"This award recognizes promising young companies that are pushing the boundaries of the digital retail experience."
WASHINGTON – DynamicAction, a retail analytics software company based in Silicon Valley, was named Digital Commerce Startup of the Year today at the National Retail Federation’s annual Shop.org conference in Los Angeles.
“This award recognizes promising young companies that are pushing the boundaries of the digital retail experience,” NRF Senior Director for Digital Retail Jill Dvorak said. “Venture capitalists, retailers and analysts alike agree that this year’s finalists all have the ability to positively impact the course of the retail industry. With the help of presenting partner Intel, we are happy to honor DynamicAction today and are confident that it will continue driving digital retail forward with its innovations and vision for the future.”
“It’s a great honor to be recognized with all the other finalist,” DynamicAction CEO John Squire said. “To win this award is a strong testament of the work our team and investors but most importantly what our judges saw in DynamicAction’s ability to transform retail.”
DynamicAction was one of three finalists selected in August, and the final winner was chosen by a panel of industry judges after the companies’ CEOs made presentations at this week’s conference. The two additional finalists and their CEOs were:
- Demandjump, a marketing technology company in Indianapolis; Christopher Day, co-founder and CEO
- Salsify, a product content management company in Boston; Jason Purcell, CEO
Judges for the competition were:
- Joe Jensen, vice president and general manager of retail solutions, Intel
- Pano Anthos, founder and managing director, XRC Labs
- David Brussin, founder and executive chairman, Monetate Inc.
- Bryon Colby, senior vice president of digital commerce, Cornerstone Brands Inc.
- Chuck Davis, chairman and CEO, Prodege
- Kobie Fuller, general partner, Upfront Ventures
- Michael Griffin, founder and CEO, Adlucent
- Angela Kapp, president, Kappcorp
- Mary Lou Kelley, former president of ecommerce, Best Buy
- Alex Miller, senior vice president of digital commerce, QVC
About NRF
The National Retail Federation is the world’s largest retail trade association. Based in Washington, D.C., NRF represents discount and department stores, home goods and specialty stores, Main Street merchants, grocers, wholesalers, chain restaurants and internet retailers from the United States and more than 45 countries. Retail is the nation’s largest private-sector employer, supporting one in four U.S. jobs — 42 million working Americans. Contributing $2.6 trillion to annual GDP, retail is a daily barometer for the nation’s economy. NRF.com