The D2C & Retail Summit 2025 By Inc42

Past Agenda

The New Commerce Playbook

Omnichannel Play

Bharat & Beyond

Capital Efficiency, Profits & M&A Readiness

Tech x Brand

Premium India

Modern Retail Infra

Leadership, Talent & Brand Culture

Fireside

11:10-11:35 IST

25 Mins

Scripting The Next Chapter Of India's Consumption Story

Kishore Biyani

Entrepreneur & Founder, Future Group

Vaibhav Vardhan

CEO & Cofounder, Inc42

01The forces shaping the modern Indian retail story
02Pushing the envelope with innovation in retail formats
03Evolving your brand keeping with the changing consumption patterns
04What's next for India's new age consumer brands

Panel

11:35-12:05 IST

30 Mins

Secrets To Scaling: Breaking Through Into The INR 100 Cr Club

Pankaj Vermani

Founder & CEO, Clovia

Tarun Sharma

Cofounder & CEO, mCaffeine & HYPHEN

Umair Mohammed

Cofounder & CEO, Nitro

Raghav Verma

Cofounder, Chaayos

Sahil Dharia

Founder & CEO, Soothe Healthcare

01Customer-first or product-first — What is the key to reaching INR 100 Cr
02The 'unsexy' stuff: Supply chain, pricing, operational efficiency
03Building a brand in the age of social media
04Reaching the INR 100 Cr milestone amid changing consumption patterns — 2019 Vs 2024
05The human factor behind brands — the power of team and community

Fireside

12:05-12:35 IST

30 Mins

Three Decades Of Gifting: How Ferns N Petals Cracked The Omnichannel Play

Pawan Gadia

Global CEO & Director, Ferns N Petals

Ishank Joshi

Cofounder & CEO, Mobavenue

01How Ferns N Petals created the category for online florist and gifting In India
02The experience of expanding to ecommerce before the startup boom
03Evolving the FnP product to fit Indian audiences over the years
04Building an operational framework for offline and online channels
05Taking the India playbook to international waters

Panel

12:35-13:05 IST

30 Mins

D2C Brands' Playbook To Marketplace Success

Dr Shashank Sinha

CEO, Drools

Midhula Devabhaktuni

Cofounder & CMO, Mivi

Sidhant Keshwani

Founder & CEO, Libas

Renu Bisht

Founder & MD, Commercify360

01How to stand out against primary competition on marketplaces
02Making the most of marketplace analytics tools
03How to triage costs as your marketplace sales grow
04Leveraging marketplaces to ride the premiumisation wave
05Selling on vertical ecommerce platforms vs horizontal marketplaces
06The playbook for cashing in on ecommerce sales

Fireside

13:05-13:35 IST

30 Mins

Decoding Veeba's Secret Sauce To ₹1,000 Cr Revenue Brand

Viraj Bahl

Founder & MD, Veeba

Ajay Rao

Founder & CEO, Emiza

01How striking a QSR deal helped Veeba get D2C traction
02The challenges of starting up a D2C brand in perishables space
03The Veeba blueprint of expanding SKUs
04Strategies that help Veeba cross the ₹1,000 Cr sales milestone
05Competing with giants — balancing risks, and opportunities

Fireside

14:30-15:00 IST

30 Mins

How Bluestone Went From Novelty To D2C Jewellery Mainstay

Gaurav Singh Kushwaha

Founder & CEO, Bluestone

Nitya Sharma

Cofounder & CEO, Simpl

01Creating the jewellery ecommerce stack in the days of cash on delivery
02Solving the trust deficit problem in online jewellery shopping
03Building the Bluestone brand vs building a marketplace
04Decoding Bluestone's omnichannel stack since 2018
05Decoding the IPO ambitions

Panel

15:00-15:30 IST

30 Mins

On The Fast-Track: D2C Brands' Guide To Nailing The Quick Commerce Game

Mohit Goyal

Cofounder & Director, Swiss Beauty

Madhav Kasturia

Founder & CEO, Zippee

Shauravi Malik

Cofounder, Wholsum Foods

Akash Agrawal

Cofounder, Zoff Foods

Renu Bisht

Founder & MD, Commercify360

01Are quick commerce platforms the new ecommerce marketplaces?
02Logistics and distribution in the age of dark stores
03Quick commerce vs retail distribution — understanding cost structures
04Building brand loyalty without customer data
05The opportunity for high-margin dark store-only brands

Panel

15:30-16:00 IST

30 Mins

The Art Of Exits, M&As & More In D2C

Ashutosh Valani

Cofounder, Renee Cosmetics

Vishal Kaushik

Founder & MD, Upakarma Ayurveda

Malika Datt Sadani

Founder, The Moms Co.

