ADC brand activation

The Direct Commerce Growth Platform for Consumer Brands

Acquire customers. Validate products. Build community. Own first-party data. Scale with confidence.

ARTISAN Direct Commerce (ADC) combines live commerce, customer acquisition and commercial intelligence into one integrated platform — helping consumer brands generate revenue, build loyal customer communities, own their customer data and create the retail-ready proof needed to scale with confidence.

See how it works

Brands growing through the ADC platform

Kiwi Artisan
Petite Eats
Crunch Time
Ironclad
Best of the Bone
Eden Orchard
Fic and Fogg
Truff
Viberi
Kiwi Artisan
Petite Eats
Crunch Time
Ironclad
Best of the Bone
Eden Orchard
Fic and Fogg
Truff
Viberi

Traditional retail is broken.

Launching a consumer brand has never been easier.

Scaling one has never been harder.

Most brands don't fail because consumers don't want the product.

They fail because they never own the customer relationship.

Retail owns the customer.

Advertising platforms own the audience.

Research companies own the insights.

ADC changes that.

The ADC platform

The advantage traditional retail can't give you.

Retail can put your product on a shelf. ADC puts your brand in front of real customers and gives you the data, sales and proof to keep growing.

  • Generate revenue from day one through live, direct customer conversion.

  • Build your own customer list and first-party data asset, not a retailer's report.

  • Use live sales velocity and real customer feedback to enter retail from a position of proof.

What brands say.

Hear from brand partners growing through the ADC platform.

Brand activation at consumer show
Sampling event
"ADC team shows up every time! They gave us direct access to low cost new customers acquisition and customer insights. Combining sampling with sales to then drive demand into retail stores has been game changing for us, and a key convo starter with major supermarkets."
Best of the Bone

Best of the Bone

"The first-party data we captured through ADC activations is now the backbone of our ecommerce strategy. We know exactly who our customer is, what they buy and when they come back."
Crunch Time

Crunch Time

Mall kiosk activation
Market event

How it Works

Five steps from launch to scale.

01 / Launch

Launch where your customers already are

Deploy your brand across Australia's and New Zealand's leading food shows, consumer events, mall activations and experiential campaigns — selected for audience fit, footfall and commercial potential.

Launch where your customers already are

02 / Engage

Engage to generate sales and acquire customers

Our trained teams engage, educate and sell directly to high-intent consumers. Every activation generates immediate revenue while introducing your brand to thousands of potential long-term customers.

Engage to generate sales and acquire customers

03 / Capture

Build your customer data asset

Every interaction grows your first-party database through email capture, purchase behaviour, customer demographics, survey responses, product feedback and consumer preferences.

Build your customer data asset

04 / Learn

Turn customer interactions into commercial intelligence

Every activation generates actionable insights to improve your business.

  • SKU and sales performance
  • Bundle and pricing optimisation
  • Customer demographics and buying behaviour
  • Survey insights and product feedback
  • AI-powered sentiment analysis
  • Product validation and NPD opportunities
Turn customer interactions into commercial intelligence

05 / Nurture

Build loyal customers and brand communities

Turn first-time buyers into repeat customers through email marketing, community building, customer feedback loops and personalised engagement. Increase customer lifetime value while creating loyal brand advocates who fuel sustainable long-term growth.

Build loyal customers and brand communities

06 / Scale

Grow with commercial proof

Use real customer data, sales velocity and market validation to drive demand across ecommerce, wholesale and major retail channels — backed by evidence, not assumptions.

Grow with commercial proof

Built for ambitious consumer brands.

Whether launching, refreshing, expanding or preparing for retail, ADC provides the customers, commercial intelligence and proof needed to scale with confidence.

Consumer brands with growth ambitions

From emerging challenger brands to established category leaders across food, beverage, snacking, wellness, baby, lifestyle and premium consumer goods.

Customers, not impressions

Acquire real customers through genuine purchase experiences that generate revenue, loyalty and long-term brand advocacy — not just awareness.

Data before decisions

Build first-party customer data, product validation and commercial intelligence from real buying behaviour — not assumptions.

Retail-ready proof

Generate the sales velocity, demand validation and market evidence needed to accelerate ecommerce growth, secure retail ranging and expand into new markets.

The difference

Traditional retail vs. the ADC model

ADC Platform

Direct commerce model

Traditional Retail

Conventional distribution

Who owns the customer relationship

Brand owns every customer
Retailer owns the customer

Customer data

Cash flow

Direct from live sales
Net 60–90 payment terms

Real-time product feedback

Retail-ready proof of demand

Event locations across ANZ

100+
0

Margins

Higher through direct commerce
Compressed by shelf fees

The numbers behind the platform.

100+

Event locations

across ANZ

800+

Selling days

annually

5M+

Customer interactions

per year

$11M+

Revenue generated

last 12 months

138%+

Portfolio growth

year on year

65%

Gross margin

across the platform

Real customers.
Real data.
Real growth.

If your brand is ready to acquire customers at scale, validate in market and build the proof that opens retail doors - apply to become an ADC brand partner.

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