A service has launched is Mexico that allows you to order your groceries online and have them delivered within 90 minutes. The Cornershop app lets you choose a grocery store, browse the goods, and have them delivered by a personal shopper, a freelance worker who has signed up for a specific number of hours and shifts. If a requested item is no longer available, or seems low quality, the shopper may call you to suggest alternatives. www.cornershopapp.com

A new platform has been designed to reduce the costs of a nanny by allowing families to share. It helps families find and hire nannies of their own but, most importantly, for those who are happy to share, connects and matches them with other families and helps them find a nanny, then manages the share arrangement and the division of payments between families. www.caresquare.com.au

Fame and Partners give you the power to customise dresses in your own unique style, from current season silhouettes, edgy cocktail frocks, color-popping ball gowns and all white for the modern bride. This new fashion house is totally online and can deliver custom-made dresses to consumers within a 48 hour delivery time. It started in Sydney and is moving its headquarters to Los Angeles. www.fameandpartners.com.au

Tipic's Tul?r kitchen for Offmat features a counter made from a quartz composite that has a number of technologies built into the stone. The counter includes a sink with a base that sits flush with the top when not in use to make it seem like part of the surface. A motion sensor is embedded under the surface of the stone, and is activated by waving a hand over it. This triggers the base to lower and the tap to activate automatically. Further gestures can be used to control the temperature and flow of the water.

Australia-based Chinese daigous, or professional shoppers, have helped put sales of Australian baby food, cosmetics, vitamins, honey, Ugg boots and other products on the map in China. Companies such as Blackmores, Bellamy, Dairy Farmers, Good Health, Bambi and Ugg boots are benefitting from thousands of Chinese in Australia who have become professional shoppers for consumers in mainland China. Daigous are small business people, including international students and stay at home mums, who buy products and sell them back into the Chinese consumer market.

You can be creative with the Luxmy augmented reality app. TestFit visualises Luxmy designer furniture in your home or office space. The app is free for you to download and uses the camera of your smartphone. You just point the camera at the space you wish to furnish then tap on different products to visualise them in that space. Multiple pieces can be shown and tested out in the space simultaneously. http://www.luxmyfurniture.com.au/app-2/