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  • 23 -24 April, 2025
    Hotel Sheraton, Bengaluru
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  • 23 -24 April, 2025
    Hotel Sheraton, Bengaluru
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D2C INDIA

Setting in Motion the New Commerce Revolution as the biggest and widest D2C community will gather in 2025. D2C brands are transforming and modifying consumer experiences and disrupting the industry by building solid customer relationships.D2C model will be further accentuated in 2025 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
10:00- 10:15 AM
Lamp Lighting & Welcome Note
Speakers:
10:15- 10:30 AM
Keynote: How ONDC is Empowering Bharat Through Ecommerce
10:30 - 11:15 AM
Keynote: How Digital Commerce is Evolving in India
  • Evolving Consumer Behavior Trends for 2024-2025
  • Digital Transformation and E-commerce
  • How businesses are adapting to the digital shift.
  • Influence of Social Media
11:15 - 11:45 AM
CEO Big Talk: DOUBLING UP GROWTH
Immersive Retail Environments: Rethinking customer experience with accessibility and inclusion
  • Inclusive Retail: Building Efficient and Diverse Environments
  • Dynamic Pricing Based on Emotion Recognition
  • Unconventional Retail Partnerships
  • Live Streaming Shopping Experience
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Panel: Transform into a Modern, Innovative Hybrid Retailer
  • Marrying a new purpose with strategic innovation and a blueprint for growth by transforming the business model.
  • overcoming resistance to growth by challenging the status quo
  • adopting meaningful tech solutions for boosting business efficiency and profitability
12:30 - 1:00 PM
Fireside chat: How Does An Ecommerce Company Make Customer the King?
1:00 - 2:00 PM
NETWORKING LUNCH
  • IReC Innovation Summit
2:00- 2:30 PM
Panel: Checking Out the Future How Strategic Partnerships Deliver Value in a Shifting Retail Landscape
  • Ecosystem Thinking: Discuss the idea of retailers evolving from standalone entities to contributors within a larger ecosystem, fostering collaboration and mutual support for sustained growth.
  • Shared Retail Spaces: Explore innovative models of shared retail spaces where multiple brands or retailers collaborate in a physical location, providing customers with a diverse and curated shopping experience.
  • Cross-Industry Alliances: Delve into examples of successful strategic partnerships between retail and industries not traditionally associated with retail, uncovering untapped synergies and mutual benefits.
2:30 - 2:50 PM
Panel: Digital Transformation: Doing More with Less
  • Optimizing Tech Stacks for Digital Advancement
  • Trends in Vendor selection and cost optimization
  • Strategies for accelerating digital transformation in 2025
  • How are retailers leveraging AI and machine learning to drive growth and competitive advantage
2:50 - 3:10 PM
Fireside Topic: Becoming a Global Beauty Brand in Today's Omnichannel World
3:10 - 3:30 PM
Keynote: Consultative Sales AI for Ecommerce.
Flyfish
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Panel: The Green Milestone
  • Towards achieving the sustainable goals of brands
  • How Brands are achieving operational transparency and material traceability with effective data management
  • How circular economy will open a new channel of growth for Brands
4:00 - 4:15 PM
Fireside chat:
4:15 - 4:45 PM
Market Tech 2.0
  • Retail as Community Spaces: Explore the concept of turning retail spaces into community hubs
