IGDS open-enrolment events Global Department Store Summit and World Department Store Forum celebrate the best department stores in the world in a total of seven award categories, each presented biennially
Nine Industry Awards recognise great performances by department stores and their people:
- Most Innovative Department Store in the World
- World's Best Marketing Campaign by a Department Store
- World's Best Window Campaign by a Department Store
- World's Best Employee at a Department Store
- World's Best Team at a Department Store
- World's Best Sales Associate at a Department Store
- World's Best Personal Shopper at a Department Store
- World's Best Sustainability Campaign by a Department Store
- World's Best Business Partner to Department Stores