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: Econsultancy announces Innovation Awards 2012 shortlistDec 02, 2011 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Econsultancy has today announced the shortlist for its 2012 Innovation Awards, recognising pioneering developments in digital marketing and e-commerce from across the globe in 19 categories. More than 450 entries were submitted for the prestigious international awards, which are now in their fourth year. The first round of judging was conducted by Econsultancy's internal team including Research Director Linus Gregoriadis and VP of Research (US) Stefan Tornquist. Chris Lake, Director of Innovation at Econsultancy said: "A commitment to innovation is so important in modern business. Creative thinking and experimentation can help companies to adapt in accordance with emerging consumer trends." Lake continued: "The Innovation Awards allow us to see what's new, what's working, and which companies are ahead of the curve. 2011 has been a tremendous year for innovation." The next round of judging will be undertaken by a global panel selected from companies themselves known for innovation (including previous winners) such as The Coca-Cola Company, EMI Music, Tesco, Nokia, FT.com, John Lewis Financial Services, Adobe Systems, Euromoney Institutional Investor, Kiddicare, BSkyB and Expedia. The winners will then be announced on 23 February 2012 in the Hilton Park Lane in London at the Innovation Awards 2012 Ceremony. For more information about the ceremony and to book places or tables, please visit: http://econsultancy.com/awards/ceremony or email awards[AT]econsultancy.com for more information. The full shortlist for the 2012 Innovation Awards is as follows: Innovation in Affiliate Marketing - Commission Junction - Debenhams, Affiliate Window, Affilinet - Performance Horizon Group Ltd - R.O.EYE and eBay Partner Network - Ve Interactive Ltd Innovation in B2B Marketing - Auto Trader UK - Bauer Media & Clicked Creative - Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) / DesignUK - CarTrawler - Hiscox - iVoucher - Punch Taverns Innovation in Customer & User Experience - Auto Trader UK - Creative Virtual Ltd - Foviance - Grant My Wish App - Ideal Shopping using Tealeaf - Kiddicare.com - Neo@Ogilvy - Skype Innovation in E-commerce - ASOS & Profero - Keybroker - miiCard - nToklo - Premier Farnell - Somo - Tesco Innovation in Email Marketing - e-Dialog - optivo - Pay Per Visit Email, LLC - Philips - RedEye/Monarch Innovation in Financial Services - BMF and Commonwealth Bank of Australia - first direct (Labs) - first direct (iPhone app) - HSBC Bank International - LMAX - LV= - miiCard - Morgan Stanley - Wonga.com Innovation in Mobile Marketing - Comic Relief - Found. - Incentivated - Waitrose - Jessops.com - Maxymiser, Inc. - NET-A-PORTER.COM - New Look / Mobile Interactive Group (MIG) - Orange - Quidco - twentysix Innovation in Multichannel Marketing - blippar - Coventry University - DC Storm and Brora - Google Inc. - House of Fraser - Latitude Digital Marketing - Lenovo - Majestic Wine - PrismaStar Innovation in Online Advertising - Cognitive Match - Criteo - Encore Media Metrics - Mediacom - Neo@Ogi - OMD UK (Citroen UK) - OMD UK (Walkers Crisps) - Yahoo! Innovation in PPC - Akesios - Carat UK for Vodafone - I Spy Marketing - Kenshoo - Net Media Planet - Search Laboratory Innovation in Publishing, Media & Entertainment - Movellas - Random House Publishing - Sunday Publishing - The Sunday Times - Visual Revenue Inc. Innovation in Retail - ASOS & Profero - Euclid Elements - FreshNetworks - Housebites - Lateral Group - Marks & Spencer - Naked Wines - Tesco Innovation in Rich Media and Video - Adjust Your Set - Consumer Electronics Association - ipadio Limited - Think Jam - UKTV - WeVideo Innovation in SEO - Analytics SEO - Guava / talkSPORT - iCrossing - Linkdex - Met Office - Reevoo and Jessops - Stickyeyes Innovation in Social Media - American Express OPEN - Betfair - Bounce Digital Ltd - PhotoBox - Play.com & Engage Sciences - SapientNitro - Valtech - Vitrue - whishin limited Innovation in Travel and Leisure - DC Storm and Alpharooms - isango! Limited - Maxymiser, Inc. - Rabbit - Skyscanner - Tourism Western Australia Innovation in Web Analytics - comScore - Encore Media Metrics - Foviance - IgnitionOne Limited - Lynchpin - Maxymiser, Inc. - RedEye - RedEye/eCar - Vizu Corporation Most Innovative Digital Agency - Adjust Your Set - Epiphany Solutions - Essence Digital - MMK Media - Redweb - Somo - TBG Digital Most Innovative New Technology - Adobe Systems - Bazaarvoice - Buddy Media - ExactTarget - TBG Digital - Tieto - Usablenet Media contacts Christopher Hipson, Marketing Executive, Econsultancy (e: christopher.hipson AT econsultancy.com t: + 44 (0) 207 269 1451) Linus Gregoriadis, Research Director, Econsultancy (e: linus AT econsultancy.com t: + 44 (0) 207 269 1450) About Econsultancy Econsultancy is a global independent community-based publisher, focused on best practice digital marketing and ecommerce, and used by over 240,000 internet professionals every month. Our hub has 110,000+ members worldwide from clients, agencies and suppliers alike with over 90% member retention rate. We help our members build their internal capabilities via a combination of research reports and how-to guides, training and development, consultancy, face-to-face conferences, forums and professional networking. For the last ten years, our resources have helped members learn, make better decisions, build business cases, find the best suppliers, accelerate their careers and lead the way in best practice and innovation. Econsultancy has offices in London, New York and Dubai and we are a leading provider of digital marketing training and consultancy. We trained over 3,000 marketers and ran over 200 public training courses in 2010. Join Econsultancy today to learn what's happening in digital marketing - and what works. Call us to find out more on +44 (0)20 7269 1450 (London) or +1 212 699 3626 (New York). 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