The winner of numerous consumer awards, Jawbone features a uniquely stylish design and is part of the permanent collection at various museums including New York MOMA.
That kind of democra-fetishism might make sense for consumer awards like The Webbies – which, perversely, are awarded by a cabal of insiders – but it's completely ludicrous for an event specifically aimed at industry professionals.
The company has also received various industry and consumer awards.
In June 2010, D'Souza was crowned as the "Brand Ambassador of the Year" at the CNBC Awaaz consumer awards, for endorsing nine brands.
The Covent Garden area has over 60 pubs and bars; several of them are listed buildings, with some also on CAMRA's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors; some, such as The Harp in Chandos Place, have received consumer awards.
The Financial Times' website, FT.com, is among the sites nominated for the best consumer site award, as is Associated New Media's personal finance site, ThisisMoney.co.uk, and Asian lifestyle portal RedHotCurry.com.com
The Chicago Tribune won the consumer reporting award for accounts of deaths and injuries among children exposed to lead-tainted toys, defective cribs and other dangerous products in a series, reported in China and America, that led to product recalls and import changes.
Jawfish Games took home the "Best Consumer 2.0" award for its online multiplayer tournament platform, which enables companies or groups to host scalable, cross-platform tournaments in which players can compete in the same field of play across multiple devices.
The company previously won GE's Consumer Innovation Award in the 2010 Ecomagination Challenge, for its SmartBox Solar module design, which is a "plug-n-play" solar concept for the home.
