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Collaboration: A Distributor POV on Roles and Innovation

Chris Petersen & Adam Simon interview Nitin Chhabra, CEO Ace Turtle

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As part of our continuing series examining a wide range of collaborative ecosystems, we are examining the transformation of the supply chain and the role of the distributor. The rising expectations of consumers are creating stress points on logistics and profitability for both retailers and brands. Fulfilment the last mile is not only a requirement of the new retail ecosystem, distributors must now emerge as innovation partners that create strategic opportunities for both retailers and brands.

As strategic collaboration evolves worldwide, new models and opportunities are emerging to adapt to the unique ecosystem needs by region. While retail has many common themes, countries like India and the APAC region pose unique challenges and opportunities. We were excited to have an opportunity to interview Nitin Chhabra, CEO of Ace Turtle. Mr. Chhabra shared his point of view on the changing role of distributors, and the innovative omnichannel approach of Ace Turtle in the APAC region.

Collaboration: A Technology Retailer Perspective

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Chris Petersen & Adam Simon interview Bülent Gürcan, CEO, TeknoSA

This blog is part of our continuing series examining a wide range of collaborative ecosystems that are emerging in response to consumer behaviour and expectations. While omnichannel is the new normal for customers, retailers are still evolving their transformation refining their business models to balance offline and online retail.

As strategic collaboration evolves in a new ecosystem across retail, there are as many questions as there are answers. We were excited to have an opportunity to explore these issues in a conversation with Bülent Gürcan, CEO of TeknoSA.

Collaboration: A Worldwide POV from a Brand Perspective

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Chris Petersen & Adam Simon interview Lucas Perraudin, HP

This is part of our series examining a wide range of collaborative ecosystems that are emerging in response to consumer behaviour and expectations. While omnichannel is the new normal for customers, the transformation is still in process for many brands, retailers and distributors.

Few retailers and brands can independently afford to build their own end-to-end solutions. As a result, the next phase of transformation is collaborative commerce … ecosystems of partners who can deliver what customers want anytime and everywhere.

The culmination of this blog series will be a panel discussion at our CEO Breakfast at CES2017. We have invited three senior executives to share their perspectives from three points of view: Brand/Supplier, Distributor, and the Retailer.