Manufacturers come to us when they want to reduce dealer dependency, capture margin, and build a direct customer relationship without blowing up the trade partnerships that built the business.
Your dealer relationships are sacred as well as political. Your sales team may see D2C as a threat. Your operations are set up for B2B pallets, not individual consumer orders.
This is not an ecommerce problem. It’s a commercial strategy problem wrapped in operational complexity and internal politics. We understand all three.
Manufacturers come to us at one of three points. Some have never sold direct. Some are under new commercial leadership with a mandate to act. Some are working with a previous attempt that hasn’t gone to plan. Where we begin depends on which it is.
We help you figure out whether D2C is right. If it is, we build the business case, then show you how to do it without destroying dealer relationships. Channel Strategy, Proof of Concept before full commitment.
New MD, PE investment, growth mandate. We assess the D2C opportunity fast, build the business case, deliver quick wins, and help navigate the dealer politics that can kill the initiative before it starts.
D2C Rescue Audit to diagnose the failure. Channel strategy that works politically. Operational fix — not another strategy deck. We understand dealer dynamics because we've navigated them.