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The Nordstrom team have been close friends of MECCA for over a decade. So, when our Founder and Co-CEO, Jo Horgan, was in the USA for the recent MECCA x Stanford Leadership Program, she jumped at the chance to sit down with Pete Nordstrom, President and Chief Brand Officer at Nordstrom, to talk all things MECCA on The Nordy Pod. Tap to listen to the episode here: https://apple.co/3KxOXea

Last week, we launched MECCA’s Leadership Program at Stanford University Graduate School of Business in Palo Alto, California, with 40 of our leaders living on campus and learning from world-leading thinkers on topics like leadership, strategy, artificial intelligence (AI), scaling businesses, design thinking, value chain planning, storytelling, stress management and longevity. They even learnt from NASCAR experts about the power of teamwork (… and how to change a tyre in less than 30 seconds).     Stanford’s motto is: “Change Lives. Change Organisations. Change the World,” and it delivered. Our leaders approached the week with a love of learning, curiosity, and a sense of adventure, and left with full minds and deeper connections.    We’re big believers in the power of education, and MECCA’s long-term partnership with Stanford will provide our senior leaders with life-changing experiences, which will help us have a greater positive impact on our team members, our customers, our brands, and the broader MECCA community.    Congratulations to the MECCA x Stanford Class of 2024!    📸 Josh Edelson Photography 

It’s here! The Stan. Original Documentary Trailblazers is now streaming, exclusively on Stan. Supported by MECCA’s social change initiative, M-POWER, the film tells the inspiring story of Australia’s much-loved national women’s football team, the Matildas, and their fight for equality. The story of the rise of women's football is symbolic of the progress that's been made towards gender equality more broadly. And the Matildas’ courage to stand up for their worth and challenge the status quo aligns with MECCA's history as a disruptor, and M-POWER’s mission to pave the way for future generations of women and girls to be their best.   Through this film, we aim to progress equality in sport (and beyond) through an impact campaign that will share the powerful messages of the film with schools, businesses and sports clubs around Australia.   Our stores are getting behind the campaign too! Look out for the printed signage in-store, the Trailblazers trailer on our digital screens and our team wearing their best Matildas-inspired makeup looks.   Join the movement to blaze a trail for gender equality by watching Trailblazers on Stan and sharing it with your network. Visit trailblazersfilm.com.au to find out more – and most importantly, get behind women’s sport by volunteering, watching or playing it! #MECCAmoment  

Last week we welcomed Go-To Skincare Pty Ltd Founder and Queen of Peach, Zoë Foster Blake, to the MECCA Support Centre for a Lunch & Learn session.   It was a full house of eager MECCA team members, who were able to gain insight into what happens behind the scenes at Go-To, plus some valuable information on their newest launch, Very Amazing Retinal. Questions were answered, sandwiches were enjoyed and many a laugh was shared between Zoë and the wider MECCA team. A big thank you to Zoë for her time and the perfectly peachy Go-To caps we’ve been sporting ever since! #MECCAmoment

To get our teams involved and thinking creatively about sustainability, we held our first MECCA M-PACT Mingle at our Support Centre last week. At its heart was a MECCA-first clothing and accessories market, giving pieces a second life and, most importantly, reducing waste.    The results? Our team members contributed more than 450 pre-loved items and donated $15,000 to our MECCA M-POWER partners. Sustainability was woven through every aspect of the evening; any clothing that didn't find a new home on the night was donated to Fitted for Work or recycled through Shred X, the flower arrangements were given to a local hospital, and food was enjoyed by our Customer Care team working the evening shift.   We’re big believers that change starts with us, and we can’t wait to share more about what our MECCA M-PACT team have been working on.

