Press Release
29.06.2009
Aftershock wins Rising Star of the Year Award at the RLI
Retail and Leisure International – the first truly global magazine to cover both retail and leisure sectors across the globe held its annual Awards Ceremony on the 18th of June 2009.
As Jayne Rafter, Publishing Director of RLI, informed us, “Tonight is an evening of recognition and celebration of the most innovative and imaginative retail and leisure concepts around the world.” The judging panel was composed of 14 business leaders, including personalities such as Joseph Wang (CEO of Harvey Nichols), Carmine Rotondaro (Worldwide Real Estate Director of the Gucci Group), Michael Green (CEO of BCSC) and many others voted for the most impressive industry developments, leading retailers and leisure operators.
This year’s final Awards Ceremony was held in the historic venue of Old Billingsgate in The City of London. Guests were greeted with a Champagne Reception and later enjoyed a short version of West End show Mama-Mia. Raffle tickets were sold throughout the Awards with a chance to win number of different prizes contributed by sponsors of the night with all the money raised being donated to Retail Trust – the principal charity looking after people in retail in the UK.
The night was full of anticipation for Aftershock London, as it was nominated for the Rising Star of the Year Award together with Salsa Jeans and Sacoor Brothers. Aftershock has been expanding rapidly in the last year with a new franchises opening in Azerbaijan, Morocco, and Austria, as well as increasing its presence in the UK with a growing concession network within the department store House of Fraser. The efforts and achievements of Aftershock team had been recognized by the judges and The Aftershock Group was announced as the Rising Star of the Year 2009.
Dheeraj Harjani, Creative Director of The Aftershock Group collected the Award and expressed his greatest gratitude "to everybody who voted Aftershock, to all those who love and buy the brand and most importantly to the Aftershock team, both in the UK and our international franchise partners who helped make this happen." In return, the Aftershock team assured guests that next year they aim to bring back the Award for the Star of the Year.
