Unlock 2026 PX Champions Awards: Celebrating the Teams Shaping the New Age of Commerce

At Unlock 2026, we celebrated the people and teams redefining what great product experiences look like.

The PX Champions Awards recognize organizations that are transforming product information into a competitive advantage, connecting teams, streamlining operations, and delivering richer, more consistent experiences across every customer touchpoint.

From building scalable product data foundations, to creating compelling product stories and expanding across channels and markets, this year’s winners demonstrate how strong product experiences drive real business impact.

Here are the 2026 PX Champion Award winners.

The Digital Foundation Award

The Digital Foundation Award honors teams that turned fragmented product information into a scalable, reliable single source of truth.

These organizations built strong operational foundations with Akeneo Product Cloud, improving governance, accelerating supplier onboarding, and preparing their businesses for future growth, compliance, and AI-driven commerce. 

Winner: LG Electronics USA.

LG Electronics USA transformed its product data operations by centralizing product specifications and streamlining governance in Akeneo PIM. 

The impact was immediate:

• Product data processing became 71% faster, shrinking from one week to just two days
• The data model scaled from 110 attributes to more than 1,000
• Teams reduced dependency on spreadsheets and manual processes.

Congratulations to LG Electronics USA for building a product foundation designed for speed, scale, and long-term agility.

The Product Storyteller Award

The Product Storyteller Award celebrates teams that use product content to create better buying experiences. 

By enriching and optimizing product information, these organizations help customers discover, understand, and confidently purchase products across digital channels.

Winner: Tanner

Tanner transformed technical product data into engaging digital product experience with Akeneo PIM.

By enriching product content, the team improved product discoverability, increased conversions, and returns, helping customers make more confident purchasing decisions.

Success was evident early:

• Reduced the time required to launch new product lines online, creating a meaningful competitive advantage
• Allowed internal teams to focus on digital marketing and user experience, and less on manual data management.
• Improved eCommerce conversion rates by presenting technical information

Congratulations to Tanner for proving great product content does not just inform customers, it drives performance.

The Market Maker Award

The Market Maker Award recognizes teams that excel at omnichannel product experiences.

These organizations successfully scale product information across marketplaces, retailers, eCommerce sites, and global markets while maintaining accuracy, consistency, and speed.

Winner: Petra

Using Akeneo PIM and Akeneo Activation, Petra centralized more than 15,000 SKUs and automated marketplace listings across channels.

The team also eliminated duplicate workflows and replaced two vendor contracts, creating a more efficient and scalable operating model.

The result:

• replaced the third-party aggregator model to reduce cost and complexity
• Leverage AI-powered tools to enrich product content
• More consistent product experiences across channels

Congratulations to the Petra team for turning operational complexity into a competitive advantage.

The Growth Architect Award 

The Growth Architect Award celebrates organizations that turn product experience insights into measurable business growth.

These teams continuously optimize their operations, using automation, analytics, and performance data to improve efficiency and maximize impact.

Winner: AutoQuotes.

AutoQuotes optimized product enrichment workflows in Akeneo PIM using automation and rules-based processes in partnership with Sitation.

The results speak for themselves:

• 71% reduction in cost per enriched SKU 
• A 55% increase in enrichment output
• Nearly 16,000 products updated in a single day. 

Congratulations to AutoQuotes for demonstrating how operational excellence can fuel scalable growth.

The PX Champions of the Year

The PX Champions of the Year award recognizes organizations that have fully embraced product experience as a strategic business capability.

These companies demonstrate end-to-end excellence across the Akeneo Product Cloud, elevating product experience management from an operational necessity to a true competitive differentiator.

2026 Global PX Champions of the Year

• Fullscript (North America)
• ASSA ABLOY (Northern Europe)
• Syncro Diffusion (Southern Europe)
• tectake (Central & Eastern Europe).

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners and nominees. Your innovation, collaboration, and commitment to better product experiences continue to raise the bar for modern commerce.

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