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  • Abhishek Goenka is the Head & CIO of RPSG Capital Ventures, an early-stage consumer venture capital fund, established in 2018 with a focus on investing in the digital...
    Abhishek Goenka

    Head & CIO, RPSG Capital Ventures
  • Aakash Anand, Founder, and CEO of IDAM House of Brands is a great believer in transparent and effective natural solutions. His passion for this field helped him begin his...
    Aakash Anand

    Founder & CEO of Idam House of Brands & partner Ananta Capital
  • Ivy is a Finance Professional and Business runner with over 20 years of experience and has worked with Fortune 50 corporates and run...
    Ivy Chin

    Partner, Inflection Point Ventures
  • Ivy is a Finance Professional and Business runner with over 20 years of experience and has worked with Fortune 50 corporates and run...
    Amit Singal

    Founding Partner, Fluid Ventures
  • Bharat Sethi is the CEO and Founder of Rage Coffee, a coffee company that manufactures, markets, and distributes innovative coffee products...
    Bharat Sethi

    Founder & CEO, Rage Coffee
  • Abhijit Bhattacharya is the Founder and Chief Business Officer at OneGreen, India’s first and Asia’s largest ecommerce marketplace for conscious consumers who believe in living a healthy life alongside maintaining the balance of nature...
    Abhijit Bhattacharya

    Founder and Chief Business Officer, OneGreen
  • Tarun Joshi is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and investor. He is the Founder of Join Ventures, IGP.com, Interflora India, and Masqa...
    Tarun Joshi

    Founder and CEO of IGP.com and Join Ventures
  • Pallavi Utagi is the Founder & CEO of India’s no 1 brand of sustainable mom and baby essentials, SuperBottoms. An engineer from Govt College...
    Pallavi Utagi

    Founder and CEO of SuperBottoms
  • Pallavi Utagi is the Founder & CEO of India’s no 1 brand of sustainable mom and baby essentials, SuperBottoms. An engineer from Govt College...
    Harshavardhan S

    Co-Founder and CEO, Lil' Goodness
  • Prashant Kohli is the Chief Marketing Officer at Wiggles. He leads the company’s overall marketing...
    Prashant Kohli

    CMO, Wiggles
  • Arjun Choudhary serves as the Head of Business & Growth at Cult.sport, since October 2022. With over a decade of experience,...
    Arjun Choudhary

    Head, Business & Growth, Cult.sport
  • vijayaraghavanv
    Venugopal is the CEO & Co-founder at Fast&Up and has been instrumental in building the brand in India. He has over...
    Vijayaraghavan Venugopal

    CEO And Co-founder, Fast&Up
  • paramb
    Param Bhargava has dedicated his professional focus in building the country’s most unique and indigenous Ayurveda brands for the...
    Param Bhargava

    Founder, The Ayurveda Company
  • manasm
    Manas Madhu is the Co-Founder of Beyond Snack, a plant-based savory snacks brand. The company was founded with the aim to provide authentic Kerala banana chips as a global makeover....
    Manas Madhu

    Co-Founder, Beyond Snack
  • amant
    Aman Tekriwal is the co-founder of Supertails.com, a full-stack tech-enabled pet-care startup....
    Aman Tekriwal

    Co-founder, Supertails.com
  • siddharth
    Siddharth is a passionate workaholic and trouble-shooter. He is kind and Tenacious and has a lively nature. having entered the men's apparel industry...
    Siddharth R Dungarwal

    Founder & CEO, Snitch
  • shashank
    A veterinarian by profession and an IIM alumni, he is a strong business leader with 14+ years of diverse and rich experience in Retail, FMCG & Agriculture...
    Shashank Sinha

    Chief Executive Officer, Drools

  • anujaj
    Anuja launched Interflora India in 2017. Spearheading the India chapter for the legacy brand since then, she has been at the forefront of changing the...
    Anuja Joshi

    Co-Founder & CEO, Interflora India
  • Ganesh
    Ganesh Balakrishnan is the Co-Founder at Flatheads, India’s first all-day work sneaker brand. He is recognized widely for his entrepreneurial spirit as a pitcher on Shark Tank India Season 2...
    Ganesh Balakrishna

