Boots Treat Street Shortlisted for the A4U Awards

Boots Treat Street has been shortlisted for the AFU Awards Best New Entrant award

2011-04-30

LONDON, ENGLAND, April 30, 2011 (Press-News.org) Boots Treat Street has announced it has been short listed for the AFU Awards Best New Entrant Award.

Boot Treat Street is a relative newcomer to the industry, so this nomination is good recognition for it early on, especially within such a respected affiliate community. Winning the award could see Boots Treat Street gaining a lot of new interest, but just being nominated is still good recognition for the company.

Affiliates4U.com is a website for around 50,000 affiliate marketing professionals who stay updated and discuss the latest news and trends within Performance Marketing. It is a large community for UK based affiliates.

Sharon Dawson, customer experience & marketing manager for Boots Treat Street commented: "Being nominated for this award is a great achievement for Boots Treat Street. The Affiliates4U.com community is well respected within the UK, so for Treat Street to be acknowledged is a great sign of our progress into the market. We believe that Treat Street offers great value for new and existing customers, who wish to treat themselves following a purchase online through our website.

"We plan on expanding dramatically in 2011, and increasing our presence within affiliate communities, so are looking forward to seeing the results of the awards."

The Best New Entrant award is aimed at anyone who has entered or re-entered the Performance Marketing sector within the last year and who have really made an impression with their activity. The award is sponsored by Carrentals.co.uk and other nominees include Affilinet for Matalan, Affiliate Window for Best Buy, myThings with Commission Junction and The metamorphosis of Artemis8 into Found. The winners will be announced on 17th May 2011.

About Boots Treat Street:
Established in 2010, Boots Treat Street has enabled tens of thousands of customers to collect Boots Points with every purchase they make online through the website. Customers shopping through Treat Street collect at least one point for every GBP1 spent with selected stores.

As part of the Alliance Boots group, Treat Street offers vouchers, discount codes and products from the high-street's biggest retailers including Comet, Currys and the Apple Store and also online retailers, such as eBay, Lovefilm and Play.com. Customers can also collect fashion discount codes such as ASOS discount codes, Miss Selfridge, Laura Ashley, New Look, Monsoon, Topman and Burton.

Website: http://www.treatstreet.boots.com

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