AFFILIATE PROGRAMME AWARDS
Best Affiliate Programme Launch


Winner:
Best Affiliate Program Launch: Orangetheory Fitness + Tombras + impact.com
By: impact.com
Client/Partner: Tombras + Orangetheory Fitness
Highly Commended:
Reviving Roots: Ancestry’s Impressive Program Relaunch with Rakuten Advertising
By: Rakuten Advertising
Client/Partner: Ancestry
Finalists
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Bitpanda and impact.com: Using affiliate expertise to break down barriers and conquer a new cryptocurrency market
By: impact.com Client/Partner: Bitpanda, impact.com -
Bridging the Gap Between Amazon and Affiliate: Polaris Drives 713% Sales Growth
By: Perform[cb] Client/Partner: Levanta and Polaris -
Canon & CJ: A Seamless Transition to Success
By: CJ Client/Partner: Canon -
Diversifying The Affiliate Mix, and Revitalising Performance with a PR Centric programme Relaunch
By: Profect Marketing Client/Partner: Bondi Body -
From Prep to Profit: Gen3 & Cuisinart’s Affiliate Recipe
By: Gen3 Marketing Client/Partner: Cuisinart -
Think Global, Act Local: How effective local program launch strategies set the program up for future success.
By: Lodestar Marketing Client/Partner: Puma (Thailand)
Best Affiliate Programme Optimisation


Winner:
COS and Rakuten Advertising Innovate Luxury Fashion and Crush Performance Goals
By: Rakuten Advertising
Client/Partner: COS
Highly Commended:
Pricing Power: Optimising broadband strategies with exclusive incentives
By: Awin
Client/Partner: Vodafone
Highly Commended:
Trip Managers Catapult Affiliate Sales to New Heights
By: Contiki
Finalists
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Cashback Comeback: RS Components’ Data-Driven Affiliate Revival with CJ
By: CJ Client/Partner: RS Components -
Fanstoshop
By: Fanstoshop -
Gen Digital and CJ use portfolio strategy and “borderless” planning to turn a declining portfolio into a growth powerhouse
By: CJ Client/Partner: Gen Digital, Lifelock/Norton -
Lodestar Marketing & Puma: Optimizing our way to Program Success!
By: Lodestar Marketing Client/Partner: Puma -
SmileKOLs X Hotel Brand Groundbreaking Campaign
By: SmileKOLs
AGENCY & PLATFORM AWARDS
Best Affiliate and Partner Marketing Agency


Winner:
Raising The Bar, Wherever We Are
By: Silverbean
Highly Commended:
A Decade of Excellence: Acquire’s Innovation and Growth in Affiliate Marketing
By: Acquire Digital
Finalists
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Assembly: Leading the Change that Fuels Growth in Affiliate and Partner Marketing
By: Assembly -
Innovating Success: The Gen3 Journey
By: Gen3 Marketing -
Leading with a Regional, Yet Local Approach to Partner Marketing
By: Lodestar Marketing
Global Affiliate Network or SaaS Platform of the Year


VEVE is a technology-based performance and brand marketing platform which enables brands to connect with 500 MN+ unique users across various mobile OEMs, Internet Browsers, Telcos, and Premium Apps. VEVE’s strong collaboration enables brands to access 50% of the smartphone and desktop users across Europe, 36% in North America and 70% in APAC. VEVE’s on-device ad formats – Tiles, Notifications & Universal help brands achieve their advertising KPIs across premium publishers like Samsung, Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, Microsoft, Opera and many more.

Winner:
It’s all connected: CJ empowers affiliate to maximize performance across the entire performance marketing ecosystem
By: CJ
Highly Commended:
Ensuring affiliate marketing remains a win-win for all.
By: Awin
Finalists
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Kwanko
By: Kwanko -
Optimise; Global Reach, Local Expertise and Tech-driven Innovation
By: Optimise -
Partnerize’s Power of One: A Better Way to Partner.
By: Partnerize -
Rakuten Advertising: Pioneering the Affiliate Intelligence Revolution
By: Rakuten Advertising
BEST USE OF AWARDS
Best Content Commerce Partnership