    Co-Founder, Flatheads
  • rudra-pratap
    Rudra Pratap is the Co-Founder of CloudTailor, a mobile app that makes personalized fashion styling, visualization, recommendations...
    Rudra Pratap

    Co-founder at CloudTailor

  • krishna-reddy
    Krishna Reddy is the Co-Founder of Nourish You, a Hyderabad-based smart food company. Nourish You retails Superfoods that are...
    Krishna Reddy

    Co-founder, Nourish You

  • nidhi-singh
    Samosa Singh company is India's leading provider of food and beverage services. The idea for the brand came from a simple realization that leisure time and snack foods...
    Nidhi Singh

    Co-Founder, Samosa Singh
  • himmath-jain
    Himmath Jain is a Co-Founder and Director of AS-IT-IS Nutrition; a manufacturer of pure dietary supplements. He completed his MBA...
    Himmath Jain

    Co-founder, AS-IT-IS Nutrition

  • lavanya-pachisia
    Lavanya is a highly accomplished, result-driven leader with a proven track record of establishing cross-functional partnerships along...
    Lavanya Pachisia

    COO, Zivame
  • pankaj-jathar
    Pankaj is an industry veteran with more than two decades of experience across global IT services and e-commerce firms...
    Pankaj Jathar

    Vice President & Country Head- India, Etsy
  • devidutta-dash
    Pankaj is an industry veteran with more than two decades of experience across global IT services and e-commerce firms...
    Devidutta Dash

    Founder & CEO, Lemme Be

  • nikita-adlakha
    Adlakha aims to make the beauty space a trustworthy part of the industry with innovative launches integrating high-end technology...
    Nikita Adlakha

    Co-founder, Winston Electronics
  • sujata-taniya
    Adlakha aims to make the beauty space a trustworthy part of the industry with innovative launches integrating high-end technology...
    Sujata & Taniya

    CO- Founders, Suta
  • udit-toshniwal
    Udit Toshniwal is the Co-founder and Creative Director of The Pant Project, a community-driven brand that provides comfortable custom-made...
    Udit Toshniwal

    Co-founder & Creative Director, The Pant Project
  • chippy-mehta
    Chippy is the current Co-founder and C.O.O at the Bombay Shirt Company, spearheading the company to become the...
    Chippy Mehta

    Co-founder & COO, Bombay Shirt Co
  • karan-goyal
    Karan Goyal is a multifaceted entrepreneur with a remarkable track record in the digital marketing industry. He specializes in growth strategies...
    Karan Goyal

    Founder, Kreative Digitals
  • swagat-saranagi
    Swagat Sarangi, Co-Founder, Smytten Swagat has over 17 years of experience across various industries - Internet & Technology, FMCG, Management consulting...
    Swagat Saranagi

    Co-founder, Smytten

  • varun-gupta
    Boult Audio is a homegrown, high-end consumer electronic brand that designs and manufactures innovative audio and wearable products...
    Varun Gupta

    Founder & CEO, Boult Audio

  • ayushi-gudwani
    Ayushi Gudwani is the Founder and CEO of FS Life (prev. Fable Street) - a house of brands running three brands i.e. FableStreet - a premium western-wear....
    Ayushi Gudwani

    Founder & CEO, FS Life
  • amishajain
    In her role at Levi Strauss & Co., Amisha Jain is responsible for leading the company’s operations in SAMEA and ensuring that the geography continues...
    Amisha Jain

    Senior Vice President & Managing Director (SAMEA), Levi Strauss & Co.
  • ashutoshvaidya
    Hear Global Brand Leaders as they share Why The Long term Global Brand value is about building compelling...
    Ashutosh Vaidya

    Managing Director at Safilo Group
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    D2C INDIA

    Setting in Motion the New Commerce Revolution as the biggest and widest D2C community will gather in 2024. D2C brands are transforming and modifying consumer experiences and disrupting the industry by building solid customer relationships.D2C model will be further accentuated in 2023 and would completely change the Indian Industry of CPG as we know of it. D2C India summit will take up how to scale up a D2C offering quickly on one hand and how to keep it fully operational, optimized, and constantly changing in line with consumers’ expectations on the other hand.

