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Prizes, prizes!
A winning proposition: The Otto Group is a regular recipient of prestigious awards for customer focus, innovation and sustainable business practices. Here are the awards we received this year and during the previous business year.
January 2013 |
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In January 2013, Blue Yonder was honored with the FOCUS Digital Star innovation award in the cathegory "Special B2B". The award acknowledges and promotes digital innovation within German companies demonstrating promising business models or new technology developments. |
December 2012 |
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As this year's Human Resources Benchmark by the Cologne-based management consultancy NetFederation has shown, the best german career site is launched by the otto group. 100 large german companies were the subject of the study, including RWE, Deutsche Post and SAP Deutschland |
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In its 2012 Website of the Year awards, the market research agency MetrixLab singled out otto.de for its excellent Website. The shopping platform was named the best website in the “shopping” category. The popular audience award was launched eleven years ago |
November 2012 |
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The Otto Group belongs to one of the healthiest companies in Germany and has been awarded with the Corporate Health Award, which is under the patronage of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs |
October 2012 |
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In Berlin, the Otto Group received the “Kulturmarken-Award” for its music project “The Young ClassX”, which was founded for kids and young people in cooperation with the music ensemble “Salut Salon” |
September 2012 |
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MyToys.de: At the NEOCOM Gala 2012 myToys.de was pronounced as "Mail Order Company of the Year" by the German E-Commerce and Distance Selling Trade Association (bvh) and the magazine "Versandhausberater" |
August 2012 |
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SportScheck: Test winner in the category "Sports Equipment Retailer" based on a study of the German Institute of Service Quality and the news channel n-tv |
July 2012 |
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OTTO: otto.de wins the OnlineStar 2012 in the category "Best Fashion- and Lifestylesite" |
June 2012 |
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OTTO: Gold for the blog Two for Fashion in the category "Digital Media B2C" of the Best of Corporate Publishing Award |
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Universal: With its "Sunday spot" Universal becomes No. 1 in the category "Speedies" at the Radio Award of Radio Marketing Service (RMS) |
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OTTO: Two for Fashion wins the "Goldenen Funken 2012" in the category "Best Online and Mobile Communications" |
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Otto Group: In the category "Best Internal Communications', the Otto Group receives for its mission "The power of responsibility" "The German Award for Business Communication" |
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OTTO: Two for Fashion wins Gold at the Fox Awards |
May 2012 |
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Universal Versand: No. 1 in the ‘Austria’s Most Customer-Focused Service Providers 2012’ contest |
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Otto Group: The International Controller Association (ICV) awards the Controller Price of 2012 to the "service center suppliers traffic" of the Otto Group |
April 2012 |
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Otto Group: With its Annual Report 2010/11, the Otto Group wins the PR Report Award 2012 |
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Otto Group: According to the study "Working in Fashion 2012" of the trade publication Textilwirtschaft, the Otto Group is one of the Top Employers in the Fashion Industry. The company achieves the second place |
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Otto Group: For its commitment in the Hamburg Music Project Young ClassX, the Otto Group receives the German CSR Award 2012 in the category "Cultural engagement as an expression of corporate social responsibility" |
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Otto Group: At the Astrid Awards 2012, the Otto Group Annual Report 2010/11 achieves gold |
March 2012 |
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Bonprix: INTERNET WORLD Business awards Bonprix with the "Shop Award 2012" in the category "Best Mobile Shop" |
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Unito: Unito is "Family-Friendly RETAILer 2012", awarded by the Austrian Trade Association |
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Otto Group: The Otto Group wins the "Leader Award in the Digital Age (LIDA) 2012" of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Economics and the network media& economy of nordmedia |
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Bonprix: Bonprix wins the "Merkur Award" in the category "online" |
February 2012 |
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Otto Group: The CR Report of the Otto Group reaches the 10th place among German largest companies at the IÖW/future-ranking and is number 1 in the sector Trade/Clothing |
