Spying On Stock: The Flagship Story | #220

In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by Simon Molnar, Founder of Flagship.  Simon has retail blood flowing through his veins.  I wouldn’t mind being a fly on the wall at the dinner table in this family’s house I can tell you - it’s where the idea for Afterpay was first knocked about!  After taking his parents’ jewellery business online with great success, Simon founded Flagship, is a retail-focused tech company that uses bluetooth product stickers to give brick and mortar stores access to the kind of data and insights that eCommerce businesses have long enjoyed.  In this chat, Simon shares the story of how he went from selling Pandora to his school teacher to building one of Australia’s biggest online jewellery sites, why his biggest strength is also his greatest weakness and how his ultimate goal is to make manual stocktakes a thing of the past - now that would make him the most popular Molnar surely?!Links from the episode:FlagshipRFIDHotjarIcePandoraAfterpayShopify Plus and Tropeaka (sponsored)Packleo (sponsored)Questions answered:How are retailers using Flagship today?What interesting customer behaviour have you discovered with this technology?What advice do you have for people who are wanting to get a better rounded view across eCommerce? This episode was brought to you by…  PackleoShopify PlusAbout your co-host: Simon Molnar from FlagshipSimon Molnar is the founder and CEO of Flagship, a brick-and-mortar retail data provider and experiential creator. With a background in retail, but also software engineering, data, marketing and operations, he has been able to help retailers create end-to-end solutions to fully enhance the customer experience and to ensure retail conversions, repeat purchases and customer stickiness. Formerly, Simon was the CEO of Ice Jewellery, Australia's largest online-only eCommerce jewellery retailer and has also been heavily involved in Afterpay both in digital marketing and data analytics.You can contact Simon at LinkedInPlease contact us if you: Want to come on board as an Add To Cart sponsor Are interested in joining Add To Cart as a co-host Have any feedback or suggestions on how to make Add To Cart betterEmail [email protected] We look forward to hearing from you!Thanks to our sponsors, Subscribe to the Add To Cart newsletter  SMS us to Suggest a Guest Connect with Nathan Bush Join the Add To Cart Community