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    INCREDIBLE STAGES
    AGENDA 2023
    2:30- 2:45 PM
    Lamp Lighting & Welcome Note
    2:45- 3:05 PM
    Indian Retail and D2C outlook
    The Indian retail market has strong potential for growth and is on track to reach $1 Tn by 2027. India is the shining light in the otherwise bleak global retail scenario. This is driven by continued consumption growth and now a tapering inflationary scenario. D2C has a key role in this journey and has seen a strong impetus through the pandemic period. While the funding scenario may be challenging there are still strong consumer tailwinds. This session will examine the potential of retail and for D2C and specifically cover:
    • Indian retail performance in the last few years
    • Online shopper growth and expectations
    • Trends in consumer behavior shopping online
    • Indian retail projections and drivers of optimism
    3:05- 3:50 PM
    “Retail Everywhere”: Building A Truly Customer-Centric Business
    The consumer is the only channel that matters. But we need to understand their journey more finely. The shifts in consumer behavior have necessitated that organizational silos be pulled down and embrace true customer centricity. Making the organizational & cultural adjustments that facilitate customer centricity.
    3:50- 4:30 PM
    Bringing Innovation to Digital Commerce
    A conversation with Ecommerce Stalwart on UNFOLDING THE NEXT Digital COMMERCE CHAPTER
    4:30 - 5:00 PM
    Fireside Chat: Building a billion dollar D2C brand
    11:00 - 11:30 AM
    How Are Physical First Brands Gearing up for D2C Digital Transformation
    • Why corporate brands are opting for D2C channel
    • Acquiring New Age Brands to match changing customer expectations
    • D2C brands opening new avenues for corporate conglomerates
    11:30 - 11:45 AM
    Role of Logistics in the Scaling of D2C brands from 0-100
    11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
    The Barometers of Social Commerce
    12:15 - 1:00 PM
    The Brand Revolution is Direct
    • The Value Chain of the D2C business model
    • How to plan and execute an ideal customer journey
    • Changing Product Strategy to meet the changing needs
    • How profit and purpose are combining to create the new 21st Century iconic D2C
    • Alternative Commerce and New Business Models
    1:00 - 2:00 PM
    NETWORKING LUNCH
    2:00 - 2:30 PM
    IS HOUSE OF BRANDS THE SCALE X FOR D2C BRANDS?
    • Acquisition of Brands for Catering to Digitally Savvy Consumers
    • Offering options to consumers under one umbrella
    • Nurturing a brand to scale new heights
    2:30 - 2.45 PM
    The Profitability Playbook to Scale Your D2C Brands
    2:45 - 3:00 PM
    The Economics of Recommerce:
    • How Pre-loved is Finding Success More Sustainable Retail Formats By Connecting Person And Product
    • WHAT ABOUT this trend SHOULD brands and e-commerce companies understand?
    • How to evaluate and incorporate global pricing and sales strategy with recommerce.
    • How Recommerce strengthens the relationship with the most environmentally concerned users and boosts earnings for the company.
    3:00 - 3:30 PM
    How to take your D2C brand omnichannel?
    • The new buzzword that is appealing to business owners and brands is omnichannel.
    • Why are D2C brands now compelled to take an omnichannel approach?
    • Does omnichannel provide businesses full control over their customers' purchases?
    • How does a D2C brand benefit from an omnichannel strategy?
    • What new technologies aid in making a brand omnichannel?
    3:30 - 04:00 PM
    Activating A Borderless Economy:
    • The Emergence Of Cross Border Commerce In The Middle East And The Roadmap To Sustainable Growth
    • Government initiatives that have facilitated international trade
    • Steps to think about and assess when a brand wants to grow internationally
    • How can I find the right e-commerce partner or the ideal physical location?
    4:00 - 4:15 PM
    NETWORKING TEA
    4:15 - 4.30 PM
    The Changing Face of Indian Consumers
