Insights from CMOs: How global brands can adapt to the e-commerce revolution

Shares research with leading global CMOs that uncovers common threads, solutions and best practices to address the challenge from agile, direct-to-consumer competitors and the move to online sales.

The evolution of direct-to-consumer brands

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In this article we share research with leading global CMOs to uncover common threads, solutions and best practices to address the challenge from agile, direct-to-consumer competitors and the move to online sales. The growth of e-commerce has forced global brands that traditionally only sold through retailer-owned stores to fundamentally revise their marketing strategies.

Over the past several years, e-commerce has proven to be the fastest growing sector in a massive shift toward integrating technology into both...

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