shop Drop Daily.

SDEA members among the winners

Five Winners Awards and 11 Highly Commended Awards for SDEA member companies.

  • PardgroupWinner: Shopfitting / Fit Out of the Year, for Jeanne Lanvin, CannesWinner: Store-in-Store or Concession, for Loewe x On RunningWinner: Surfaces & Finishes, for PomellatoHighly commended: Store-in-Store or Concession, for La Roca VillageHighly commended: Surfaces & Finishes, for ValentinoHighly commended: Technology, for Loewe x On Running
  • B_RDWinner: Graphics, for Bicester VillageHighly commended: Creative Collaboration, for Off White x FlannelsHighly commended: Instore Scheme, for Off White x Flannels
  • PropabilityWinner: Festive Display, for SelfridgesHighly commended: Window Scheme Non-Festive, for Selfridges
  • Design4RetailHighly commended: Design Agency of the Year
  • Mega CreativeHighly commended: Graphics, for Persona 3 x Yokocho
  • MorplanHighly commended: Sustainable Display, for British Heart Foundation
  • Northbanks DesignHighly commended: POP/POS, for All Saints fragrance
  • Proportion LondonHighly commended: Leisure, Visitor or Exhibition Attraction, for The Design Museum

Every category

The winner of each category, in category order, with the highly commended entry.

Every shortlisted entry, in the guide

The 2025 Winners Guide

Every winning, highly commended and shortlisted entry, with the Retail Trailblazer and the judges.

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The night

Showgirls greeted guests at the drinks reception, Aidan Sadler returned as host by popular demand, and acrobats and burlesque performers took to the stage before a live band and a DJ carried on into the early hours.

The Coach UK team on stage for the first Retail Trailblazer Award, with a video message from New York on screen
The Coach UK team on stage for the first Retail Trailblazer Award, with a video message from New York on screen
Arriving at the Emerald Theatre
Arriving at the Emerald Theatre
A winning team celebrates on stage
A winning team celebrates on stage
Winners on stage with the performers
Winners on stage with the performers
Glow sticks up as the band takes over
Glow sticks up as the band takes over

There is no sit-down dinner at the Creative Retail Awards: the night is built to match an industry that thrives on experience. The judging behind it is done face to face, over a full day in London, with every entry assessed in detail and debated openly.

“Gone are the days of traditional, formal award dinners,” said Design4Retail. “The Creative Retail Awards delivered a vibrant, spectacular event.”

“The Creative Retail Awards 2025 wasn’t just about the trophies. It was a powerful reflection of the innovation, passion and progress driving the retail industry forward. Congratulations to every Winner, Highly Commended and Shortlistee for inspiring us all.”
Antony BehielsCo-organiser of the Creative Retail Awards and Director of the SDEA

Judges and partners

Every result was decided by an independent panel of industry judges, at a full day of in-person judging in London.

The judges

  • Andrew BusbyRetail Industry Expert, Speaker & Writer
  • Barbara ChapmanCreative VM Consultant & Stylist
  • Isabella FishRetail Editor, The Times & The Sunday Times
  • Judith KellyHead of Retail Design and Delivery at Hammerson
  • Jack StrattenDirector, Insider Trends
  • Ian ScottRetail Consultant & Public Speaker
  • Matthew BrownRetail Futurist, Echochamber
  • Tim NashCurator of Shop Drop Daily

On the night

  • Kesslers LondonHeadline partner
  • Aidan SadlerHost
  • Shop Drop DailyConcept of the Year, by public vote
  • Emerald TheatreVenue

In 2026 the Awards moved to The Clapham Grand. See the 2026 winners.

Creative Retail Awards 2027

Entries open on 1 November 2026, and the awards return to The Clapham Grand in September 2027. SDEA members enter free, with up to five entries per category.

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