Drapers Awards 2017 30 NOVEMBER 2017 ROUNDHOUSE, LONDON CELEBRATING FASHION S FINEST SPONSORSHIP BROCHURE SPONSORSHIP ENQUIRIES Martin Arnold Rebecca Soni T: +44 (0)20 7391 4521 T: +44 (0)20 3033 2958 E: martin.arnold@emap.com E: rebecca.soni@emap.com #DRAPERSAWARDS awards.drapersonline.com
WHAT ARE THE DRAPERS AWARDS? The beauty of coming to an event like this is that the people who are here are our customers. So not only are we spending an evening with them but we are also supporting the retail fashion industry. Tony Mannix, CEO, Clipper Logistics plc Celebrating the best in fashion retailing, the Drapers Awards are the most highly-respected industry awards aimed at recognising the top performing and most innovative businesses. The prestigious Awards are now in their 27th year and bring together an audience of more than 800 industry heavyweights from retailers, brands and suppliers. In an industry where we all travel and meet hundreds of people, to come together with your contemporaries and celebrate is really important. Terry Betts, Head of Business Development, Thread The Drapers Awards will be hosted at the new and exciting venue of the Roundhouse in Camden, which is steeped in architectural history and has also been host to greats such as David Bowie,The Rolling Stones and the Ramones just to name a few. This will make a great occasion to impress your clients, team and suppliers by treating them like a VIP whilst showcasing your brand to the best in the business. DRAPERS MARKETING AND PRE-REACH 10 Months of direct marketing 28,000 Facebook likes 50,000 Fashion retailers and brands in our database 9 Adverts in Drapers mag (2016) 67,000 Twitter followers 4,000 Direct mail pieces sent to the fashion, digital and ecommerce industry 800 Attendees 319,000 Total emails sent (2016)
WHAT WILL YOU GAIN FROM PARTNERING WITH THE DRAPERS AWARDS? Increase your market reach within multichannel retailing via extensive attention generated from our multiplatform marketing campaign. This will highlight your business to thousands of retail professionals via the fullyintegrated marketing campaign leading up to the event, as well as the Awards themselves Raise your brand profile by discovering, exploring and seizing new business opportunities as you network and celebrate with new and existing fashion contacts, fashion leaders and trend setters Achieve effective business development with new and existing clients, by directly networking and developing fruitful relationships with the fashion industry elites Align your business with the best in UK fashion retailing by affiliating with Drapers Entertain and impress your clients with VIP hospitality at the industry s pre-eminent Awards We get to show our support by sponsoring the award, by being here on the night it s a great time to spend with customers and friends and of course it s a terrific way to strike up new relationships. Tim Howarth, Chairman, Torque Last Year s Shortlist Included: Agent Provocateur Alexander McQueen AllSaints Ann Summers ASOS Barbour Bonmarché Boohoo Boux Avenue Burton Debenhams Diesel Dorothy Perkins GAP H&M Harvey Nichols House of Fraser Hugo Boss Jaeger JD Sports Jigsaw John Lewis Joseph Joules JUICY Couture Karen Millen Kurt Geiger Liberty Lipsy LK Bennett Marks & Spencer Missguided Monsoon Moss Bros Mountain Warehouse New Look Next Oasis Outfit Primark Ralph Lauren Reiss River Island Selfridges Shop Direct Speedo Ted Baker Topshop Tu for Sainsbury s Wallis Warehouse Whistles White Stuff
We come together to celebrate each other s success and bring the very best of the industry into one venue to network, chat, celebrate and have a really good evening. Shalina Parti, Buying and Merchandising Director, Jigsaw
WHY SPONSOR A CATEGORY? This year s categories are listed below and provide the perfect opportunity to enhance your brands image in front of the industry s finest. Sponsorship of a category aligns your organisation and/or brand with a specific retail group or function at the awards and gives you total ownership of this category. The association with a particular category promotes your brand to the target audience of your choosing and also gives the opportunity to take centre stage and present the winner with the award! Best Fashion Marketing Campaign Best Innovation in Fashion Retail Best Place to Work Best Store Design Fashion Pure-Play Etailer of the Year Fashion Retail Business of the Year (between 101-500m turnover) Fashion Retail Business of the Year (between 30m - 100m turnover) Fashion Retail Business of the Year ( 500m+ turnover) Fashion Supplier of the Year International Fashion Retailer of the Year Lingerie Brand of the Year Mainstream Brand of the Year Premium Brand of the Year The CSR Award Young Fashion Brand of the Year SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES We have many partnership opportunities available across the Drapers Awards 2017 to give your organisations access to a key target audience. Whatever your marketing strategy we can provide a solution to meet all your needs. SPONSORSHIP ENQUIRIES Martin Arnold Rebecca Soni T: +44 (0)20 7391 4521 T: +44 (0)20 3033 2958 E: martin.arnold@emap.com E: rebecca.soni@emap.com
MEET THE JUDGES #DRAPERSAWARDS awards.drapersonline.com Each year s Drapers seeks out a range of judges that equally bring their talent, knowledge and fashion knowhow to judge our 15 category fashion awards. Drapers Awards judges are not ordinary individuals they are the industry leaders, experts in the fashion field and include previous Drapers Awards winners. This compilation of expertise ensures the Drapers Awards are judged by those who are heavily involved within the industry, helping to shape the fashion future and constantly able to provide their own fashion guidance and expertise. The importance of the Drapers Awards and their recognition of achievement within the Fashion Industry attracts prestigious individuals and their brands it is the optimal event within the fashion sector and is unrivalled for the exposure and recognition it provides. THIS YEAR S JUDGES INCLUDE: Andrew Skinner managing director Coast Angela Spindler CEO N Brown Group Ash Kumar founder & creative director Native Youth Ben Barnett chief executive officer Phase Eight (Fashion & Designs) Ltd Jonathon Fitzgerald CEO Mamas and Papas Marty Wikstrom founder Atelier Fund Corporate Director Matt Dixon group product director Shop Direct Nigel Oddy Paul Martin head of retail KPMG Terry Betts head of business development Thread Tom Joule founder & chief brand officer Joules