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Anthony Ryans Website www.ShopCookware.ie Shortlisted for Golden Spider Award
13 Nov 2008
Anthony Ryans, one of Galway’s longest established and most successful retailers of clothing, lingerie, fashion, cookware, homeware, curtains, luggage & linens, has been named as a finalist in the Eircom Golden Spider Awards for Best Retail and Home Shopping Website for its new online cookware website www.shopcookware.ie. The award winners will be announced at the eircom Golden Spiders awards ceremony taking place on Thursday, November 20th, 2008 at The Burlington Hotel in Dublin.
“Our homewares store has enjoyed year on year growth since it opened three years ago, we were looking at ways to grow the business and having analysed many different options we felt that developing an internet strategy was key. In fact, our strategic move to the Internet couldn’t have happened at a better time, it has already proved fruitful and has been welcomed by online shoppers. shopcookware.ie allows us to attract and market to a national customer base and expand into new geographic markets with minimal risk” said Managing Director Anthony Ryan
Shopcookware.ie, launched in July 2008, is already enjoying record success and has become Ireland’s premier online cookware & kitchenware destination. The site aims to bring Irish customers the best value and unbeatable prices in top quality cookware & tableware such as Denby, Le Creuset, WMF, Stellar, Prestige Meyer, Jamie Oliver and many more. Commenting on the launch, Anthony Ryan stated “We wanted to make available nationally the offers Galway customers have been enjoying for years. Shopcookware.ie allows us to do this, delivering fantastic value to Irish consumers nationwide. Delivery is free when you spend over €50 on the site and goods will be couriered safely to the address specified at a time that’s convenient” he concluded.
In a time when consumers are understandably becoming more cautious with their hard earned cash, they look for value. Anthony Ryans & Shopcookware.ie have tailored their market offering to deliver competitively priced products coupled with 100 years of excellent customer service, delivering true value to the customer.
Shopcookware.ie is the first of a number of websites Anthony Ryans are launching over the next few months. When complete Anthony Ryans will be offering a range of online products such as curtains, blinds, giftware, linens and luggage to name but a few, so watch this space!
About the Golden Spider Awards
The eircom Golden Spider Awards now in their 12th year, are an annual event honouring Irish individuals and organisations for their outstanding achievements online and celebrate high achievement in digital creativity and innovation.
For more information visit www.goldenspiders.ie
About Anthony Ryans
Anthony Ryans was established in 1909 when Anthony Ryan and his wife Katherine set up a family drapery store on the same location as the shop today. From small beginnings the company established a firm trading position in the heart of Galway. Anthony Ryans currently offers a wide selection of clothing brands for men, women and children, lingerie and fashion accessories. From its flagship homewares store it also offers an extensive selection of tableware, cookware, bed linens, curtains, luggage, electrical and much more.
For more information log on to www.anthonyryans.com or www.shopcookware.ie