UK retailers and retail real estate projects won four of the nine main Mapic Awards, which were held on Thursday at a gala dinner at the Hotel Martinez in Cannes.

UK retailers and retail real estate projects won four of the nine main Mapic Awards, which were held on Thursday at a gala dinner at the Hotel Martinez in Cannes.

British entries walked away with wins in the Best Fashion & Footwear Retail Concept, Best Omnichannel Strategy, Best Retail Global Expansion and Best Retail Real Estate Development in City Centre categories.

'The many British winners confirm the dynamism of these retailers and their ability to adapt to today’s changes in retailing,' commented Mapic director Nathalie Depetro.

The Mapic Awards winners 2013 are:

BEST FASHION & FOOTWEAR RETAIL CONCEPT
JD Sports Fashion Plc (UK)

BEST FOOD & BEVERAGE RETAIL CONCEPT
La Place (The Netherlands)

BEST OMNICHANNEL STRATEGY
The Body Shop (UK)

BEST RETAIL GLOBAL EXPANSION
Primark (UK)

BEST FACTORY OUTLET CENTRE
Roppenheim The Style Outlets (Roppenheim, France)
Submitted by NEINVER France and MAB Development

BEST RETAIL & LEISURE DEVELOPMENT
Puerto Venecia (Zaragoza, Spain)
Submitted by Puerto Venecia

BEST RETAIL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT IN CITY CENTRE
Trinity Leeds (Leeds, United Kingdom)
Submitted by Land Securities

MOST INNOVATIVE SHOPPING CENTRE
Emporia (Malmö, Sweden)
Submitted by Steen & Ström Sverige AB

SPECIAL JURY AWARDS
St. Lazare Paris (Paris, France)
Submitted by Klépierre

As part of this year’s 'Retail Rising Stars' - China, Brazil, India and Russia - the jury has awarded four developers with projects in iconic shopping centres:
Wanda (China)
Sonae Sierra (Brazil)
DLF Mall of India (India)
Crocus (Russia)

Chaired by Frédéric Laloum, deputy managing director / member of the management board of Altarea, the members of the jury are Alain Boutigny, Editor-in-Chief, Sites Commerciaux (France), Delphine Dauge, agency director, Brandimage (France), Maxim Karbasnikoff, partner Retail, Cushman & Wakefield (Russia), Maciej Kielbicki, board member and managing director, Mayland Real Estate (Poland), Enis Öncuoglu, managing director - architect, Öncuoglu + ACP (Turkey), Jacques Sinke, director of International Retail, MAB Development Group (The Netherlands), John Strachan, global head of Retail, Cushman & Wakefield (UK), Klaus Striebich, managing director Leasing, ECE Projektmanagement (Germany).