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Who were Mitre 10’s top achievers this year?
THE MITRE 10 cooperative’s top achieving members, stores and suppliers were celebrated at a fabulous gala dinner at Spark Arena last month:
• Store of the Year – Mitre 10 Winton
• MEGA Store of the Year – Mitre 10
MEGA Ruakura (top photo)
• Garden Centre of the Year – Mitre 10
Westport
• MEGA Garden Centre of the Year –
Mitre 10 MEGA Taupo
• Trade Store of the Year – Mitre 10
Wanaka
• MEGA Trade Store of the Year –
Mitre 10 MEGA Nelson
• CEO Achievement Award – Brandon
Beveridge
• Innovation Award – Goodnature
• Building Products Supplier of the
Year – CSR Building Products
• Hardware & Garden Supplier of the
Year – MK Archibald & Co
• Renovator & Décor Supplier of the
Year – CDB Consumer Products
• Service Provider of the Year – IE
Retail
• Expo Stand of the Year – Häfele
Multi-year-award-winning Mitre 10 MEGAs Taupo and Nelson and Mitre 10 stores Wanaka and Westport were recognised along with first-time winners Mitre 10 Winton and Mitre 10 MEGA Ruakura.
Across the larger format Mitre 10 MEGA stores, Mitre 10 MEGA Taupo achieved a hat-trick, taking home the Garden Centre of the Year Award for the third year running.
Mitre 10 MEGA Nelson has achieved similar success, winning back-to-back Trade Store of the Year awards, coupled with success in the garden centre
category in recent years.
Mitre 10 Wanaka has been a consistent
top trade performer, having won the Trade Store of the Year Award five times in the past decade.
After winning Store of the Year in last year, Mitre 10 Westport won Garden Centre of the Year for the first time following an expansion two years ago.
As well as taking out Mitre 10 MEGA Trade Store of the Year, Mitre 10 MEGA Nelson CEO, Brandon Beveridge (incidentally our 2017 Retailer of the Year), received special recognition, winning the CEO Achievement Award.
Kiwi success story Goodnature won the Mitre 10 Innovation Award for its A24 rat & stoat trap that offers a unique pest control solution.
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8 NZHJ | SEPTEMBER 2019
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