6th Bangladesh Retail Congress held

Different organisations have been honoured through 26 winners and 14 mentions in different categories at Bangladesh Retail Congress 2021 and Bangladesh Retail Awards 2021 recently.

The sixth edition of the two-day congress started on October 23 and the Retail Awards were organised on the second day of the congress, according to a press release.

Bangladesh Brand Forum organised the shows, which were presented by Shwapno and powered by Apex.

"The pandemic has amplified different dimensions in the retail sector and as we are gradually transitioning from that space we have developed a completely new need, where organised retail and organisations who offer last mile distribution are adapting with," said Shariful Islam, founder of Bangladesh Brand Forum.

Mahadi Faisal, head of marketing of ACI Logistics Ltd, and Rajan Pillai, CEO of Apex Footwear Ltd, inaugurated the event. 

AK Enamul Haque, economics professor and dean of Faculty of Business and Economics at East West University, Shweta Chopra, shopper lead for South Asia, Middle East and Africa at Nielsen, Daniel Hodges, retail technology futurist and founder at Retail Store Tours, Vach Pillutla, CEO of Al-Ikhsan Sports, Murali Prakash, chairman of Ashnip Global (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka, and Smaay Global Pty Ltd, Australia, were present.