Ireland’s local retailers should prepare for winter lockdowns now by offering online click and collect and/or home delivery services to their shoppers, according to Irish digital growth agency Grofuse. The Derry-based company has developed the new Mercury Order online ordering system which provides fast and easy ordering for customers, and is simple to manage for retailers. Mercury Order gives retailers ...
Retailers and wholesalers are being thrown a lifeline of free click and collect, and home delivery software, to help combat the fallout of the latest coronavirus lockdowns. With shoppers fearful of travelling to their local stores amid the latest outbreak, technology company Grofuse is offering the free set-up of its Mercury Order online ordering software with the added bonus for ...
Local retailers are going digital to prepare for the ‘golden quarter’ and Christmas trading period by offering online ordering services to their customers, according to digital growth agency, Grofuse. Grofuse director, Ian Cullen, said: “More and more small retail businesses are considering the addition of click and collect and/delivery services, as in-store trade plummets due to the current Covid-19 situation. ...
The number of daily infections is rising and business owners must start to ‘pandemic proof’ their business. Retailers may already have prepared for a second wave of the virus by investing in an e-commerce strategy, which could become their business’ lifeline. More than 3,700 businesses closed as a result of the first lockdown, with Primark losing an estimated £800 million ...
Mercury Order is being further developed thanks to financial support from the European Union’s Research & Development Fund and Invest Northern Ireland. The proposed one year R&D project is designed to facilitate Grofuse in continuing to develop Mercury Order as a leading online ordering platform for smaller, local, independent retailers – to help make shopping local digital. With ...
E-commerce may represent the most effective opportunity for retailers to make it through lockdown, particularly by allowing them to maximise on essential festive trade this winter. The last three months of the year in the run up to Christmas are generally responsible for the majority of sales in retail. It is also going to be a challenging time for ...
With Halloween approaching, retailers can leverage seasonal shifts to great effect with the right e-commerce solution, according to digital growth agency, Grofuse. As consumer habits change due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there are questions as to how retailers should make the most of Halloween this year. The most recent data from Statista found that the UK spent £419 million on ...
Consumer demand for home delivery and click and collect services is soaring, and as retailers seek out solutions many are confused as to which online ordering system is best for their businesses. Mercury Order has compiled a table to compare multiple features such as software integration and pricing to help you determine the best online ordering system for you and your customers ...
Local retailers are moving online to compete with the ecommerce giants and save their Christmas trade, according to digital growth agency, Grofuse. Amazon and other ecommerce sellers have done significantly well out of this pandemic, and in order to compete with the ecommerce giant and keep their customers, smaller retailers must be selling online, says Grofuse Director Ian Cullen. ...