The 2018 Golden Link Awards are just around the corner and we wanted to extend a big congratulations to all our finalists this year! The award show will be held Wednesday, June 27th in the ballroom at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge.
Take a look below to see who’s made the list!
The Choice Awards are now open! Make sure to cast your vote between now and Friday, June 8th.
An enormous thank you to our panel of industry judges:
- Melissa Campanelli – Editor-in-Chief and Content Director for Total Retail; Co-Founder of the Women in Retail Leadership Circle
- Chris Trayhorn – CEO and Founder of mThink
- Pippa Chambers – Online Editor of AdNews
- Peter Figueredo – Partner & Head of Client Services of House of Kaizen and Affiliate Benchmarks
- Tricia Meyer – Executive Director or the Performance Marketing Association
- Susan Borst – Vice President of the IAB
| Category | Finalists |
| Advertiser and Publisher Collaboration | Bloomingdale’s & Beyond Fashion Discovery App |
| Gilt & Dealmoon | |
| Macy’s & The Krazy Coupon Lady | |
| Robb Vices & CNN Underscored | |
| Topshop/Topman (Arcadia brands) & Stylinity | |
| Affiliate Manager of the Year (Advertiser) | Jessica Joyner – Wells Fargo |
| Kristina Castaldo – Bobbi Brown (Estee Lauder Company) | |
| Neil Baker – JPMorgan Chase | |
| Rachel Brown – Hudson Bay Company, including Hudson’s Bay, Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, OFF 5th, & Gilt | |
| Simon Hofmeister – ASOS | |
| Affiliate Manager of the Year (Publisher) | Bret Cassata – Mr. Rebates |
| Erin Mack – Clarus Commerce | |
| Jillian Posada – TopCashBack | |
| Laura Press – Dealmoon | |
| Patrick Cronin – Upromise | |
| Best Global Strategy | ASOS |
| MATCHESFASHION.COM | |
| Nasty Gal | |
| River Island | |
| Sephora | |
| Best Influencer Strategy | COACH |
| Free People | |
| Lilly Pulitzer | |
| Macy’s | |
| Talbots | |
| Best Multi-Channel Performance | Bally |
| JanSport | |
| Juice Beauty | |
| PacSun | |
| Peter Thomas Roth | |
| Best Use of Data-Driven Marketing | Hilton |
| Microsoft | |
| Neiman Marcus | |
| Nordstrom | |
| RevLifter | |
| Wikibuy | |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Amandine Chow – UNIQLO |
| Herschel Thompson – Bloomingdale’s | |
| James Little – TopCashBack | |
| Kevin Joyce – Brad’s Deals | |
| Kim Idom – Sam’s Club | |
| Matthew Gordon – GameStop | |
| Most Innovative Campaign | iConsumer.com |
| PacSun | |
| Sam’s Club | |
| Tailored Brands | |
| Walmart & Buzzfeed | |
| New Rising Star Advertiser | COS, part of H&M Group |
| Hulu | |
| Kate Spade | |
| Lyft | |
| MAC Cosmetics (Estee Lauder Company) | |
| Urban Outfitters | |
| New Rising Star Publisher | Beyond Fashion Discovery App |
| Button/Ibotta Mobile Web | |
| JoinPiggy.com | |
| Stylight | |
| OPM Agency of the Year | Affiliate Marketing Dynamics (AMDX) |
| Gen 3 Marketing | |
| OPM Pros | |
| PartnerCentric | |
| PMX Agency | |
| Publisher’s Choice | ASOS |
| AT&T | |
| Bloomingdale’s | |
| JPMorgan Chase | |
| Dyson | |
| Macy’s | |
| Saks Fifth Avenue | |
| Sam’s Club | |
| Advertiser’s Choice | 55Haitao |
| Buzzfeed | |
| Cartera | |
| CNN Underscored | |
| CreditKarma | |
| Dealmoon | |
| Honey | |
| RetailMeNot | |
| ShopStyle | |
| TopCashBack |
Need another reason to attend?
Saturday Night Live’s Alex Moffat will host the Golden Link Awards at DealMaker New York! Alex Moffat is a New York-based actor, stand-up, writer, and current cast member on Saturday Night Live. He hails from Chicago where he performed with The Second City’s Bizco and Boatco, The Annoyance, iO, Zanies, The Comedy Bar, and The Public House Theater. He appeared in NBC’s sketch comedy pilot and can be seen in the films “A Conspiracy On Jekyll Island” with Minnie Driver and “Uncle John” with John Ashton.
Tickets to attend the Golden Link Awards are $175 and can be added on to your DealMaker New York registration. Click here to modify your registration or email events@mail.rakuten.com.
You don’t want to miss this!
