MECCA Beauty — Mecca Beauty is a prominent Australian beauty retailer founded in 1997 by Jo Horgan. The company offers an extensive range of cosmetics, skincare, and wellness products through over 100 stores across Australia and New Zealand, as well as online platforms. Mecca is known for curating an exclusive edit of more than 200 global brands, aiming to help customers look, feel, and be their best
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Live MitchelLake intelligence across Consumer / D2C and Oceania.
Adjacent signals across Consumer / D2C
Product Launch · Oceania
Rippling →Rippling launched AI Spend Console, a product that tracks individual and team employee AI spending, following internal discovery of significant uncontrolled AI expenditure.
Capital Raising · Oceania
Firmus Technologies →Firmus Technologies raised $2.85 billion in a blockbuster funding round, part of four Australian startups collectively raising $2.86 billion
Partnership · Oceania
Vercel →Vercel, Amazon, Cursor, Microsoft, and OpenAI jointly launched Agent Plugins 1.0 specification—a standardized format for AI agent skills and tools designed for portability across platforms. Endorsed by Linux Foundation's Agentic AI Foundation and already supported by VS Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Codex, and Kiro.
Product Launch · Oceania
Indeed →Indeed released Interview Tasks 2026 survey revealing widespread employer reuse of unpaid candidate work (45% admit reuse), with 66% of workers withdrawing applications due to task requirements, and inconsistent payment practices across industries and demographics.
Ma Activity · Oceania
BCM →BCM acquired SEO and GEO agency Neural Digital to accelerate growth of its SearchWorks platform
Capital Raising · Oceania
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