MECCA M-POWER, MECCA's movement for social change, is so honoured and excited to have received the Eve Mahlab AO Gender-wise Philanthropy Award at last night's Philanthropy Australia Awards. Thank you to Philanthropy Australia for this recognition and to the other two finalists, 100 Women and Susan Alberti AC, for the work they are doing to achieve equality. MECCA has always been about creating an environment in which women can thrive, so it’s a real honour to receive an award named after Eve Mahlab, who did so much to bring the needs of women to the forefront of philanthropy. More than anything, this award is a fabulous opportunity to celebrate our extraordinary M-POWERed Collective of more than 20 social changemakers who are working to dismantle the systems and structures that hold back women and girls, and make the world a more equal place.    While we are just getting started and have so much more to do, it is really heartening to see the incredible momentum inside our business and the way our customers and communities are signing up to be part of the M-POWER movement. As we say at MECCA (and we truly believe it), “Together, we can make the world over." #MECCAmoment #MECCAMPOWER

🎉Celebrating MECCA M-POWER's Impact 🎉 When we relaunched MECCA M-POWER in October 2022, we said we wanted to go BIGGER and BOLDER in line with MECCA’s vision to be not just Australia’s, but the world's most loved beauty destination.     And bigger and bolder we have gone!     Through M-POWER, our purpose is to help women and girls realise their full potential in a world where a person’s gender doesn’t limit their rights, freedoms or opportunities. Together with more than 20 passionate and inspirational partners - our M-POWERed Collective - we are working to advance gender equality. And we’re so grateful to have our amazing MECCA team championing equality alongside us.    As we look back on the first year of our reimagined M-POWER, we are thrilled to celebrate and showcase the achievements of which we are most proud.   We’re so excited by the opportunity we have – together – to make the world over for the next generation of women and girls. #MECCAmoment #MECCAMPOWER

Yesterday, MECCA M-POWER had the incredible privilege of hosting Julia Gillard, CAMFED - Campaign for Female Education Patron and former Prime Minister of Australia, along with two CAMFED alumni, Yvonne Chari from Zimbabwe and Abigail Kaindu from Zambia, here at our MECCA Support Centre.    Yvonne and Abigail are here in Australia to spread awareness about the phenomenal work MECCA M-POWER partner, CAMFED, does supporting girls in Africa to go to school, helping them to learn, thrive and become leaders in their communities! They shared their personal stories with us, demonstrating not only how education can transform lives, but the multiplier effect girls’ education can have on accelerating gender equality and building stronger, more sustainable communities. In Julia Gillard's words: “This approach is not about rescuing girls; it's about unlocking the power of girls and women to lead change for their families and communities. It starts with educating a girl, and it doesn’t end there.” Visit m-power.mecca.com to find out more about CAMFED and our M-POWERed Collective. #MECCAmoment #MECCAMPOWER 

MECCA M-POWER is thrilled to announce its support for the Stan. Original Documentary Trailblazers, a film that tells the incredible story of the fight for equality by the #Matildas, Australia’s national women’s football team. ⚽️   Produced by Savage Films, Australia, Milestone Films - Inspired Storytelling and LM Films, the documentary will be backed by MECCA M-POWER with an impact and education campaign. Created by Documentary Australia, it will aim to spark important conversations about gender equality in sport across classrooms, boardrooms and community clubs around Australia.   Trailblazers will premiere exclusively on Stan later this year (stay tuned!). In the meantime, you can follow @Trailblazers_Film and @MECCAMPOWER on Instagram, or sign up at trailblazersfilm.com.au to receive the latest news.   Together, let’s blaze a trail for gender equality! #TrailblazersFilm #MECCAMPOWER #MECCAmoment #StanOriginals 

And that's a wrap! Our biannual Retail Leadership Conference brought together more than 330 Store, Floor, Operations, State and Regional Managers from across Australia and Aotearoa (New Zealand). Across three days, our team connected with some of the world's most acclaimed beauty brand founders, joined interactive workshops and – of course – danced up a storm at our MECCA Street Party! Want to experience a MECCA Conference for yourself? Tap here for current vacancies in Team MECCA! https://bit.ly/3Ie4P4v #MECCAmoment #LifeAtMECCA