Voted Product of the Year is the world’s largest consumer-voted award for product innovation. Established in France in 1987, Voted Product of the Year currently operates in 37 countries around the world with the same purpose: to guide consumers to the best new products available on the market and reward industries for product innovation.
Products must have national distribution and demonstrate meaningful consumer innovation.
General categories of eligible product entries include all FMCG products but also electrical appliances, home maintenance products, digital products and services, … We can also innovate in terms of categories.
We accept entries from products that demonstrate innovation in their function, design, packaging or ingredients.
OUR VALUES
Reliability
Efficiency
Consistency
Respect
Commitment
FIGURES
According to Nielsen France research figures:
(April 2011)
KEY DIFFERENTIATORS FROM OTHER PRODUCT AWARDS
Compared to competitors, Voted Product of the Year award is one of the oldest business to consumers awards present on the worldwide FMCG market.
Voted Product of the Year is global and can be implemented in any category of FMCG products present on the market.
Thanks to its licensees’ network, Voted Product of the Year has established itself in 37 countries and therefore benefits from a worldwide recognition.
In markets where Voted Product of the Year is present, it is positioned as a gold standard.
WHAT MAKES POY UNIQUE?
Trust
In operation for many decades, Voted Product of the Year has had the opportunity to establish relations of trust with retail industry’s major innovation leaders, such as Procter & Gamble, Unilever, L’Oréal, Johnson & Johnson or Nestlé.
Global
Voted Product of the Year has a globally expanding footprint that stands in 40 countries at this stage. Each country operates in pursuit of a similar goal: to guide consumers to the most innovative products in the market.
Independent
Voted Product of the Year rewards innovation through some of the largest independent consumer surveys, which are conducted by global leaders in market research, such as TNS, GFK or Nielsen.
Proven results
Over the last 3 years in France, average sales of participating products have increased by 25,5%.