Add To Cart: Australia’s eCommerce Show

In this episode of Add To Cart, we checkout a guy who aims to make the valuation and trading of ecommerce business much more realistic and fair.  Blake Hutchison is the CEO of Flippa -  a global marketplace for buying and selling online businesses.  Founded in 2009, Flippa has 3 million users worldwide who can browse for content sites, SaaS businesses, ecommerce businesses, apps and digital servic...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by Caleb Marshall, CEO and founder of Tropeaka, a health food and nutrition company making and selling premium ingredient products such as protein powders, superfoods and, wait for it, beauty custard.  After being diagnosed with Chronic fatigue in 2016, Caleb spent alot of time in specialist shops building his health from within, an experience which le...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we checkout Alice Williams, founder of Ovira, a period pain relief device.  So much more than just a medical solution, Ovira are doing loads to make the conversation around periods, vaginas and women’s health… normal.  At the time of recording, they are killing it on TikTok and have the most followers of any brand in Australia.   Links from the episode: Koala Eco Al...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by Adam Sharon-Zipser, founder of Giftnote,  a Shopify app which allows gift givers to have an SMS or email arrive to the gift recipient within 30 minutes of their delivery. This solves the problem of impersonal, or even worse, unknown deliveries. Adam is also the founder of Elephant Room, an ecommerce agency that helps ecommerce brands grow through pa...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we checkout David Fogarty, Founder of The Oodie, the original oversized wearable blanket that turned Davie’s last $500 into a 250 million dollar business and now sits inside The Davie Group alongside Pupnaps, ZoeTech, Australian Furniture Warehouse and more.  Links from the episode: Davie Fogarty from The Oodie: The Fad That Stuck Around | #271 Questions answered in...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by Shane Lenton, Co founder and CEO of The Wishlist, has spent the last 14 years growing the digital capabilities at Cue and his new venture is offering a solution to the problem of clogged camera rolls everywhere.  The Wishlist allows shoppers to save product items for review and purchase later, online or instore.  It gives retailers the ability to ca...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we checkout Kelly Jamieson, who founded Edible Blooms as a small family business, keen to bring moments of joy in the form of sweet treat bouquets to as many people as possible.  Now, 17 years later, Edible Blooms has grown to include gourmet gift hampers and living plant gift deliveries and took out the 2022 Canstar Most Satisfied Customers Award.  Links from the e...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by a founder who launched her brand in 2018 after finding a perfect match with an Instagram personality and hasn’t looked back.  Gemma Crowe is the Founder of Infamous Swim, an Australian label for women who want to feel empowered in their swimwear no matter what stage of life they’re at.  With striking prints and options for matching with family, the...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we checkout Harry Dixon, Rory Garton-Smith and Elliot Rampono, Co founders of Checkmate, an app that plugs into safari on your mobile to automatically provide savings while you shop.  The team has an eclectic mix of talents and backgrounds - one is an entrepreneur and partnerships expert, another a trend setting data scientist and the third, a former musician who’s...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by Gavin Ballard, CEO and Founder of Submarine, a Shopify add-on that helps brands and agencies push the limits of what ecommerce platforms can do for subscriptions, membership crowdfunding and more. It’s a unique and fascinating approach because it is essentially giving developers and agencies the keys to create unique experiences - rather than delive...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we checkout Jane Cay, founder and CEO of birdsnest, one of Australia’s biggest fashion success stories.  Leaving a job with IBM to adopt a small clothing business in regional NSW back in 2004, Jane has grown birdsnest to a staff of 150, serving a community of women with styled outfit inspiration, express delivery, above and beyond customer service, no hassle returns...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by Lou Kendall, Co-founder and Co-owner of Louenhide.  Started 16 years ago as a party plan business, Louenhide grew from the unmistakable popularity of brightly coloured handbags that Lou and her friend Heidi, noticed was a gap in the market.  Doubling down on bold bags was the right decision and now the brand ​​is a favourite of many, sold in over a...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we checkout Ash Hudson from Retail Global.  Having worked around the globe for the past eight years running events in the Middle East, North America, India, Europe and the UK, Ash brings a wealth of cross-cultural experience to Retail Global and now holds the position of CEO.  Retail Global runs major retail conferences with the aim of maximising the performance of...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by Tom Ferrier, Founder of Greener - a service and an app to help retailers and consumers measure and reduce their environmental impact - and power the green economy. Tom will explain it in this episode but he is helping retailers reduce and offset their emissions - while attracting like-minded customers who are interested in sustainability - almost an...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we checkout Erica Berchtold, CEO of The Iconic. Erica is one of the most influential leaders in the retail landscape and Add to Cart’s most requested guest, the one person you all want to hear from - Erica Berchtold, CEO of The Iconic. The Iconic is Australia’s very own online fashion powerhouse, committed to customer and at the forefront of technology and innovatio...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by a guest who, at the time of recording, has the most TikTok followers of any brand in Australia. No it’s not Nike. It’s not Culture Kings. And no it’s not Add To Cart. It is Ovira. Alice Williams is the founder of Ovira, a period pain relief device.  I’ve known Alice a while now and always love chatting to her. Whenever you have an inkling of what sh...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we checkout Shaun Broughton, Managing Director for APAC and Japan from Shopify. With previous roles at Lego and Microsoft, Shaun is now spearheading Shopify’s expanding presence in the world’s largest market for retail eCommerce, amounting to nearly $2.9 trillion in 2021.  Links from the episode: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Shaun Broughton from Shopify and Zhoe L...

