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DTC Brands — How Data Fluency Enabled a Digital Disruption

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By Chet Dalzell

One of the entrepreneurial wonders of the 21st Century economy is actually not a very new concept at all. Direct-to-the-consumer (DTC) brands have been around since the first mail-order catalogues. Names such as LLBean, Orvis and Lands’ End revolutionized remote selling, as they understood the power of data and measurement in building these enterprises, by earning customer loyalty through superior products and customer service, and generating lifetime value.

So perhaps it’s only natural that in an increasingly digital, social and mobile world — where data enables such direct connections more fluidly and products can be personalized at-scale — DTC startups would come to be powerful brands in their own right.

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Chet Dalzell

Marketing Sustainably: A blog posting questions, opportunities, concerns and observations on sustainability in marketing. Chet Dalzell has 25 years of public relations management and expertise in service to leading brands in consumer, donor, patient and business-to-business markets, and in the field of integrated marketing. He serves on the ANA International ECHO Awards Board of Governors, as an adviser to the Direct Marketing Club of New York, and is senior director, communications and industry relations, with the Digital Advertising Alliance. Chet loves UConn Basketball (men's and women's) and Nebraska Football (that's just men, at this point), too! 

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