O’Briens Wine Sandymount scoops Store of the Year 2010 at the Retail Excellence Awards
Monday, November 8th, 2010
We were the toast of the retail world on Saturday night at the 2010 Retail Excellence Award the country’s largest retail industry awards. O’Briens Sandymount was awarded Irish Retail Store of the Year 2010 and Best Medium Store. Sandymount was selected from over 400 entries from the best retailers all over Ireland. A huge congratulations goes to Kevin Ralph, Fintan McCormick, George Gaffney and the whole team in Sandymount for this achievement.
In an incredible night, we were also named Company of The Year: Industry Leader. It’s an incredible honour and testament to the hard work , creativity and dedication of every member of our 260 strong team across 28 stores and our support office.
Our congratulations also go to Butlers Chocolate Café on Liffey Street (Winner of Best Small Store), Portwest on Suffolk Street (Winner of Best Large Store), Donnybrook Fair (Winner of Best Extra-Large Store), TileStyle Ballymount Retail Park (Winner of Best Superstore) , Topaz (overall Company of the Year) and Retail Integration (Supplier of the year and providers of our in-store EPOS system).
Our thanks to everyone in Retail Excellence Ireland for their work throughout the year and a flawlessly executed awards night. A special mention is also deserved for the Radisson Blu in Galway for providing such a great venue on the night.

Brendan O'Brien, along with Kevin Ralph and Fintan McCormick accept the award for Store of the Year 2010

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