As entry for the DIY Week Awards opens up, 16 new categories are available for outstanding retailers
Published 1st October 2014
As entry for the DIY Week Awards opens up, 16 new categories are available for outstanding retailers and innovation in product categories.
The DIY Week Awards recognise excellence across the DIY and garden industry, rewarding leading retail businesses and top products, with winners walking away with coveted titles, including DIY Retailer of the Year, Garden Retailer of the Year, Store Manager of the Year and Power Tool of the Year.
The event on February 16th is open to all hardware retailers, garden centres, tool shops, décor retailers and other retail home improvement or garden businesses, as well as manufactures across DIY and the home and garden industry.
The security retailer of the year category is back as well as the new Home and Kitchen Product of the year.

Recognising excellence across the DIY and garden industry, the DIY Week awards offer coveted titles, including DIY Retailer of the Year.
In the past Stax customers have picked up several awards!
David Hibbert commented-
"We are privileged to work with some great independent retailers and to see some of them get industry-wide recognition is testament to the professionalism and hard work that they give to their businesses.”
Are you doing something different? Got a product worth shouting about? Then you could be a potential winner. Head over to DIYweek to fill in an entry form.
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