Direct-to-consumer as a purer play

Learn about the direct-to-consumer purchasing trend and its place in the larger e-commerce pet food and treats space.

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From the consumer insights point of view, the most interesting dynamics in pet product retailing are not just how online sales success re-shapes brick-and-mortar strategies, nor how once-novel autoship subscriptions drive online sales gains and underpin customer e-loyalty — both primarily courtesy of Amazon and Chewy as pure play e-tailers. (Give or take Amazon’s US$14 billion acquisition of Whole Foods and 29 Amazon Go stores to date).  

FIGURE 1: While only 10% of pet owners say they’re currently using direct delivery from their pet product manufacturers, more than half of pet owners shop online — which means a broader opportunity to convert to DTC if they’re already centered on autoship-type purchasing patterns.

 

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