Winner:
HEMA Tripled Spend, Quadrupled ROAS, and Boosted Sales by 1024% With JAN (Hearst Magazines Netherlands)
By: TradeTracker.com
Client/Partner: HEMA, JAN-Magazine (Hearst Magazines Netherlands)
Highly Commended:
They Shoot, They Score! An M&S Dream Team
By: Awin
Client/Partner: Marks & Spencer UK
Finalists
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Bags of Talent: Gen3 & Paravel’s Nimble Content Strategy
By: Gen3 Marketing Client/Partner: Paravel -
Content that Clicks: Marks & Spencer X Rewardoo’s Winning Strategies
By: Rewardoo Client/Partner: Marks & Spencer -
Growthops and Kogan.com’s Content Strategy Unlocks 161% Growth in TV Sales
By: GrowthOps Client/Partner: Kogan.com -
Smokin’ Sales: Gen3 & BBQGuys’ Red-Hot Content Commerce
By: Gen3 Marketing Client/Partner: BBQGuys
Best Data-Driven Performance Strategy


Winner:
Proving the value of influencer marketing on the bottom line
By: Brainlabs
Client/Partner: Designer Parfums
Highly Commended:
Data-Driven Mastery: Gamelight’s AI Transforms JOYCITY’s User Acquisition
By: Gamelight
Client/Partner: JOYCITY
Finalists
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Data-Driven Revival: IHG’s Strategic Partnership with CJ Boosts Holiday Inn Performance by 40%
By: CJ Client/Partner: IHG, TopCashback -
Ipsos partners with impact.com to track and reward partners for finding the perfect panellists
By: impact.com Client/Partner: Ipsos, impact.com -
Leveraging Data and Insights for Enhanced Customer Acquisition and Revenue Growth
By: Upsellit Client/Partner: Puritan’s Pride -
Rebel’s Data-Driven Success: Harnessing Insights for Excellence
By: GrowthOps Client/Partner: Rebel -
Stone: revolutionary reporting that delivers real sustainability impact
By: Stone Group Client/Partner: Thrive -
Winning big with data-driven media for Betfair Casino
By: GroupM Client/Partner: EssenceMediacom, Blis
Best Use of Social Commerce


Winner:
Go BIGGER, Go Live
By: Awin
Client/Partner: Nike
Finalists
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The Beauty Box Revolution: Lookfanstastic Leverages Social Influencers
By: Shoplooks Client/Partner: Lookfantastic
CAMPAIGN & STRATEGY AWARDS
Best Brand Performance Campaign


Winner:
The Golden Ratio
By: PHD UK
Client/Partner: PwC
Highly Commended:
Free People and Rakuten Drives Unprecedented Sales by Unleashing the Power of Our Proudly Bohemian Brand
By: Rakuten Advertising
Client/Partner: Free People
Finalists
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Driving Incremental Sales: Walmart’s Breakthrough in Browser Advertising with VEVE
By: VEVE Client/Partner: Walmart -
Driving the smart brand forward, with DEPT® and Partnerize
By: DEPT® Client/Partner: Partnerize -
Maximum Impact: How Nordstrom X LinkPrefer’s Campaign Strategies Empowers Long-Term growth
By: LinkPrefer Client/Partner: Nordstrom -
VINFAST & ACCESSTRADE: Lead Generation through Community Building & Social Media Engagement
By: ACCESSTRADE Client/Partner: VINFAST
Best Direct-to-Consumer Campaign


Winner:
Peak Profits With The Power Of Search
By: jack.tm
Client/Partner: OnTheBeach.com
Highly Commended:
900% increase in average monthly revenue for GLOV, while significantly boosting their ROAS
By: adcookie Sp. z o.o.
Client/Partner: GLOV (Phenicoptere SP. z o.o.)
Finalists
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Jack.tm & Secret Sales – Making Gross Profit Skyrocket
By: jack.tm Client/Partner: secretsales.com
Best Integrated Performance Marketing Campaign


