Basic Voting Guidelines for Industry voting for the Top Retailer Categories are as follows:
Votes for all industry awards are only open to industry participants. (Consumers can vote for a new, separate Customer’s Choice Award. More info here.)
Participants may make one vote for each selection field.
Voting takes place online through this approved submission platform. Emailed votes or votes placed in any of other way than the approved platform will not be accepted.
Each voter must provide contact information and employment information to determine eligibility.
Participants may make one vote for each selection field (voting your 1st and 2nd choice for the same will count as one vote).
Vendor Award Nominees may only vote for their company once. Multiple votes from same company will only count as one vote for that company.
For contest accuracy, IP addresses for each vote are captured and compared to deter fraud. Voting by several members of a single location using a single computer / IP address is allowed. Samples of fraud include:
Voting for others outside your location: The same IP address used for votes by more than one person with different listed locations
Voting from home and work: Using different email addresses or other information to place two votes from the same person
Non-professionals voting as industry professionals: Votes marked “Industry Professional” without a recognized industry affiliation
