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Click to Bricks: D2C Brands Embracing Offline Expansion

Fynd · fynd.com Free Intermediate India

A retail-tech platform's practical framing of the 'click to bricks' transition, useful for the operational questions of what offline actually opens up beyond raw sales - new SKU testing, geo-targeted launches, B2B entry.

  • Offline presence enables new-category testing, geo-targeted launches and B2B entry.
  • Mamaearth's offline push through general trade, modern trade and EBOs is cited as a reference case.
  • Offline data feeds back into sharper, more targeted digital marketing too.

The question it answers

  1. What's the difference between modern trade and general trade, and which should I start with?

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