Winner:
Hogwarts Legacy
By: PHD UK
Client/Partner: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Finalists
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DigitalME – Quality Leads Through Creativity And Technology
By: DigitalME -
Resident sees positive return and stays ahead of competition with thriving content partnerships
By: impact.com Client/Partner: Resident -
Search, Shopping, and Affiliate: How DMi Partners Put the Sparkle in Frank Darling’s Marketing
By: DMi Partners Client/Partner: Frank Darling
CAMPAIGN AWARDS
Best Performance PR Campaign


Winner:
Putting the ‘Pro’ in Promotion: Tomahawk Shades and Today’s Business’ Marketing Masterstroke
By: Awin
Client/Partner: Today's Business, Tomahawk Shades
Finalists
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Press and Shine: Gen3 & RoseSkinCo’s Lumi IPL Performance Boost
By: Gen3 Marketing Client/Partner: RoseSkinCo
CHANNEL-SPECIFIC AWARDS
Best Lead Generation Campaign


Founded in Santa Barbara, California in 1998, CJ continues to lead the industry as the largest, most trusted name in global performance marketing, specializing in affiliate marketing technology and services.
We are the platform of choice for driving profitable growth for over 3,800 global brands around the world across all verticals including retail, travel, finance, and network & home services. Our technology powers a partnership ecosystem where over 167K publishers and brands engage billions of consumers worldwide.
As part of Publicis Groupe, aligned with Publicis Media, we leverage unparalleled data, technology, and strategic expertise to bring a truly customer-centric approach to performance marketing. Our people dare to think big and drive even bigger results.

Winner:
How Vibrant Performance Achieved 740% Growth In Qualified Leads For Unlock Using Everflow
By: Everflow
Client/Partner: Vibrant Performance
Highly Commended:
VINFAST & ACCESSTRADE: Lead Generation through Community Building & Social Media Engagement
By: ACCESSTRADE
Client/Partner: VINFAST
Finalists
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Achievement Unlocked: Hero Wars’ Global Impact with VEVE
By: VEVE Client/Partner: Hero Wars -
AI-Enhanced Campaign for Authentic Engagement
By: Manna Client/Partner: Audika Poland -
Beating the Tough Solar Market
By: Bambu Client/Partner: Solar Exclusive -
From Stagnation to Sensation: Aroundhome’s Affiliate Program Overhaul Delivers Unprecedented Results
By: Artefact Germany GmbH Client/Partner: be Around GmbH -
Leading the Way: VEVE’s Browser Advertising Solution Helps Go.Compare Get Ahead of the Competition
By: VEVE Client/Partner: Go.Compare
Best Use of Incentives in Affiliate Marketing


Winner:
Endeavour Group Breaks New Ground with Cashback
By: impact.com
Client/Partner: Endeavour Group, Shopback
Highly Commended:
Doubling up Customer Savings on FWD Savings Insurance!
By: Lodestar Marketing
Client/Partner: FWD
Finalists
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A Powerful Category Takeover: Harnessing Cashback to Give Dell a Competitive Edge in Q4
By: GrowthOps Client/Partner: Dell -
Global Savings Group and Hotels.com: Making Travel More Rewarding While Smashing Revenue Goals
By: Global Savings Group Client/Partner: Hotels.com / Expedia Group -
GrowthOps x Lancôme
By: GrowthOps Client/Partner: Lancôme -
Sky and Giftcloud: Mastering Customer Engagement with Creative Rewards
By: Giftcloud Client/Partner: Sky
Best Paid Search Campaign


Winner:
‘AI’mpactful Paid Search: How AI revolutionised search for SKODA
By: PHD UK
Client/Partner: SKODA
Finalists
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Jack.tm & Secret Sales – Making Gross Profit Skyrocket
By: jack.tm Client/Partner: secretsales.com -
Peak Profits With The Power Of Search
By: jack.tm Client/Partner: OnTheBeach.com
Best Paid Social Campaign


Winner:
TASCHEN, Skai, and Rakuten Advertising Leverage Social to Drive Outstanding Results at Every Step in the Customer Journey
By: Rakuten Advertising
Client/Partner: TASCHEN, Skai
Finalists
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Case-Mate, DMi Partners Leave No Seashell Unturned in Smashing Summer Campaign Performance
By: DMi Partners Client/Partner: Case-Mate -
Clicks for a Cause: Amplifying Redkite’s Impact with Paid Social
By: GrowthOps Client/Partner: Redkite -
Did we do ‘Kenough’ to paint Social Media pink?
By: PHD UK Client/Partner: Warner Bros. Discovery UK&I, Kinetic
COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIP AWARDS
Partnership of the Year