Anup Jain

Leading Early Stage VC

01From identifying the right time to exit to finding the ideal suitor or buyer for your brand
02Contours & structures of an exit: Cash deals vs partial or phased exits
03Preparing employees for change management
04Life after exit: Investing and starting up again

Panel

16:00-16:30 IST

30 Mins

From D2C To Retail: Scaling Up Brands The Modern Way

Shivam Tripathi

COO & Cofounder, NEWME

Ayush Bansal

Director, Liberty Shoes

Aakash Chaudhry

Director, Aakash Medicines

Vivek Biyani

Founder, BROADWAY

Ishaan Khosla

Founding Partner, Huddle Ventures

01What does omnichannel look like in 2024?
02The growing role for modern trade channels amid premiumisation wave
03The ops team structure & the logistics tech stack for scaled-up omnichannel brands
04What challenges are brands facing when accessing physical retail channels
05The various facets of D2C-centric modern retail innovation
06How brands are de-siloing ecommerce and physical retail data

Keynote

17:00-17:15 IST

15 Mins

India's Consumption Story: A Tale Of Premiumisation, Shifting Consumer Preferences & Aspirations

Sandeep Aggarwal

Founder & CEO, Droom

Panel

17:15-17:40 IST

25 Mins

The Building Blocks For Scale In Modern Retail & D2C

Manas Ranjan Hota

Cofounder & COO, DrinkPrime

Dr Atul Mehta

CEO, Pay10

Devangi Nishar Parekh

MD, Aza Fashions

Nishant Kinra

Director, EY-Parthenon - Transactions, Strategy, & Execution

01Building the infrastructure that can take brands to the big league
02Winning the distribution game and solving logistics complexities
03Staying on the bleeding edge for digital payments
04How investing in customer experience has paid off for large D2C brands
05Why adaptability is key in a competitive brand landscape
06Building in sync with consumer trends and leveraging data

Panel

17:40-18:10 IST

30 Mins

Decoding The Great Indian Retail Opportunity

Archana Jahagirdar

Founder & Managing Partner, Rukam Capital

Kannan Sitaram

Cofounder & Partner, Fireside Ventures

Rohit Bansal

Cofounder, AceVector & Titan Capital

Anisha Singh

Founder, She Capital

01Seasonality and hype cycles in D2C and retail investments
02Mass appeal vs premium vs luxury — the game of positioning
03 Decoding exit, IPO horizons for D2C and retail brands
04Understanding what is the potential and what's the limit: Not every brand is an INR 100 Cr or INR 500 Cr brand
05What's Next: Identifying the new opportunities

Fireside

18:10-18:40 IST

30 Mins

The View From INR 2000 Cr: Decoding Cello World’s Retail Empire

Gaurav Rathod

Joint MD, Cello World Ltd.

Dr Ritesh Malik

Founder & CEO, Innov8

01Leading a 65-year-old brand towards the IPO
02The past decade for India’s manufacturing landscape
03Reaching a scale of INR 2,000 Cr and going beyond
04How a legacy player is building its online empire
05How brands should look at scaling up manufacturing

Fireside

18:40-19:00 IST

20 Mins

Shaping Modern Retail With ONDC, Manufacturing Push

Sh. Sanjiv

Joint Secretary, DPIIT

Vaibhav Vardhan

CEO & Cofounder, Inc42

01ONDC’s disruption of ecommerce and democratising digital commerce
02Why manufacturing is a key part of the modern retail value chain
03How Make In India push has created a renaissance for D2C brands
04DPIIT’s role in establishing standards for ecommerce regulation
05The next big focus areas for ONDC

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