It's not uncommon to find chat on an eCommerce website. And it's not uncommon to find a bot-powered chat on an eCommerce website. But it is uncommon to find an AI-powered chat experience that is willing to negotiate with customers, and do so with ... well ... some personality. That's exactly what Nibble provides. Rosier Bailey, Nibble's president and CEO, chatted with the DTC Growth Show about Nibble and its potential uses across eCommerce.

In today's episode we interview Founder and CEO of Literie Candles, Erica Werber. Literie was originally launched as a pandemic hobby and love letter to NYC. With help sampling scent profiles with her kids as they were learning remotely and with an order of 2000 candles, founder Erica Werber thought she would just sell the candles mostly to friends, and then return to her normal career. Cut to the end of 2021 and Literie sold over 10,000 candles in just the nine months after launching and is stocked in retailers like Macy’s, Neighborhood Goods, and more. In this episode we chat with Erica about topics such as the importance of hiring a great PR team for product launches, building lean teams when first launching a brand, as well as how Erica grew her brand with various partnership opportunities. Literie has had some iconic partnerships with different brands such as Juniors Cheesecake and Sivan Remedies. Her most recent collaboration was just announced with Bravo's The Real Housewives featuring scents such as "go to sleep" and "flipping tables".

Now the Chief Revenue Officer at FlavorCloud, Mike Sanchez has had 17 years of experience driving partner, sales, and customer success. At every company he’s been at he has delivered double- or triple-digit growth rates. In this episode, we talk to Mike about topics such as building diverse teams within organizations, and how important that is to the success and vision of a company. We also dive into common challenges amongst teams like imposter syndrome and ways leaders can preserve the psychological safety of their teams.

It seems for the third consecutive year we're saying the same thing: This holiday shopping season will be unlike any we've seen before. With the eCommerce boom regressing significantly in the shadow of an economic downturn, brands are having to be creative with how they attract people to their websites and brick-and-mortar locations.

In today's world of immediate gratification, it's uncommon to find a brand that takes its time in spinning up an eCommerce site and going DTC. But that's exactly what Boarderie did. Boarderie has spent the past two years sending artisan charcuterie and cheese boards directly to people's homes. Their boards don't require the recipients to unpack them and put them together, they're not baskets. These go straight from the box to your table and are ready to eat.

In Hank’s 20’s his parents were diagnosed with cancer 18 months apart. Going through that taught him that if you don’t have your health, you don’t have a lot to look forward to. Hank knew it was time for him to make a change. At 250 lbs and a size 40+, he was tired of making excuses for himself. Hank turned to his friend Juliano, who owned Planet Raw, a healthy food restaurant, for help. If anyone was going to help Hank, it’d be Juliano. Juliano ordered these red berries that Hank never ate before that promised to turn sour and tarty food sweet. After ingesting a berry, Hank took a sip from a healthy juice and couldn’t believe it - it was so sweet! Hank then started drinking this juice everyday and eventually lost 60 lbs in 8 months. Today, Juliano and Hank decided to take that special berry and turn it into a business! Their goal is to now raise awareness about the non-gmo organic ledidi berry that they now call Nature’s Wild Berry. They aim to help people cut sugar and processed foods and increase their love of vegetables and whole foods using ledidi berries.

Abtin Masseratagah is a digital marketing consultant and founder of Northn Mo., a Toronto-based digital and social media marketing firm. Abtin’s been in the industry for over a decade specializing in retention marketing, paid media, growth hacking, influencer marketing, social media marketing, brand amplification across digital platforms, and business development. Abtin’s been featured in major media publications such as Forbes, Huffington Post, and Entrepreneur Magazine. In today’s episode we discuss strategies around retention marketing from email marketing, SMS, and push notifications.

In this episode Kristi Knowles, CEO of Mother Raw, shares how her 25-plus years in food/CPG led to spearheading a successful rebrand and expansion of founder Michelle Kopman’s beloved RawFoodz. Taking the genesis of Kopman’s mission, Knowles strategically evolved RawFoodz to Mother Raw, resulting in a rebrand that resonated with a wider range of consumers and opened up a wealth of expansion opportunities in their category.

Chris Meade is not only marketing a product, he's creating a new sport! Through CROSSNET he's brought 'foursquare' to volleyball, soccer and pickleball; and he's done it all without raising venture money. Listen to Chris as he speaks to BANKNOTES editor in chief Ian Leslie on how CROSSNET got its start, lessons learned, and what the future holds.

Two new documentaries have cast a fresh light on the history of AND1, which in the late '90s and early 2000s was the hottest basketball brand in the United States. The rise and fall of AND1 was quick and occurred over less than 10 years. So what lessons can marketers learn from AND1? Ian Leslie and Andy Rosenberg took some time to unpack the history of AND1 for the DTC Growth Show, presented by BANKNOTES minted by #PAID.

Jordan Schwarzenberger is a 24-year-old entrepreneur whose passion of tech, talent and socials, has been in hot demand by companies looking to future-proof their own brands.  Jordan has landed roles at a few companies such as VICE Media, LADbible Group and YMU. Now he takes on a new challenge of co-founding Arcade Media where he manages some of the most famous creators on the planet, one of which being the infamous UK group called the Sidemen. Apart from this he also helps build power house brands that will stand the test of time such as Side+, XIX Vodka, and Sides.

Good Food For Good Founder Richa Gupta talks to the DTC Growth team about her experience leading a company that is focussed on clean ingredients and giving back to the world.

Sam Levinson, co-founder, of DOM talks to the team about what it took to start a hand-sanitizer DTC startup and her journey from tech startup, to recruiter to entrepreneur.

I recently sat down with Vikki Ross—an experienced copywriter and branding consultant of 24-years. How good is she? 2 years ago, Vikki was invited to Kensington Palace to meet with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for a project—the greatest, yet weirdest, thing to happen in her career.

I recently sat down with Robbie Bent, CEO of Inward Breathwork and we talked about pretty much everything under the sun. Our conversation covered addiction, ice baths, psychedelics, and overall, how to live a longer life.

Human-centered commerce is near and dear to Kristen’s heart, and I spoke to her about why she considers it so important and how to achieve it through community-building, thinking locally, and putting people first.