In this special Explainer episode brought to you by the team at Retail Global , we are going to dive into what it means to be customer centric with one of the keynote speakers of the conference and global customer champion, Martin Newman. Martin is one of the world’s leading authorities on customer centricity, and a force for positive change for consumers and brands. He has 40 years of experience...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by a guy who aims to make the valuation and trading of ecommerce business much more realistic and fair.  Blake Hutchison is the CEO of Flippa -  a global marketplace for buying and selling online businesses.  Founded in 2009, Flippa has 3 million users worldwide who can browse for content sites, SaaS businesses, ecommerce businesses, apps and digital s...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we checkout Zhoe Low, General Manager of July. Launching in 2019,  the premium luggage and lifestyle brand was soon catapulted into a 90% loss of revenue due to the pandemic, but bounced back with revenue now reaching ten times higher than pre-COVID figures.  Zhoe has delivered the data-driven creative campaigns behind this phenomenal growth. Links from the episode:...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by David Fogarty, Founder of The Oodie, the original oversized wearable blanket that turned Davie’s last $500 into a 250 million dollar business and now sits inside The Davie Group alongside Pupnaps, ZoeTech, Australian Furniture Warehouse and more.  One of Australia’s youngest successful entrepreneurs, Davie shares how he’s made sure The Oodie has bec...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we checkout Michaela Wessels, Co founder and CEO of Style Arcade, an app that pulls everything about your products’ performance together in one place - sales, stock, future orders, Google analytics - so you can ditch the spreadsheets. Michaela is passionate about using product data for growth and Style Arcade is a culmination of everything she’s learned over her 15...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by Victoria Beal, Head of Learning at eSuite.  VB (as she’s known)  joined eSuite in September last year and she’s smashing it. You might have seen that we’ve just launched our new eCommerce Accelerator 10-week course to upskill in the foundations of ecommerce - and we will have specialist on-demand courses launching in the coming weeks. This is really...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we checkout Shauli Mizrahi, CTO & Co-Founder at Rep AI - the first AI-powered shop assistant for e-commerce websites to increase sales and enhance customer experience. Fully integrated with product feeds and third party app, Rep AI won’t just answer your questions, but guide customers on a discovery process - and even let them check out from within the chat.  Li...

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by Kelly Jamieson, who founded Edible Blooms as a small family business, keen to bring moments of joy in the form of sweet treat bouquets to as many people as possible.  Now, 17 years later, Edible Blooms has grown to include gourmet gift hampers and living plant gift deliveries and took out the 2022 Canstar Most Satisfied Customers Award.  In this cha...