Major GLORY Awards 2024

 

GLORY 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award - Nagesh B.S.

Starting his journey from 1982, Nagesh has been a keen learner and extraordinary observer of consumer behavior. Throughout his retail career, his imeccable understanding of consumer needs, wants and desires was instrumental. 

This knowledge and experience helped him establish India's own apparel retail chain called Shoppers Stop under the umbrella of Raheja group in 1991. Since then Shoppers Stop has made an indelible mark on Indian consuers as a mark of quality product as well as service. SSL remains true to its promise of providing 'nothing but the best' till date as far as retail shopping experience goes. 

The GLORY Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 was won hands down by Nagesh as no other challenge came close to launching Shoppers Stop in early 90's for the common Indian.

GLORY 2024 Fashion personality Award - Sylwia Szymczyk

Sylwia Szymczyk has been in fashion professional since 2008 in Italy. She is currently using her experience of 3D modelling and latest AI tools to create life-like images of garmets for consumers even before they are made – so people get their fashion apetite fulfilled as per their own wishes.

Her expertise spans over 3D Modeling, UV Unwrapping, Animation, 3D Rendering, 3D Sculpting, Texturing, V-ray, I-ray, CLO3D, Vstitcher, Unreal Engine, AI Strategies, Open Innovation, Design Thinking, Business Strategy, Product Development, MVP Creation. AI Solutions, Design Strategy, Product Development, Maya, Adobe Substance Package, Blender & Zbrush.

Sylwia has 15+ years of experience working with major fashion powerhouses like Armani, Max Mara Fashion Group and VF corporation. She is passionate about driving innovation in fashion through harnessing the power of people, collaborations and partnerships.

GLORY 2024 Fashion Institute Award - RMIT's School of Fashion and Textiles

Most preferred among the Indians staying and studying in Austraila have voted for RMIT's school of Fashion and Textiles. Their community has been vocal about the innovation going on in the institute for years. Looking at the popularity, GLORY Award for the Fashion Institute 2024 went to RMIT's School of Fashion and Textiles.

One of Australia's original tertiary institutions, RMIT University enjoys an international reputation for excellence in education, research, and engagement with industry and community. RMIT is a member of the Australian Technology Network, a global leader of a new generation of universities. Ranked 22nd in the world of universities under 50 years old, RMIT has obtained a 5-star QS ranking accreditation.

GIFT GLORY Awards 2024 announced!

 

 

GIFT announced GLORY AWARDS 2024 on the auspicious 76^th Republic day of our beloved country. It is a fitting celebration for the apparel industry as it has been working tirelessly for the people with the people by the people – best way to define our republic spirit.

As the Chairman of the marketing platform GIFT said “It is high time we start celebrating the true genius of our apparel industry. The world needs to join hands on the unexplored terrains of apparel market. The evolution of apparel is still in a very nascent stage I believe.”

It is fairly an understanding among the apparel industry that the segments of the apparel industry need to share the credit for the success due to their own hard work.

“When we speak about apparel, the discussion soon turns towards fashion, leading on to influencers in bollywood and then it gets into the gloaurous lifestyle of the celebrities. Not many people get into the non-glamorous behind the scene innovations going on in the apparel industry. So, there is much more to the credits of textile industry than just the glamour quotient. Say, the volworine fabric used in our Mangalyaan, glow in the dark fabric for industrial safety unforms, the recent cloaking fabric innovation by IIT Kanpur team for the armed forces – these are very, very important milestones for the Textile industry which hadly get any space in our social media feed – due to the serious nature and easily get outshined by the glamour world.” says the Editor of GIFT Ms. Ritu M. She added "The interesting challenge is to bridge the gap between various sections of the apparel industry and unite them as one - in letter and spirit. They should be like family members."

The GLORY Awards 2024 has a mix of established brands but some new startups as well. The winners share the same benchmark of appreciation from actual consumers and customers. All brands were rated on their social feedback as well as their commitment to do well for their customers.

The social media influencers awarded the GLORY Awards have been phenomenal in their approach of sending a positive vibes to their subscribers about Indian clothing as well as culture and heritage. They have shown that saree can be glamorous partywear and an evening gown can be full of Indian motifs.

The highlight was the Lifetime Achievement Award for the incredible work done by Mr. B.S.Nagesh in shaping the poster boy of organised retail business in India - Shoppers Stop. While he has been instrumental in creating some huge success stories for retail, he has mastered the carft of costumer service. He founded TRRAIN to help people with special abilities to open new opportunities in Indian retail sector. GIFT celebrated his initiative to observe December 12 as the Retail Employee Day to mark their achievements.

While the world was shook by the Cloaking system deviced by the team at IIT Kanpur - GIFT celebrated this amazing achievement as announcing it to be the MEGA achievement of the textile industry as well. It was an honor for GIFT to announce the 3 faculty of IITK as the recipient of the MEGA achievers of 2024.

Concluding the year 2024 with a bang, GIFT is excited to reach out to new players and know more about their stories in 2025.

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