    Keynote:
    4:30 - 5:00 PM
    How to Disrupt a Vertical
    • Building a subscription business within a social platform
    • How profit and purpose are combining to create the new 21st Century iconic D2C
    • David vs. Goliath: strategies for competing with the giants
    • Scaling Super fast in single D2C vertical and how to diversify without switching
    10:30 – 11:30 AM
    Business with Purpose: Building A Sustainable, Community-Driven Impact Brand
      Digitally native brands are slowly starting to learn some surprising lessons as their businesses scale. A major one is that selling as much product as possible by any means necessary does not guarantee sustainable, long-term success. Cultivating an engaged, passionate community built by rolling out a series of environmentally positive activations.
    • Moving into retail and using its flagship store as a hub for educating customers on the merits of environmentally conscious consumerism
    • Creating creative customer engagement journey's across multiple channels with an omnichannel approach.
    • Retention marketing should be the focus with rising Meta Ad costs.
    • Capturing the attention of the local and national mainstream media with impactful purpose marketing strategies
    11:30 – 11:45 AM
    The Future of eComm & D2C: How a Unified Approach Can Drive Retention and Revenue Growth
    11:45 AM- 12:15 PM
    RAISING D2C CAPITAL 2023 & Beyond
    • What is driving the shift in investment behavior of VCs?
    • Securing funding in a difficult economy
    • Potential ROI for investors from D2C brands
    • How D2C brands are enhancing the portfolio of VCs?
    • How the brands are deploying the funds post investment?
    • Is it better to raise funds than to invest the income?
    • Maximizing the value of a D2C business on exit
    12.15 - 12.30 PM
    Building D2C brands through the power of content-to-commerce strategy and scaling through an omnichannel approach
    12:30 - 01:00 PM
    Unlocking 10X growth
    The next level sales channel, supply chain and fulfillment connectivity
    • Rapid deployment of pre-integrated, complementary applications that enhance the value proposition and eliminate the growing supply chain disruption
    • Building Supply Chain Resilience
    • Balancing the time of Irregular Inventory Levels And Increased Customer Demand
    • Product Returns – Moving From Necessary Evil To A Desired Outcome
    01:00 - 02:00 PM
    NETWORKING LUNCH
    02:00 - 02:40 PM
    MARKETING @ Scale
    How D2C brands are innovating and leveraging creativity to set themselves apart
    • Leveraging The Power of community
    • Strategy and Tactics for leveraging celebrities and influencers
    • Content and Commerce Collaboration
    • Conversational AI for Ecommerce
    • Best Practices for Cutting Down CAC in 2023
    02:40 - 03:00 PM
    How tech can empower D2C businesses to succeed online
    03:00 - 03:15 PM
    D2C Brands on a Fast Growth Lane with Quick Commerce
    3.15 - 3.30 PM
    Creating Disruption & simplifying In-person payment
    • Democratizing the E-commerce growth of India
    • Role of Payments in the D2C ecosystem
    • Improving conversions, reducing RTOs, and unlocking growth
    • Solving woes for D2C Businesses
    • Leveraging technology for growth
    03:30- 04:00 PM
    From D2C to C2C
    CUSTOMER DATA: MAKING OR BREAKING THE BRAND
    • The quantitative side of customer centricity - Optimizing CX for
    • How do you keep customers from churning after the streaming spike
    • The Future of CRM : a more consumer-centric service model
    04:00 - 04:15 PM
    NETWORKING TEA
    04:15 - 04:30 PM
    Enabling efficient digital experiences and transactions
    04:30 - 05:00 PM
    EMERGING ERA OF LIVE COMMERCE
    • Booming live commerce industry trends this year
    • Leveraging Consumer Shopping Habits on Live Commerce
    • How Live Commerce is Opening More Avenues for Retailers
    • Future of Live Commerce in India
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    2023
    Business Roundtables

