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The Invisible Shelf: Why Your CPG Brand Doesn't Exist Where Shoppers Are Already Buying
A shopper is asking ChatGPT which electrolyte drink to buy right now. Another one just tapped a creator's shoppable link on TikTok. If your brand isn't in either answer, you're not out of stock and you're not unranked on Amazon. You just don't exist on the shelf they're shopping from.
That shelf is invisible… and it's where the transaction is already happening. Shopping has migrated from search to conversation, and the playbook you spent five years perfecting on the old shelf doesn't transfer.