What can a 43-year retail veteran teach us about the future of boutique retail?

Lou Spagna, Chair of the Board of Advisors at DigitBridge, spent 43 years in retail running companies ranging from 20 stores to 1,000 stores. After experiencing the Boutique Hub Summit, he shares what surprised him about the boutique industry — and why he believes boutiques play an important role in the modern retail ecosystem.

You'll learn:

• Why boutiques can offer what big chains can't

• The surprising relationship between e-commerce and brick-and-mortar

• What Boutique Hub provides beyond buying

• The most important lesson he learned in 43 years of retail

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👉 Learn more about Digitbridge:

Website: digitbridge.com
Instagram: @digit_bridge

Are your systems actually helping your business grow—or are they quietly holding you back?

As retailers add Shopify, brick-and-mortar, wholesale, live selling, TikTok, Etsy, marketplaces, and multiple fulfillment channels, the technology behind the business can quickly become a mess.

Ashley Alderson sits down with Justin Low, Head Operator at DigitBridge, to talk about modern commerce, unified data, automation, AI, multi-channel selling, fulfillment, and the operational problems that can cost retailers time and money. Justin explains why having multiple systems that don't communicate can create hidden inefficiencies—and why getting your data and operations unified becomes increasingly important as your business scales.

You'll learn:

• Why multi-channel retail is becoming essential

• Why growing businesses eventually need to rethink their technology

• The hidden cost of disconnected systems

• How unified commerce can simplify operations

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Justin Low & DigitBridge:

Instagram:@digit_bridge

Website: digitbridge.com

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Should you open a second location—or go all-in on online?

Before you expand, Sara Burks is here discuss four things every retailer needs to assess: your customer, your why, your time, and your passion. Too often, retailers expand because they overbought inventory, found an available building, or simply feel like they need to grow. But expansion without a plan can create bigger problems instead of bigger profits.

You'll learn:

• How to know if your customers actually want another location

• Why overbuying inventory is NOT a reason to expand

• The questions to ask before going online

• Why "less is more" can be a powerful growth strategy

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