D2C & Retail Summit 2026: Shaping India's Commerce Economy

INTRODUCTION

The D2C & Retail Summit 2026 will take place on August 19, 2026, at The Leela Ambience, Gurugram. This event brings together India’s consumer, commerce, and retail ecosystem under one roof. The seventh edition will convene 600+ founders, CXOs, investors, and operators across two stages, featuring workshops, firesides, panels, and high-impact sessions on AI, quick commerce, distribution, profitability, retention, exports, and new-age retail.

SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS

The summit will host Shri Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, as Guest of Honour, along with leading founders and operators including Aman Gupta, Viraj Bahl, Siddharth Dungarwal, Vedant Modi, Abhishek Ganguli and more, to decode the playbooks shaping India’s new commerce economy.

KEY SESSIONS

Sauce, Scale & Shelf: Inside Veeba’s ₹1,000 Cr FMCG Engine

Trace how Veeba moved from QSR kitchens to a ₹1,000 Cr+ consumer brand by building B2B credibility, manufacturing control, product innovation, and general trade depth, while using quick commerce and ecommerce for discovery.

Snitch @ ₹900 Cr: How Speed, Stores & Community Built A Cult Menswear Brand

Decode Snitch’s jump from ₹243 Cr in FY24 to ₹900 Cr in FY26, its 21-day drop cycles, made-to-demand production, PIN-code-led offline expansion, and the community engine powering repeat demand through Snitch Squad, UGC-led discovery, and 1,000+ micro-influencers.

Manyavar’s Phygital Makeover: Rewiring Wedding Retail For A Digital India

Explore how the brand is bridging offline retail with ecommerce, CRM, AI-led design, and appointment-led shopping journeys without cannibalising a touch-and-feel wedding retail category.

The $1 Bn Sportswear Bet: Building India’s Sportswear House

Unpack India’s sportswear shift beyond cricket, the rise of athlete-led brand building, and how manufacturing depth, retail experience, and multi-brand ambition are shaping the next phase of Indian sportswear.

WORKSHOPS

Building Agentic Commerce Journeys That Turn Intent Into Sales

Decode how brands can move beyond generic discovery and keyword-led shopping to build AI-led journeys that understand consumer intent, personalise recommendations, and improve conversion.

How To Turn Marketplace Listings Into A Scalable Revenue Channel

Focus on cracking marketplace growth across platforms — from catalogue hygiene, PDP optimisation, and ad-spend discipline to pricing, inventory, fulfilment, ratings, and the operating systems needed to turn listings into a scalable revenue channel.

SPECIAL GUESTS

The summit will feature OFF/BEAT With Aman Gupta, an unfiltered AMA on building consumer brands, staying culturally relevant at scale, the boAt journey, and what his next chapter with OFF/BEAT reveals about where Indian brands are headed.

PARTNERS AND ASSOCIATES

Presented by PhonePe, co-presented by Shadowfax and Glance, and powered by Gupshup, Element Wellness, NITRO, Base, SafeGold, Snapmint, and Stelcore. The associate partners for the seventh edition include Rukam Capital, Sagepilot, Losung360, Ginesys, Similarweb, Juspay, Zence by Easyrewardz, Dashverse.ai, Cashfree, StoreSignal by CrossML, Rootle, and Importerr.

FAQs

What is the D2C & Retail Summit 2026?

The D2C & Retail Summit 2026 is a major event bringing together India’s consumer, commerce, and retail ecosystem to discuss the latest trends and strategies in the D2C and retail sectors.

Who are the special guests?

The summit will feature Shri Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, along with leading founders and operators including Aman Gupta, Viraj Bahl, Siddharth Dungarwal, Vedant Modi, Abhishek Ganguli, and more.

Where and when will the summit take place?

The summit will take place on August 19, 2026, at The Leela Ambience, Gurugram.

CONCLUSION

Join us at The D2C & Retail Summit 2026 to decode the playbooks powering India’s next wave of consumer brands — from cracking quick commerce economics and export markets to building AI-native operations, profitable distribution, and capital-efficient scale.

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