  • Inclusive Gamified Experiences: Discuss the implementation of gamified experiences within retail spaces, creating interactive games that not only entertain but also educate customers about different abilities and perspectives.
  • D2C Innovation Summit
2:00 - 2:45 PM
D2C 100 Cover Unveil and Fireside Chat Shaping The Ideal Digital Customer Experience
2:45 - 3:00 PM
Facilitating the D2C 100 Brands
3:00 - 3:30 PM
Sector Watch : Navigating the Future of D2C Beautyverse
  • How has the beauty landscape evolved in India over the past few years? Are there specific product categories or trends that have driven consumer interest?
  • In a competitive market, what are some survival strategies for D2C beauty brands?
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Understanding the Big Data
  • The role of consumer insights in cultivating customer loyalty and profitability
  • Brand strategies for driving digital, metrics for measuring success.
4:00 - 4:30 PM
From Barrel to Browser: Innovations in Alco-Bev
  • How do brands engage with consumers and educate them about their products? How do brands navigate regulatory challenges and ensure compliance with local laws? Are there specific considerations that differ from traditional retail channels? How has the Alco-Bev sector evolved with the emergence of D2C models in retail?
  • Roundtable
4:30- 5:30 PM
Loyalty How!
  • How to cultivate Brand Loyalty and repeat custom and competitive advantage in a saturated e-commerce and D2C market!
  • Utilizing Data to present compelling cases to the customer base
  • Cultivate and maintain relationships with your esteemed customers.
  • Latest innovative digital marketing strategies: influencer marketing, video marketing & social commerce, creating a creative campaign
  • Business models that make loyalty in-built
How to Go Omni effectively
  • Why Every e-commerce business needs an omnichannel strategy today
  • Integrating the sales vs marketing teams efforts towards common goals
  • Breaking Data Silos: > Prioritizing open data flow across functional areas
  • No omnichannel model reaches a perfect equilibrium, and organizations must continuously evolve and iterate their engagement in response to competing dynamics.
  • The Dynamics of delivery & fulfillment
  • Prioritizing On-Time Delivery by Adopting a customer-centric delivery strategy for profitability and Satisfaction
  • How much quicker, and what's gotta give?
Perfecting customer experience
  • The Dynamics of delivery & fulfillment
  • Prioritizing On-Time Delivery by Adopting a customer-centric delivery strategy for profitability and Satisfaction
  • How much quicker, and what's gotta give?
Best Practices in User Engagement and Experience in the Customer Journey:
  • Understanding the customer journey: awareness, consideration, purchase, retention, advocacy.t
  • Tailoring user engagement strategies to each stage of the customer journey.
  • Utilizing omni-channel approaches to engage users across multiple touchpoints.
  • Leveraging data analytics to personalize user experiences and anticipate user needs.
  • Award Night
8:00 PM
Venue: Bengaluru
Fireside Chat Topic: Crafting an Effective Omnichannel Strategy
  • Differentiating between multichannel, cross-channel, and omnichannel approaches.
  • Recognizing the importance of providing consistent and integrated experiences across all channels.
  • Putting the customer at the center of the strategy: understanding their preferences, behaviors, and needs.
  • Creating buyer personas to segment and target different audience segments effectively.
  • INVESTOR Forum
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Crafting the Perfect Pitch: Key Elements Investors Look For:

