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LiquidShop Successful Ecommerce Award Winner Announced

There are a number of established ecommerce awards that, quite rightly, recognise and celebrate existing commercial success, but none of these seeks to create this success. Launched at the start of the 2010, the LiquidShop Successful Ecommerce Award offered real practical and financial help to a fledgling ecommerce business or an entrepreneur with a potentially winning idea to help them to build a successful online retail website.

The competition was sponsored by leading names in the ecommerce world, including Sitemakers, Sage Pay, and IMRG. The competition was also supported by Ecommerce Expo, with the winner, Fashion Capital, announced at the Ecommerce Expo North event at Manchester United FC Old Trafford on 27th May.

The Award was presented to Emily Tullet, fashioncapital.co.uk Manager, by Managing Director of Sitemakers Ltd, Nick Pratt. The prize includes the LiquidShop ecommerce platform and full website design, hosting and on-going support from Sitemakers for 12 months, Sage Pay payment card services, ISIS and IDIS (Internet Delivery is Safe) accreditation from IMRG. The total value of the prize is approaching £20,000.
There was a shortlist of strong entries for the Award, and the judges, including Sitemakers, Sage Pay, IMRG and high street retailer Tripp, had a challenge to pick out the eventual winner. Fashion Capital was selected because of a clear business case they made for an ecommerce website to help promote clothing produced by emerging fashion designers. Fashion Capital is a not-for-profit organisation established to nurture fashion design talent in the UK. They provide mentoring and practical help to their members including access to wholesale sales channels, a UK based manufacturing facility and a small chain of retail boutiques. The missing element is ecommerce, and their clear proposals for introducing this retail channel caught the imagination of the judges.


We now begin the task of working closely with Fashion Capital to help them create a successful online retail website for the benefit of their fashion designers.

Do you have the next winning ecommerce idea? To request an application for the next award that will be announced at Ecommerce Expo on 19th October 2010 go to Http://www.sitemakers.co.uk/success