According to IGA, Tyler Myers, president and CEO of The Myers Group has been named USA retailer of the year. Myers was acknowledged for his work at Juneau Foodland IGA in Juneau, Alaska, where he increased sales by 45 per cent and customer counts—by 30 per cent.
The awards are given to companies that achieve excellence in retailing and advancement of the IGA brand. Other retailers who previously received the Retailer of the Year award are Nick and Spero Chapley (owners of two IGA stores in Frewville, Australia), Martin Dorville (owner of nine Super J IGA stores in Saint Lucia) and Shiquan Shen (owner of Ximay Homay Business Co. in Xinyang, China).