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Otto Group: The Otto Group Annual Report 2010/11 wins the Mercury Silver Award in the category "Annual Reports - Overall Presentation" |
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Baur: The German Institute of Service Quality and the news channel n-tv price Baur as the best online shop and give the Service Award 2012 to the company |
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Limango: Test winner in the category "Shopping Clubs" of the German Service Awards 2012 based on a study of the German Institute of Service Quality and the news channel n-tv |
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Otto Group: No. 3 in Potentialpark’s annual Online Talent Communication (OTaC) Germany ranking 2012 |
December 2011 |
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OTTO: The online shop otto.de is the most popular site 2011 in the category of shopping, according to a survey by market research firm MetrixLab |
November 2011 |
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OTTO: Gold at the International Corporate Media Award for Two for Fashion in the categorie "Online" |
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Otto Group: For the new corporate website ottogroup.com, the Otto Group gets Silver at the International Corporate Media Award in the categorie "Online" |
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Blue Yonder: Blue Yonder gets the Cyber Champion Award 2011/12 |
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OTTO: OTTO wins gold at Econ Award 2011 for the "PR-marketing of the Facebook model contest" with the winner "Mr. Brigitte". |
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UNITO: Primus Award for the "Comeback of the year" of Quelle Österreich |
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Otto Group: The Annual Report is No. 3 in the ranking of the ‘Private Public Award’ |
October 2011 |
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OTTO: No. 2 in the 'Employability Awards 2011' |
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SportScheck: Winner of the special award "Multichannel 2011" with the campaign "We do sports. What are you doing?" |
September 2011 |
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Otto Group: Dr Michael Otto, Chairman of the Otto Group Supervisory Board, receives the International TÜV Rheinland Global Compact Award |
July 2011 |
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OTTO: Winner of the OnlineStar 2011, category "Best Fashion- and Lifestylesite" |
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Otto Group: Dr Michael Otto, Chairman of the Otto Group Supervisory Board, is awarded the Heinz Sielmann Ehrenpreis |
June 2011 |
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SportScheck: "Retailer of the Year" in the segment "Sports and Leisure" |
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OFT: A study of the German institute of service quality and TV station n-tv named Otto-Reisen as test winner of travel areas |
May 2011 |
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Otto Group: Dr Michael Otto, Chairman of the Otto Group Supervisory Board, receives the Walter-Scheel-Award |
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Otto Group: Thomas Voigt, Director Economic Policy and Communications at Otto Group, is awarded the SignsAward for ‘Innovation’ by Journal International and the ‘Signs’ partners and is named ‘Zeichensetzer des Jahres’ |
April 2011 |
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Baur: No. 2 in the ‘German Service Awards’ |
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bonprix: ‘Handeln ausgezeichnet 2011’ (Excellent Retailer) distinction from the verdi. Hamburg service workers trade union, ‘Retail’ category |
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Mirapodo: 3rd prize in the category ‘Efficient Communications’ at the New Media Award 2011 |
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OFT: travelchannel.de is the top scorer in Computerbild’s test of online travel portals |
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SportScheck: No. 2 in the ‘Lifestyle & Health’ category of the German Service Awards 2011 |
March 2011 |
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Alba Moda: No. 1 ‘Top Online Shop for Over 40-Year-Olds’ and No. 4 ‘Attractive Platform for Women’s Outerwear’ in the ‘Online Retail 2010/2011’ survey carried out by the trade magazine Textilwirtschaft |
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OTTO: No. 2 at the Service Oscars – Winner in the retail sector in the ‘Germanys Most Customer-Focused Service Providers 2011’ contest |
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UNITO Versand & Dienstleistungen GmbH: No. 2 in the ‘Austria’s Most Customer-Focused Service Providers 2011’ contest |
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Crate and Barrel: CEO Barbara Turf wins Lifetime Humanitarian Award from the Housewares Charity Foundation |
January 2011 |
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Phi-t: Bronze in the Process Optimisation category of the ‘TOP PRODUCT FOR RETAILERS 2011’ contest |
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Witt: ‘Excellent’ score and seal of approval for Customer Satisfaction, from TÜV Rheinland 2011, for the Customer Service department |
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Witt: Named a ‘Top Company’ with seal of approval by the employer rating web site kununu.de |