Winner:
Travelling Further Together: The Story of Booking.com and Cashrewards
By: Cashrewards
Client/Partner: Booking.com
Highly Commended:
intent.ly, Webgains ES & Grupo Xcaret: A strategic tech partnership that drives engagement & revenue across 13 websites
By: intent.ly Global
Client/Partner: Webgains ES, Grupo Xcaret
Finalists
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Bold Lips, Bold Moves: How YSL Beauty Conquered Lipstick Day
By: GrowthOps Client/Partner: YSL -
Sweat equity: Awin and lululemon shape up the brand’s affiliate program
By: Awin Client/Partner: lululemon -
Uniqlo Sales Soar Thanks to Innovative YouTube Influencer Campaign
By: Shoplooks Client/Partner: Uniqlo -
Upsellit x Samsung
By: Upsellit Client/Partner: Samsung
GRAND PRIX AWARDS
Best Full Funnel Strategy


Winner:
From Roots to Revenue: Gen3 & The Bouqs’ Full-Funnel Floral Strategy
By: Gen3 Marketing
Client/Partner: The Bouqs
Highly Commended:
Fuel Full-Funnel Success for smart, with DEPT® and Partnerize
By: DEPT®
Client/Partner: Partnerize
Finalists
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From Awareness to Conversion: Lancôme’s Full Funnel Strategy
By: GrowthOps Client/Partner: Lancôme -
Scaling New Heights: The North Face’s Full-Funnel Strategy Revolution with CJ
By: CJ Client/Partner: The North Face
INNOVATION AWARDS
Best Influencer Marketing Campaign


Winner:
Streams of (Un)consciousness
By: PHD UK
Client/Partner: British Heart Foundation, Gamesquare,Twitch
Highly Commended:
Deck the Feeds: Etsy Finds Creator-Affiliate Success During the Holiday Season
By: Awin
Client/Partner: Etsy, Tinuiti
Highly Commended:
Ocean Spray & Captiv8 Slay With a Thanksgiving Debate: Are you #TeamCanned or #TeamHomemade?
By: Captiv8
Client/Partner: Ocean Spray
Finalists
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Rakuten Advertising & Dyson Synergy: Airstrait’s Influencer Breakthrough
By: Rakuten Advertising Client/Partner: Dyson -
Reinvesting in Onboarded Potential: Growth HQ x InvestEngine ISA Campaign 2024
By: Growth HQ Client/Partner: InvestEngine / impact.com -
Supporting the #SmallBusinessOwners on TikTok
By: Brainlabs Client/Partner: Simply Business -
The power of data and creativity in driving influencer marketing results
By: Brainlabs Client/Partner: Designer Parfums -
VINFAST & ACCESSTRADE: Lead Generation through Community Building & Social Media Engagement
By: ACCESSTRADE Client/Partner: VINFAST
Best Use of AI in Performance Marketing

Founded in 2008, advanced store brings CPA-based Performance Display & Retargeting Advertising solutions to market. We help over 600 advertisers, global brands and thousands of publishers worldwide in distributing and using their media budgets efficiently by With our cloud-based and AI-controlled platform, we form the technological interface between advertisers and publishers. In doing so, we follow different paths and offer access to web, mobile, streaming & digital-out-of-home (DOOH). We create industry-specific display, native and social campaigns. From media planning to campaign set-up to ongoing optimisation, we take care of our client’s campaigns and only bill them according to their success. We have been bringing performance based solutions for the retail, travel, telco & finance sectors onto the market since 2008. With our knowledge of the requirements of both advertisers & publishers, we help large and small brands around the world to distribute and use their media budgets efficiently and transparently.

