Retail Zipline COVID-19 Digital Resource Selected as Honorable Mention in Software Category of Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards

Retail Zipline, the leading communication and execution platform for retailers, has been named to Fast Company’s accredited annual list of World Changing Ideas for 2021 as an honorable mention in the Software category. The list features businesses, policies, projects, and concepts that are actively engaged and deeply committed to pursuing innovation across every industry. 

Now in its fifth year, the World Changing Ideas Awards showcases 33 winners, more than 400 finalists, and more than 800 honorable mentions—with Health and Wellness, AI & Data among the most popular categories. A panel of eminent Fast Company editors and reporters selected winners and finalists from a pool of more than 4,000 entries across transportation, education, food, politics, technology, that strived to make the world a better place. 

“We’re truly honored to have our communications technology featured by Fast Company as a World Changing Idea as 2020 turned the retail landscape upside down,” Melissa Wong, CEO and co-founder of Retail Zipline. “Retail Zipline’s COVID-19 Hub will continue to be a thriving digital resource that easily aggregates and personalizes complicated information and resources into bite-size pieces. Our solution helps make the complex simple and enables retailers to lead their teams through unforeseen challenges smoothly and safely.”

Retail Zipline launched the COVID-19 Hub at the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020 to help retail teams navigate constantly evolving safety protocols. The product, free-of-charge to all retailers, aims to keep retail workers and customers informed and safe. As COVID-19 protocols change daily at both the state and city levels, Retail Zipline resources can be customized by location and include resources for store operations, health and safety tips, best practices, training docs, in-store tasks, direct messaging, time-sensitive notifications and more.

Retail Zipline’s COVID-19 Hub is now loved by 263,101 store associates in 30,400 stores across the world, giving them peace of mind when it comes to store communication, task organization and compliance. The COVID-19 HUB now helps HQ communicate information in real-time to store fleets and track execution of tasks, which boosts productivity, improves employee engagement and saves brands time and money. Leading retailers AEO Inc., L.L.Bean, Hy-Vee Inc., Lush Cosmetics, BevMo! and others depend on Retail Zipline to keep teams connected on one platform, boost engagement and drive efficiency across each store. 

“There is no question our society and planet are facing deeply troubling times. So, it’s important to recognize organizations that are using their ingenuity, impact, design, scalability, and passion to solve these problems,” says Stephanie Mehta, editor-in-chief of Fast Company. “Our journalists, under the leadership of senior editor Morgan Clendaniel, have discovered some of the most groundbreaking projects that have launched since the start of 2020.”

About Retail Zipline
Retail Zipline is the leading communication and in-store execution platform for retailers. Built with the complexities of retail in mind, Retail Zipline helps HQ streamline and coordinate communications with the field, in a way that makes store teams happier and more productive. The company received a Net Promoter Score of 78 and was recently named a Modern Retail Awards finalist for its use of technology in retail and Great Place to Work-Certified for its employee engagement, culture, and healthy work-life balance. To find open roles, please visit our career page. 

About the World Changing Ideas Awards
World Changing Ideas is one of Fast Company’s major annual awards programs and is focused on social good, seeking to elevate finished products and brave concepts that make the world better. A panel of judges from across sectors choose winners, finalists, and honorable mentions based on feasibility and the potential for impact. With the goals of awarding ingenuity and fostering innovation, Fast Company draws attention to ideas with great potential and helps them expand their reach to inspire more people to start working on solving the problems that affect us all

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