For some fortunate business owners, the pandemic presented unprecedented opportunities for growth, and Eva Pau, operations director of Asia Market, was poised to exploit that potential. The Image Businesswoman of the Year 2022 had begun a project six years ago to develop an online shopping platform for her family firm’s business, in addition to their Drury Street and Ballymount stores. By the time we were housebound and desperately searching for inspiration, and access to ingredients, for our home cooking marathons, she had implemented an ecommerce system that has since grown from an initial offering of 350 items to more than 4,000 products that can be delivered anywhere in Ireland.