An in-depth exploration of the essential components that investors seek in D2C brand pitches, including market opportunity, differentiation, scalability, team expertise, and financial projections.

Trends in D2C Investments: What's Hot and What's Not

A discussion on the latest trends shaping investment decisions in the D2C space, including emerging sectors, consumer behaviors, technological innovations, and post-pandemic market dynamics.

Building a Compelling Narrative: Storytelling Techniques for Success

Tips and techniques for crafting a compelling narrative that resonates with investors, including articulating a clear value proposition, outlining the brand's mission and vision, and illustrating the problem-solution dynamic.

Navigating Investor Expectations:

Understanding Different Investor Profiles: An exploration of the diverse preferences and priorities of different types of investors, and how to tailor pitches to effectively communicate with each audience.

Staying Ahead of the Curve

Anticipating Future Trends and Opportunities: Insights into anticipating and capitalizing on future trends and opportunities in the D2C space, including discussions on emerging technologies, changing consumer behaviors, and evolving market dynamics.

  • IReC Unified Commerce Summit
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Panel: Seamless Stores: Unifying the Store Network and Modernizing Retail
How are retailers unifying multiple channels in ways that create a compelling, consistent, and personalized experience for their customers at the stores? What are the cultural, organizational, and technological barriers to success, and how have our leaders overcome them?
  • Tech Empowering modern stores for the right customer experience
  • How does their unified commerce strategy deliver both profit and growth?
  • Quick E-payments, Frictionless checkout and personalization
12:15 - 12:45 PM
Unifying Retail Experience: Lessons to Learn
How do retailers unify multiple channels in ways that create a compelling, consistent and personalized experience for their customers? And at the same time, how does their unified commerce strategy deliver both profit and growth? Hear from our panel of retail leaders to understand the elements common to every successful omnichannel business, as the route to building or reinforcing your own roadmap. What are the cultural, organizational and technological barriers to success and how have our leaders overcome them?
1:00 - 2:00 PM
NETWORKING LUNCH
2:00 - 2:30 PM
Keynote: Unlocking Unified Commerce in FMCG
2:30 - 3:00 PM
Sector Watch : Brand Perspectives on Unlocking Unified Commerce in FMCG
  • Smart Cart Technology: Discuss the implementation of smart cart technology that integrates with online platforms, allowing customers to seamlessly transition from in-store shopping to an online cart, enabling a unified checkout experience.
  • Virtual Grocery Store Tours
  • Dynamic In-Store Digital Displays:
  • Interactive Grocery Storytelling Campaigns:
  • Mobile-Driven Instant Checkout
3:00 - 3:30 PM
KEYNOTE: Automate How: Industry Transformation with AI & Connections at the Core
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Understanding and Influencing Today's Cross-Channel Customer Journeys
  • Integrated Data Analytics for Seamless Insights
  • AI-Powered Predictive Customer Behavior Modeling: Allowing retailers to proactively shape cross-channel experiences based on individual preferences and anticipated needs.
  • Virtual Shopping Concierges: The concept of virtual shopping concierges powered by AI, offering personalized assistance across channels to guide customers seamlessly through their retail journey.
4:00 - 4:30 PM
Fireside chat: Cultivating a Culture of Innovation: Building an Environment Conducive to Creativity
  • D2C Omnichannel Summit
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
The State of D2C In 2025
Given the increase in competition, the rising costs of doing business and the resurgence of in store experiences, the DTC landscape has changed considerably over the past couple of years. The business model that launched the DTC darlings of the early 2010s isn’t working anymore and both traditional brands leaning into DTC and DTC brands trying to expand distribution need to focus on the most important thing- the way their current customer likes to shop.

12:00 - 12:45 PM
Founders Forum: Insights From The Brands Who Are Disrupting with Hybrid and Retail strategy In 2025
Re-examining Your Store Strategy and Purpose In an Omnichannel World
1:00 - 2:00 PM
NETWORKING LUNCH
2:00 - 2:30 PM
Innovative Pitches: What Makes D2C Startups Stand Out in the Crowded Funding Space?
2:30 - 3:00 PM
Brand Licensing and D2C Brands: New Era. New Partnerships
3:00 - 3:30 PM
Keynote:
3:30 - 3:50 PM
3:50 - 4:15 PM
Mastering Social Commerce: Unleashing the Power of Multi-channel Integration and Live Selling
  • Multi-Channel Integration Strategies: Creating a Unified Shopping Experience
  • Technology Enablers: Tools and Platforms for Social Commerce Success
  • Navigating Cross-Platform Challenges: Consistency in Branding and Messaging
  • Global Perspectives: Cultural Sensitivity in Social Commerce
4:15- 4:45 PM
Marketing To Gen Z and Beyond: A Conversation with the Z-Suite
  • Evolving the Playbook for Brand Partnerships and influencers
  • How Generative AI Is Changing The Digital Marketing World
  • Melding Brand and Performance Marketing
  • Award Night
8:00 PM
Venue: Hotel Sheraton, Brigade Gateway, Bengaluru
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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 2025 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 2025 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 2025 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 2025. 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 2025 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 2025 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.