“It was an absolutely fantastic evening; it was just such
a brilliant atmosphere and so many people attended. I
had no clue whatsoever that we’d even be in the running
for Vape Shop of the Year, it was the last award of the
evening and when it came up with the third place, then
second place with Premier E-Cigs I thought, “If they’ve
got second then we don’t stand a chance because they’ve
got a lot more shops than we have,” and then my logo
came up and I was absolutely speechless. I’m just over
the moon, thrilled; I can’t describe how much it means to
us.”
– Helen Seward, The Puffin Hut, Vape Shop of the Year
“I’m absolutely humbled and, in the
moment, I was speechless. It’s an absolute
honour to win the Best Branding and
Marketing award for 2019, we’ve won this
award three years in a row now which
is absolutely amazing considering this
award has only been out for four years.
It’s just an absolute honour and privilege,
people have actually recognised the work
that we’ve put in and it means so much.”
– Yas Karwa, Nasty Juice, Best Branding and
Marketing, Industry Leader
“It’s fantastic to have recognition for all of the hard work
that the team have put in over the last nine months, to
come from not even being part of the vaping industry to
being recognised as somebody that’s making a significant
contribution is a real big thing. We’ve already had
distributors and retailers coming to us and telling us that
they want to stock our liquids, so just having the industry
recognise us has already had an impact, so thank you
Vapouround for recognising us!”
– Stuart Anderson, Red Liquids, Best Up and Coming Brand
“I’ve got a video of me screaming when the award was
announced. I know it’s a really tough category and it’s a big
one for those that are trying to give up smoking, obviously
the largest part of the market is for people who are trying
to give up smoking and vaping does a lot for that group,
so that’s why I totally didn’t expect to win that category for
us and it was a massive shock. We launched that brand
and that product in October 2018 and we just didn’t think
that, in a market like this where there are some very well-
known brands, we would win because the competition is
really tough. It just means a lot to us, it really does.”
– Quyen Pham, Juccier by Jucce E-Liquids, Best Tobacco
“It’s amazing, we feel that all the hard work we’ve put in has been recognised. It’s a great surprise to have won, we
knew that we should have been in the running because we have something different, but to win it was an absolute
surprise. With this being a new award, it’s just magnified the feeling of the win as well, it’s amazing and I’m glad to
have seen this award category approached too.”
– Zubair Patel, Kilo E-liquids, Best Pod System
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