direct-to-consumer

also referred to as: d to c · direct to consumer · dtc

7 statements across 7 episodes · 4 bullish · 3 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Apr 17, 2024 by Charles Hudson · across every show →

Everything said about direct-to-consumer, oldest first

Apr 17, 2024 positive
Insight
Hudson: Scaled consumer brands must operate across DTC and retail
“Every company we have that's scaled, we have an incontinence brand focused on sort of the other Stage of life. You end up being multi-channel in the mix of D to C, B to B slash wholesale and retail. Every company ends up with a different formula, but that seem…”
Charles Hudson Apr 17, 2024 ▶ 11:01 Women-Led Startup Funding: Will Investors Bet on This $5M Bootstrapped Feminine Hygiene Brand?
Mar 3, 2025 positive
Insight
Nadel: Early-stage consumer beverage brands should launch exclusively direct-to-consumer
“I'd rather her build the brand organically, just DDC, just online, selling it direct, and work with influencers online to build the brand and to get traction and get like a real core following of people who are buying a direct consumer where you have really hi…”
Phil Nadel Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 18:30 #30 Can This Founder Reclaim Cocktail Hour?
Mar 3, 2025 negative
Insight
Gulati: Early-stage food brands lack leverage to go direct-to-consumer
“I don't actually think it is clear that you can go direct to consumer. Like I think that happens in some cases when brands have leverage. I think when brands don't have leverage or when they're just starting out, it's kind of The retailers, I think, dictate a …”
Daniel Gulati Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 16:10 #35 The Proof Is in the Pudding
Mar 3, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Hudson advises Blake's Seed Based to stay direct-to-consumer as long as possible
“My advice to him is stay D to C for as long as you possibly can.”
Charles Hudson Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 21:25 #49 Nuts Can Kill. Are Seeds the Answer?
Mar 3, 2025 positive
Insight
Hudson: DTC Unlocks Customer Data That Retail Distribution Cannot Provide
“You just learn so much more about who your buyer is. Why they buy. All the questions you had. Who's your buyer? How often did they buy? We didn't talk about repurchase, right? It's like, this is all stuff that you... And you can't know with retail.”
Charles Hudson Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 26:09 #54 Is Selling in Walmart a Good Thing?
Mar 3, 2025 negative
Insight
Hudson: Inexperienced DTC founders relying on Meta ads hit a buzzsaw
“If you're an inexperienced person who wants to exploit Facebook and Instagram for DTC, I think that's like running into a buzzsaw.”
Charles Hudson Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 15:33 #77 Sell Online or Go Door to Door
Mar 4, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Gutwein: DTC Has Not Figured Out How to Scale Post-Adpocalypse
“I think that overall DTC as an industry has not figured out how to scale like the new channels now that they can't spend VC dollars on Facebook and Google spend.”
Victor Gutwein Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 18:23 #109 Modern Picnic: Surviving the Adpocalypse
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