{
  "id": 4652849,
  "title": "Thank You, Sponsors, For Powering Inc42’s D2C & Retail Summit 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/thank-you-sponsors-for-powering-inc42s-d2c-retail-summit-2026",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-31T13:01:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Inc42",
    "slug": "inc42",
    "url": "https://inc42.com/buzz/thank-you-sponsors-for-powering-inc42s-d2c-retail-summit-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Inc42's seventh annual D2C & Retail Summit took place on August 19th, 2026 at The Leela Ambience in Gurugram. The invite-only event attracted over 600 attendees, primarily founders and CXOs, selected from more than 2,000 applications. The summit featured 15+ high-impact sessions, 5 hands-on workshops, and 60+ speakers from legacy brands, new-age disruptors, investors, and commerce enablers.\n\nHighlights included boAt cofounder Aman Gupta's AMA on building consumer brands, Veeba founder Viraj Bahl's insights on scaling to a ₹1,000 Cr+ FMCG engine, and discussions on quick commerce's role alongside other distribution channels. Notable panels covered themes like quick commerce margins, agentic commerce, export economics, and AI-driven brand building.\n\nKey sponsors included PhonePe Payment Gateway, Shadowfax, and Glance. PhonePe's Kamal Lochan Das discussed payment trends, while Shadowfax cofounder Abhishek Bansal moderated a session on India's sportswear potential. Glance's Piyush Shah spoke on agentic commerce and its impact on Indian shopping habits.",
  "summary": "As India’s D2C and retail ecosystem enters the era of D2C 3.0, Inc42’s flagship, The D2C & Retail Summit, continues…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}