The Party People

Was super excited today to win the 2024 Digital Innovators award at the Australia Retail Innovator Awards. We have won a few awards now for our innovation and its still a real buzz to be recognized. Our Augmented Reality Mirror Innovation is really making some noise. Thanks again to Uber, Starshipit, stockinstore® and ShopExp - Retail AR/VR Solutions for partnering with me to make this happen. Having vendors is one thing but partners is another and this wouldn't have gotten off the ground if it were for these guys as partners(not just vendors).

I am thrilled to be nominated for Industry Person Of The Year and also our Magic Mirror Project is nominated twice! Please vote for me and my project by going here https://lnkd.in/gM8CX9AM. Comment below when voted so I can express my gratitude!

I cannot believe it, we won Inside Retail's 2024 - Customer Experience of the Year! Our Augmented Reality Mirror really has taken things to another level. We were also a finalist for Omni-channel retailer and Store Design of the Year which was deservedly won by Rebel Sport. Just so pumped to be in such esteemed company. This really would not have been possible without Uber, stockinstore®, ShopExp - Retail AR/VR Solutions and Starshipit. I didn't have any money to do our Augmented Reality Mirror project and we did it anyway due to the support of these amazing partners who went above and beyond to fund and deliver this project with me. Thanks particularly to Andrew Maver, Gil Blackstone, Chandan Panda, Louis Nuccitelli, Hakan Steele for sharing my vision and making it happen. Also thanks to the judges and Inside Retail Australia. What a wild ride!

So humbled to make #16 in the Inside Retail Australia Top 50 People In Ecommerce. Congrats to all my fellow top 50! Full list link in comments. 👇 Congrats particularly to my mates Costa Koulis, Guy Nappa, Ben Hare, Amanda Green, Alice Kuepper, Travis Wright, Mike Wilson, Jordana Macfarlaine, Phil Leahy, Geoff Huens! For the rest, lets connect!

Our Magic Mirror Project is up for Power Retail's All Star Bash Innovator Award. So pumped with all the love we are getting from awards given the heavy hitters we are up against and its just so nice to get a pat on the back as business is tough. Once again this is a testament to the power of collaboration with the award finalist named as The Party People but really was a true collaboration between ShopExp - Retail AR/VR Solutions, Starshipit, Uber, stockinstore® who went above and beyond to make the pilot a success and now the awards nominations are flowing due to their amazing work. Full List of finalists link in comments. Special thanks to Andrew Maver, Chandan Panda, Peter Knock, Gil Blackstone, Hakan Steele, Louis Nuccitelli, Caitlin Jackson, Rebecka Finn, Billie Bourchier, Kimberley H., kashyap raval

We are a finalist in 3 Categories for our Augmented Reality Mirror project. To be up against Officeworks, Chemist Warehouse, Rebel, Winning Group, Dan Murphies and other great retailers is really an honor given the size of our innovation budget. Good luck to all the finalists and win or not, the night will be a celebration of innovation we have all achieved despite the adversity our projects faced. While the finalist is listed as "The Party People", it was very much a collaboration between ShopExp - Retail AR/VR Solutions, stockinstore®, Starshipit, Uber & Shopify. All those guys did an amazing job and would highly recommend them to any retailer. Full list of finalists for all 10 awards, see link in comments.

The Magic Mirror pilot is officially over. https://lnkd.in/gvUUiNVK. Please vote and put a comment below as would like to thank everyone who votes. Voting takes less than 10 seconds so its real easy. Also stay tuned as I will be compiling what we learned and what's next to share with everyone. As a sneak peak, I can tell you we drove a tone of sales from the activation.

Shopping Center News has published a piece about our Magic Mirror Journey. Some exciting conversations happening around future deployments stay tuned. Also thanks to stockinstore®, ShopExp - Retail AR/VR Solutions, Uber, Starshipit for your contribution in the story and to the project.

Getting ready to MC the Party Stylist of The Year Awards. Congrats in advance to all the finalists!