    A panel of experts as Business Leads share market-leading views on all the operational and Growth aspects of Retail, E-commerce, and D2C

    1. Marketing Right

    • Knowing your Marketing ROI
    • The Effectiveness of Email & WhatsApp Marketing
    • Content & Commerce - Social, Blogs, Reviews, Influencers
    • Winning Customer Loyalty- How community building is the Key to Loyalty
    • Finding a Purpose: how to make customers feel a part of something bigger

    2. Customer Before Code: Customer Experience Essentials

    • Creating Seamless Cx across all your Channels
    • Balancing the cost vs customer experience conundrum
    • How to retain customer lifetime value through right Cx
    • Data-based Personalization through data segmentation and cohort analysis

    3. How to Boost Your AOV

    • How to Undo The "Abandoned Cart" Situation
    • Crafting a seamless web experience
    • Uniform experiences across various online channels - website/app/marketplaces
    • Reducing long delivery times
    • Ease of payments & Checkout

    4. Decoding the Maths of Fulfillment of Orders

    • Fulfilling orders from stores vs Warehouses
    • Dealing with high return rates
    • Managing High shipping costs
    • Insights for Choosing the Right Fulfillment Partner

    5. How to take your Digital Brand Physical and Why

    • How physical stores can drive profit with in-store experiences for a digital brand
    • How to create efficiencies and seamless experiences from in-store to online
    • Balancing drive brand visibility with the unit economics

    6. Does Cross Borders align with your growth?

    • Readying your brand for overseas customers - when & how
    • Which retail channels and consumer touchpoints will work for your brand
    • Integration of all cross-border payments options

    7. Creating the Right Hyperlocal Retail Model

    • The Right Mix: Right industry, right target audience, right partner, and right revenue model.
    • Building an Intensive customer-centric service ecosystem
    • Why Dark Stores and How to Manage & Optimize Dark Stores
    RECOGNITION
    D2C AWARDS

    D2C India Awards 2024 is the most awaited and premier event of the direct-to-consumer industry where the industry arrives to celebrate the best of the sector. The people, the brands and the companies everyone is going to be there at the D2C India Awards to give insights into the strategic advances and celebrate the achievements made by D2C retailers in the past 12 month

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    FAQ
    Frequently Asked Questions
    D2C Summit is a special event that brings together entrepreneurs, marketers, and other professionals in the Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) industry. The summit aims to provide a platform for sharing insights, discussing challenges, and exploring opportunities in the world of D2C business. The event features a lineup of speakers, workshops, and networking sessions, all geared towards helping attendees enhance their skills and knowledge in this rapidly growing sector.
    D2C India 2023 is a unique event that differs from other industry events in several ways. - Firstly, it focuses specifically on the Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) industry in India, providing attendees with insights and strategies that are tailored to this market. Additionally, the event brings together a diverse group of professionals from various sectors of the industry, including e-commerce, marketing, and supply chain management. This enables attendees to gain a holistic understanding of the D2C ecosystem and how different elements of it work together.
    - Another way in which D2C India 2023 differs from other industry events is its focus on innovation and cutting-edge technologies. The event features discussions on topics such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analytics, all of which are becoming increasingly important in the D2C space. Attendees can learn about the latest trends and strategies in these areas and how they can be applied to their own businesses.
    D2C Event and Summit 2023 is designed for anyone who is interested in the Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) industry, whether they are entrepreneurs, marketers, or professionals working in related fields. The event is especially relevant for those who are looking to expand their knowledge and stay up-to-date with the latest trends and strategies in D2C business.
    Entrepreneurs who are interested in starting or growing a D2C business can benefit from attending the event, as they can learn about key strategies and best practices for success. Marketers who work in the D2C space can also gain valuable insights into consumer behavior and how to effectively target and engage audiences.
    In addition, professionals working in related fields such as e-commerce, logistics, and supply chain management can benefit from attending D2C Events and Summit 2023. They can learn about the latest technologies and innovations in the D2C industry and how they can be applied to their own businesses.
    The three most important groups of people who should attend this D2C Event and Summit 2023 are:

    • Entrepreneurs interested in starting or growing a D2C business
    • Marketers who work in the D2C space
    • Professionals working in related fields such as e-commerce, logistics, and supply chain management.
    The three most important groups of people who will be participating in the D2C India Conference 2023 are:

    • Professionals from various sectors of the D2C industry
    • Keynote speakers who are experts in their respective fields
    • Representatives from leading companies in the D2C space.
    The three most important inclusions in the D2C Conference price are:

    Access to all conference sessions, including keynote speeches, panel discussions, and workshops Conference materials such as a program guide and other relevant materials Meals and refreshments throughout the day, as well as networking opportunities.
    You can register through the website or by contacting the delegates team. The details are provided on the website.