The New Marketplace Landscape: Retailers, Platforms & the Rise of Curated Commerce Ecosystems
A fast, punchy opening session followed by a deep-dive audience Q&A.
- Is the future of marketplaces actually ‘open platforms’ or is it curated control at scale?
- Who ultimately owns the customer relationship in your model: the retailer, the brand partner, or the platform infrastructure?
- At what point does adding third-party sellers stop enhancing the customer experience and start degrading it?
- What is the biggest hidden cost of running a marketplace that most executives still underestimate?
- Are loyalty programs and first-party data strong enough to sustainably compete with platform-native giants?
- If you had to rebuild your marketplace strategy from scratch today, what is the one decision you would change immediately?
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