Pets at Home’s Vets for Pets rollout has been shortlisted in the international Creative Retail Awards.

Drawn from more than 500 entries, the shortlist spans twenty categories and five continents, taking in flagship stores, festive windows, pop-ups, hospitality, supermarkets and in-store VM. It is, by some distance, the most international list the Awards have produced.

The Creative Retail Awards recognise excellence and innovation across the international retail industry, celebrating the retailers, brands, designers, agencies, suppliers, shopfitters and manufacturers responsible for delivering outstanding retail environments and experiences.

The Awards span more than 20 categories covering store design, visual merchandising, experiential retail, pop-ups, technology, sustainability, lighting, graphics, surfaces and materials, shopfitting and customer experience. The 2026 ceremony takes place on Thursday 15 October at The Clapham Grand, London.

Antony Behiels, director of the Shop and Display Equipment Association and co-organiser of the Awards, said:  “The shortlist speaks for itself. What strikes me most is how much of this work would have been unimaginable five years ago, and how much of it comes from outside the UK. Physical retail is in a far better creative state than the headlines suggest, and this Guide is the proof. As for The Clapham Grand, it’s a wonderful venue, and exactly the sort of place a night like this deserves.”

The shortlisted work reaches from Tokyo to New York and Riyadh to Sydney. Among the projects competing this year are Coach’s Winter Forest at the Lotte East Busan Outlet in South Korea and its Tabby Shop pop-up in Sydney; the Armani x Kith pop-up at Topping Rose House in New York; Bulgari’s Diva’s Dream pop-up in Riyadh; RH Paris on the Champs-Élysées; and Twelve at House of Shinsegae Cheongdam in Seoul.

Closer to home, the shortlist reflects a strong year for British retail. If the geography is wide, the range of work is wider still. The Design Museum’s Wes Anderson exhibition sits alongside Pets at Home’s Vets for Pets rollout.

For more information visit www.creativeretailawards.com