Winner:
Unprecedented ROAS Growth for JOYCITY: Gamelight’s AI Algorithm at Work
By: Gamelight
Client/Partner: JOYCITY
Highly Commended:
Skyscanner jump on AI trend with Beautiful Destinations/AskLayla
By: impact.com
Client/Partner: Skyscanner
Finalists
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AI-mazing Results: Gen3 & ProLon’s Klickly-Powered Growth
By: Gen3 Marketing Client/Partner: ProLon -
CapyFast: Revolutionizing Payments with AI in Performance Marketing
By: Capy Group GmbH -
Peak Profits With The Power Of Search
By: jack.tm Client/Partner: OnTheBeach.com
REGIONAL CAMPAIGN AWARDS
Best Affiliate & Partnership Campaign – APAC


Winner:
VINFAST & ACCESSTRADE: Lead Generation through Community Building & Social Media Engagement
By: ACCESSTRADE
Client/Partner: VINFAST
Highly Commended:
Waking Up to Success: Emma Sleep’s Affiliate Channel Triumph
By: Commission Factory
Client/Partner: Emma Sleep
Finalists
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Attention to detail drives Skyscanner’s success in APAC in 2023
By: impact.com Client/Partner: Skyscanner, impact.com -
From Plateau to Pinnacle: Rakuten Advertising’s Partnership with Chow Sang Sang
By: Rakuten Advertising Client/Partner: Chow Sang Sang -
La Mer’s Strategic Triumph: Revolutionising Affiliate Marketing with CashRewards
By: GrowthOps Client/Partner: CashRewards -
Lodestar Marketing & Puma: Setting the foundations for sustained future program growth
By: Lodestar Marketing Client/Partner: Puma, Impact -
Merry People Deploy Expert Partnership Strategy for International Growth
By: impact.com Client/Partner: Merry People -
The Key to Fraud-Free Growth: Our E-Commerce Campaign in Indonesia
By: Yep Ads
Best Affiliate & Partnership Campaign – Europe


Winner:
Mastering Market Growth & Expansion with Full-Funnel Partnerships Across Western Europe
By: Awin
Client/Partner: SharkNinja Europe
Highly Commended:
Fossil & Rakuten Advertising Double AOV and Boost Profits by Reducing Discounts & Enhancing Brand
By: Rakuten Advertising
Client/Partner: Fossil
Finalists
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Affiliate, Game. Played: With Playstation and Partnerize Software and Services
By: Partnerize Client/Partner: Playstation -
Leveling Up: VEVE’s Gaming-Inspired Strategy Powers Currys’ Online Growth
By: VEVE Client/Partner: Currys
Best Affiliate & Partnership Campaign – MENA


Winner:
Finding the Change that Fuels Growth: Mashreq’s Strategic Excellence in Partnership and Innovation
By: Assembly
Finalists
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Driving Digital Growth for Du: Optimise revolutionises Partnership Performance in UAE
By: Optimise Client/Partner: Du
Best Affiliate & Partnership Campaign – North America


Pie revolutionises online advertising by empowering consumers to control their ad experience. It merges loyalty features like cashback and coupons with a customisable ad blocker, rewarding shoppers for their attention. This innovative approach allows brands to connect with a valuable, previously unreachable audience of ad-block users. Pie’s unique model benefits both consumers and advertisers, creating new opportunities for engagement in the digital marketplace.

Winner:
JD Sports and Rakuten Advertising succeed with “Sneakerheads” and a full-funnel strategy
By: Rakuten Advertising
Client/Partner: JD Sports
Highly Commended:
Bombas x Growth HQ: Implementing an affiliate strategy to drive scalable growth
By: Growth HQ
Client/Partner: Bombas
Highly Commended:
Elevating Affiliate & Partnership Success through Publisher, Brand, and Network Collaboration
By: Upsellit
Client/Partner: Dr Martens
Finalists
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Best Affiliate Marketing Strategy: Minted + DMi + impact.com
By: impact.com Client/Partner: Minted / DMi -
Collective Voice x ShopSimon 2023 Affiliate Partner Strategy
By: Collective Voice Client/Partner: ShopSimon -
Creator-Driven Affiliate Marketing Drives Growth for Adidas
By: Shoplooks Client/Partner: Adidas -
Top-of-Mind to Top-of-Chart: Under Armour’s Record-Breaking Holiday Affiliate Strategy
By: Awin Client/Partner: Under Armour -
U BEAUTY Gets a Partnership Program Makeover on the Partnerize Platform
By: Partnerize Client/Partner: U BEAUTY
Best Affiliate & Partnership Strategy (LATAM)


