Mercury Order is designed to help make \u2018shop local\u2019 digital by giving local, independent retailers everywhere a cost-effective online ordering system for their customers.<\/p>\n
The software was designed during lockdown by Derry-based digital growth agency, Grofuse, to allow smaller retailers to offer online shopping for home delivery and collection, as well as helping them to compete online against supermarket multiples.<\/p>\n
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 has shortlisted the retail software in two separate awards categories: \u2018Best E-commerce in Lockdown\u2019 and \u2018Best E-Commerce Technology Innovation\/Best Product at the E-Commerce Expo\u2019.<\/p>\n
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
\u201cWe wanted to highlight great companies doing great things over a very difficult and unpredictable period. It\u2019s a really great achievement to be on the shortlist.\u201d<\/p>\n
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
\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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\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
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