In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by Stacey Hollands, CEO and Creative Director of Lust Minerals, a high performance mineral make-up brand.  Stacey was an experienced beauty consultant and used her knowledge to create the clean makeup products she felt were missing in the industry.  Lust Minerals is vegan certified, paraben-free and Australian made - all non negotiables for Stacey.  The brand launched in 2014 and hit $1 million in sales within the first 18 months.  They continue to grow as an ecommerce powerhouse with turnover of more than $20m.  In this ch ..read more

In this episode of Add To Cart, we checkout Founder and CEO of Snotty Noses, a brand that pretty much does what it says on the tin…provides a practical solution for dealing with the bucket loads of snot that the babies and toddlers in our lives seem to generate from the moment they come into our lives.  If you are not a parent or have had no experience of this phenomenon…you might want to have a look at Snotty Noses Tik Tok channel to get up to speed.  The Snotty Boss, Laura’s hero product, is a motorised nasal aspirator that niftily sucks the snot from your child’s nose at the touch ..read more

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by Jesse Richardson, Founder and CEO of Kitted Thinking Tools and The School of Thought. Around 14 years ago, armed with a background in design and advertising and a man-crush on Stephen Fry, Jesse began a journey to popularise critical thinking, reason and understanding for the greater good.  It started with a Creative Commons poster and deck of cards, grew into a crowd funded offering and is now a SaaS platform and a framework for businesses to harness the benefits of higher order thinking - backed by some of the internet’s biggest thinkers ..read more

In this episode of Add To Cart, we checkout Holly Cardew, founder and CEO of Carted, an app designed to help consumers super charge their shopping game with organisation, comparison, collaboration and sales access.  Holly’s entrepreneurial background saw her selling handbags on Ebay aged 14 and now, several startups and a decade later, Carted is her focus and is drawing the attention of some of Australia’s biggest investors including Blackbird Ventures.   Links from the episode: Holly Cardew from Carted: A Universal API for Shopping Lovers#413 Questions answered in the podcast ..read more

In this episode of Add To Cart, Danny Chiha and Natalie McDermott join us from Kelly + Partners Accountants, an ASX listed company with branches in Australia and expanding globally.  Danny and Nat are both partners at the Northern Beaches branch in Sydney, working with around 50 ecommerce brands with turnover running from $50,000 to $50m.  In this chat, Danny and Nat share what an ecommerce business baseline gross profit margin should be, the non financial KPI’s you need to be paying attention to and how much you should be spending on marketing.  Links from the episode: Kelly+P ..read more

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by Tom Walenkamp, Co founder and CEO of Good Pair Days, a company that have built a custom, personalisation engine to deliver expert wine curation specific to each customer’s taste - in their words, it’s like you’ve got a best mate who’s an award winning sommelier.  A decade after launch, they now have over 65,000 subscribers and were dubbed the ‘Netflix of wine’ by Vogue.  In this chat, Tom shares how they have taken their personalisation recommendation engine to the next level, why their focus prioritises customer satisfaction and value ..read more

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by Martin Filz. CEO of Pureprofile and Anastasia Lloyd-Wallis Chief Operating Officer & Head of Insights at Retail Doctor Group. Experts in research and retail, Martin and Anastasia collected data from 1000 people across all demographics to generate ‘How To Grow Consumer Loyalty’ and they join us to share the findings. In this chat, Martin and Anastasia share what customers want from a loyalty programme, they discuss the attention economy and the Gen Z customer and critical issues of safety and privacy. Plus, we also get insights ..read more

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by Michael Jankie, Gary Tramer and Andrei Safonau, Co founders of NATPAT, a brand creating wearable stickers for kids  infused with essential oils that offer a range of solutions to everyday problems.  There’s a patch to repel mozzies, one to aid sleep and even a sensory patch to alleviate stress and anxiety.  NATPAT started as a D2C brand and is now stocked in retailers throughout Australia as well as the US and UK.  In this chat, we delve into NATPAT’s channel marketing mix and how it works, the team shares how they position t ..read more

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by Bianca Romano Smith, Ecommerce and Digital Manager at VRG GRL, which started life as a retail store in the Brisbane Arcade almost 17 years ago and has grown alongside its sibling founders. After moving online, VRG GRL has more recently shifted from a multi-brand online retail model to a dedicated in-house label. Bianca joined the VRG GRL team earlier this year and comes from a digital marketing and fashion background with previous roles at Universal Store and Black MIlk. In this chat Bianca shares her practical Tik Tok tips, how her te ..read more

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by Holly Cardew, founder and CEO of Carted, an app designed to help consumers super charge their shopping game with organisation, comparison, collaboration and sales access.  Holly’s entrepreneurial background saw her selling handbags on Ebay aged 14 and now, several startups and a decade later, Carted is her focus and is drawing the attention of some of Australia’s biggest investors including Blackbird Ventures.  In this chat, Holly shares how Carted works, with the product API at its core but a front-facing consumer offering using that ..read more