Winner:
Lightning in a Bottle: Awin & Stanley’s Social Commerce Success Story
By: Awin
Client/Partner: Stanley
Finalists
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Mastering Growth: How Mastercard and Rakuten Advertising Revolutionized Affiliate Marketing in Brazil
By: Rakuten Advertising Client/Partner: Mastercard
Best Affiliate & Partnership Strategy (Southeast Asia)


Winner:
VINFAST & ACCESSTRADE: Lead Generation through Community Building & Social Media Engagement
By: ACCESSTRADE
Client/Partner: VINFAST
Highly Commended:
Elevating Puma’s Partnerships Strategy: The Impact of Lodestar Marketing & impact.com
By: impact.com
Client/Partner: Puma, Lodestar Marketing
Finalists
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How Lodestar Marketing & intent.ly Grew the SEA Affiliate Partnership Pie Together!
By: intent.ly Global -
Optimise & Samsung; Supercharging the Affiliate Strategy; Scaling Across SEA
By: Optimise Client/Partner: Samsung
TEAM & PEOPLE AWARDS
Best Client Development Team


Winner:
Partnermatic: Mastering Client Partnerships and Growth in Performance Marketing
By: Partnermatic
Client/Partner: Rakuten, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Other Main Networks/Agencies
Highly Commended:
Innovative Strategies, Global Success: CJ’s Client Development for Luxottica
By: CJ
Client/Partner: Luxottica
Finalists
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GrowthOps
By: GrowthOps -
Small Teams, Big Dreams: Commission Factory’s Success Story with SMEs
By: Commission Factory
Best Publisher Development Team


Winner:
Rakuten Advertising’s Global Publisher Development Team Supercharges Publisher Performance
By: Rakuten Advertising
Finalists
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CJ Publisher Growth Consultancy Team drives 40% YoY commissions by cultivating publisher potential and amplifying performance
By: CJ -
DMi Partners: Creating Opportunities for Growth Across Our Publisher Ecosystem
By: DMi Partners
Performance Marketing Team of the Year


Winner:
Booster Box: Innovating Performance Marketing with Data-Driven Excellence and Client-Centric Strategies
By: Booster Box
Client/Partner: Taboola, Tenacta Group S.p.A.
Highly Commended:
Partnerize’s Power of One: A Better Way to Partner.
By: Partnerize
Finalists
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DMi Partners: Where Teamwork, Growth, and Performance Converge
By: DMi Partners -
Performance Power: The Energetic, Entrepreneurial, Expert Team
By: Creative Clicks -
Team TopCashback
By: TopCashback -
Tropical Working Life Can Be The New Normal
By: Lodestar Marketing
Rising Star Award (One to Watch)


Winner:
Lee Metters
By: Awin
Finalists
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Eleonora Sparaciari
By: CJ -
Stephanie Bryan
By: GrowthOps
TECH AWARDS
Best Performance Marketing Technology


Winner:
Captiv8 Branded Storefronts Revolutionize Bottom-of-Funnel Influencer Marketing
By: Captiv8
Highly Commended:
Oh là là! Affilizz – the French technology business revolutionising performance marketing for the media industry
By: Affilizz
Finalists
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A-CLO™ by PerformID – Bridging Banking with the Last Click
By: PerformID -
CJ platform extends partnership to connect, amplify, and grow performance marketing across all channels
By: CJ -
NucleusLinks X PzDeals: Maximizing Affiliate Revenue With AI
By: NucleusLinks Client/Partner: PzDeals -
Rakuten Advertising’s Audience Engine Transforms Cookie Deprecation and Privacy-Safe Personalization into Competitive Advantage
By: Rakuten Advertising -
Squared.io – Redefining PPC success through Integrated AI
By: Squared.io -
The Conversion Catalyst: Inflektion Transforms Influencer Marketing with Real-Time Marketing Funnel Personalization
By: Inflektion Client/Partner: Oura Ring