{"id":5838,"date":"2020-10-14T14:29:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T14:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mercuryorder.wpengine.com\/ie-news\/derry-company-nominated-for-prestigious-award-for-innovation-during-the-covid-19-lockdown\/"},"modified":"2020-10-17T15:33:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T15:33:16","slug":"derry-company-nominated-for-prestigious-award-for-innovation-during-the-covid-19-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mercuryorder.com\/ie\/in-the-media-ie\/derry-company-nominated-for-prestigious-award-for-innovation-during-the-covid-19-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Derry company nominated for prestigious award for innovation during the COVID-19 lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Mercury Order is designed by locally-based digital growth agency Grofuse to help make \u2018shop local\u2019 digital by giving local, independent retailers everywhere an online ordering system for their customers.<\/p>\n<p>Mercury Order has now been nominated as a finalist in one of the world\u2019s leading e-commerce trade exhibitions, the E-Commerce Expo 2020.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the E-Commerce Expo 2020 said the new \u2018best in lockdown\u2019 category had been introduced to showcase innovation during the Covid-19 fallout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to highlight great companies doing great things over a very difficult and unpredictable period. It&#8217;s a really great achievement to be on the shortlist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grofuse Director Ian Cullen said Mercury Order was conceived as panic set in among retailers and shoppers at the beginning of the coronavirus lockdown in March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEssential in tough times and convenient for all times, Mercury Order was conceived amid the chaos of the Covid-19 pandemic to help safeguard business for small, independent retailers while affording protection to their staff and their customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMercury Order champions efforts to create a level playing field for local retailers everywhere, as they fight back against the online surge of larger supermarket multiples. Our software is the cost-effective solution for grocers, butchers, bakers, delis, farmers\u2019 markets\/greengrocers and others to make \u2018shop local\u2019 digital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 E-Commerce Expo and Technology for Marketing event attracted around 15,000 delegates to London\u2019s Olympia where 150 exhibitors showcased their products and services.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s leading industry event will take place virtually over three days with more than 60 seminar\u2019s and over 50 expert speakers in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>The winners will be announced virtually at 5pm on Wednesday, September 30, during the ECommerce Expo &amp;amp; Technology for Marketing virtual 2020 exhibition, which runs from September 29 to October 1.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Derry company is in the running for a prestigious international award for innovation during the Covid-19 lockdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-5838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-media-ie","tag-mercury-order-shortlisted-for-top-award-ie"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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