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Otto Group: Hans-Otto Schrader is named ‘Man of the Year’ by Horizont magazine |
December 2010 |
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Baur: Germany’s Best Online Shop according to ‘Euro am Sonntag’ |
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Hermes: Hermes Logistik Gruppe receives the ‘Bat-Friendly Building’ seal from the Hamburg Conservation Agency |
November 2010 |
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Baur: baur.de is awarded the ‘TÜV Certified Ordering Process’ seal |
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Hermes: Hanse Globe, HLGD is the top scorer in Stiftung Warentest’s test |
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I’m walking: imwalking.de is awarded the ‘TÜV Certified Ordering Process’ seal |
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OTTO Japan: Best Store – Yahoo Shopping |
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SportScheck: No. 3 in the VDS Super Cup |
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Witt: Grand Prevention Award for occupational safety from the Retail and Merchandise Distribution Trade Association |
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Otto Group: Dr Michael Otto, Chairman of the Otto Group Supervisory Board, is awarded the UNESCO Children in Need Support Award |
October 2010 |
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Corso: Corso.de is named Germany’s and Europe’s Best Online Wholesaler of the year 2010 – by the retail magazine zentrada.magazin and the zentrada.network retail network |
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I’m walking: Top scorer in the ‘ServiceAtlas Shoe Retailers 2010 – Competitive Analysis of Service Quality and Value of Service’ |
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Küche&Co: No. 37 in Impulse magazine’s ranking of ‘The Top 100 Franchise Systems’ |
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Otto Group: The Annual Report wins a ‘Private Public Award’ in the Storytelling category and is No.3 in the overall ranking |
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Otto Group: ‘Top Employer in the Fashion Industry’ according to the trade publication Textilwirtschaft |
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OTTO: (Vocational) Training Award for ‘Ich bin Otto!’, Silver Effie for ‘Geschenketauschrausch’ campaign |
September 2010 |
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3Suisses: Judges’ Special Award for best campaign at the Mail-Order Retail Congress |
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Heine.de: Voted one of the Top 3 ‘Webshops of the Year’ at the Mail-Order Retail Congress |
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Otto.de: Voted one of the Top 3 ‘Webshops of the Year’ at the Mail-Order Retail Congress |
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Baur: ‘Excellent Customer Service with Five Crowns’ certificate from SerciveRating GmbH |
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OTTO: FSC Global Partner Award |
August 2010 |
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Bonprix: No. 2 in a Nielsen survey to determine the ‘Most Popular Fashion Websites’ on the German-language Internet |
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Limango: No. 2 in the ranking of best online shopping clubs published by getestet.de, winner in the ‘Performance’ category |
July 2010 |
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OTTO: BCP Award for Two for Fashion, Online-Star 2010 in the “Best Fashion and Lifestyle Site” category |
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Phi-t: No. 1 in the Data Mining Cup, Statistics Contest July 2010 |
June 2010 |
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Crate and Barrel: Official Honoree at the Webby Awards |
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OTTO: JOY Trend Award in ‘Fashion’ from the jury of experts for its ‘melrose Model WG Jeans with Butt-lifting Effect’ |
May 2010 |
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Otto Group: Intermedia Globe in Gold for the corporate film at the WorldMediaFestival |
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OTTO: New Media Award, Germany’s Most Customer-Focused Retailer – TÜV Rhineland |
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SportScheck: ‘Best Sports Equipment Retailer 2010’ – German Institute for Service Quality and n-tv |
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Otto Group: Dr Michael Otto, Chairman of the Otto Group Supervisory Board, is awarded the Theodor Heuss Award 2010 |
April 2010 |
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Hanseatic Bank: ‘TÜV Service Tested’ with an overall score of 1.85 (B+) – TÜV Saarland |
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smatch.com: Influencer of the year (StrategyCircle Handel) |
March 2010 |
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Baur: No. 10 in the ‘Germanys Most Customer-Focused Service Provider’ contest, No. 1 in E-mail Service |
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OFT: travelchannel.de is the No.1 online travel portal according to Computerbild |
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OTTO: Merkur Award in the ‘Print’ category |
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UNITO Versand & Dienstleistungen GmbH: ‘Family-Friendly RETAILer 2010’ certificate for innovative approaches |
