Show Notes
Ben Botas explains how fashion agencies are evolving from sales intermediaries to data-driven partners that align brands and retailers around shared insights and sell-through performance.
This is the second episode of Retail Eye-Openers, a three-part podcast series produced in collaboration with Impulso. The series explores how data sharing and retailer partnerships drive sell-through and reduce overstock.
In this conversation, Konrad Olsson speaks with Ben Botas, founder of the Munich-based agency Ben&, about how his team is redefining the role of the fashion Agent through technology and collaboration. He explains how data-driven decision-making, process discipline, and cultural change are transforming an industry still too reliant on intuition — and why sell-through, not sell-in, is the true measure of success.
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