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But at the same time, it鈥檚 a sector full of change and challenges that requires consistent monitoring to maximize performance. 2024 was the year Instagram expanded its creator marketplace and tested unskippable ads. Social was a major player in the US election, putting brand safety concerns front and center.

On one side of the marketplace, you have these users who create content for fun. They are not defining themselves as creators. On the other hand, the space that we plan for selling our solution to brands, it comes from their creator marketing dollars.

The company recently opened its marketplace to US merchants, removing its invite-only requirement in the hopes of decreasing its reliance on imported goods. Where is spending going? The Black Friday bidding war has driven up ad prices, mirroring the dynamics of political ads on social media and TV earlier this year.

Department stores are also expected to get a boost from in-person shopping this holiday season鈥攁lthough they face tough competition from big-box stores, off-price retailers, and ecommerce marketplaces as consumers prioritize value.

The 鈥渙utstanding availability鈥� of inventory in the marketplace is also fueling optimism, per CEO Ernie Herrman. Our take: TJX is winning the value war. Its selection of branded merchandise and lower prices entice shoppers. While other retailers have warned about the impact that President-elect Trump鈥檚 tariffs would have on their businesses, TJX isn鈥檛 worried.

GenAI tool Jacquard helped luxury apparel marketplace Farfetch test creative with segments and personalize email copy. Optimizing paid search (medium impact, easy to implement). Why genAI? Advertisers buy search ads on keywords or word combinations. Search advertisers can use genAI to identify new keywords, group them in novel ways, and assess match levels that they may not have considered.

The company's policy changes affect multiple business areas, from supplier relationships (which will remove race and gender considerations) to marketplace oversight (with stricter controls on products targeting minors). Pride event sponsorships will continue but with new 鈥渇amily-friendly鈥� requirements. Corporate language will shift from "DEI" to "belonging" in company communications.

Farfetch failed to secure participation from enough major luxury brands on its marketplace and took on debt to support its costly ecommerce business. The company was acquired in early 2024 in a rescue deal by Coupang, South Korea鈥檚 largest online retailer. Yoox Net-a-Porter (YNAP) was acquired by watches and jewelry conglomerate Richemont in 2018 but continued to post losses.

Explore marketplace lending for investments with a higher yield. Smaller FIs are entering lending marketplaces as investors or through third-party arrangements, seeking new interest income opportunities and a more diversified portfolio. As with BaaS partnerships, a thorough pre-analysis and risk assessment of these customers is in order.

Advertisers won鈥檛 have to quit third-party cookies cold turkey, but long-standing market dynamics around access to quality data aren鈥檛 going anywhere.

鈥淎I search and AI tools in general have so much potential to improve the shopper's experience when it comes to these marketplaces with really vast product catalogs,鈥� said our analyst Sarah Marzano on an episode of the Behind the Numbers podcast. Marketers are already invested in search advertising; 62.2% of US retail media ad spend will go to search this year, per our March 2024 forecast.

That鈥檚 a particularly compelling proposition given that seller fees can account for as much as half of Amazon merchants鈥� revenues鈥攂ut it complicates matters for Amazon, given that it usually penalizes sellers for offering products at lower prices on other marketplaces.

However, the structure of PDD鈥檚 marketplace meant it was unable to capitalize on those consumption shifts and had to incur considerable costs to ensure similar products were available to shoppers鈥攃osts which it expects will continue to weigh on profitability in the near term.

Index Exchange launched Index Marketplaces, a product designed to expand the range of third parties who can assemble publishers鈥� inventory. It has already become the 鈥渇astest-growing product in the company鈥檚 history,鈥� according to Paul Zovighian, the vice president of corporate development at Index Exchange.

That can be explained by the relatively mature age of Facebook shoppers and the high prevalence of shopping on Facebook Marketplace, which is primarily a C2C shopping destination. Creators drive purchases in many different product categories. Creators are most likely to inspire fashion and beauty purchases. But there is a long tail of other purchase categories.

The company has responded by launching new marketplace tools aimed at sellers in the Asia-Pacific region and reducing its commission for low-priced clothing. Amazon is entering the car business, inviting new competition from Tesla and used-car marketplaces.

Visual search aims to reduce friction and increase conversion rates, particularly for retailers with large and diverse product catalogs, like secondhand or small business marketplaces. Combined image- and text-based search could make conversational search queries faster.

What are advertisers鈥� and publishers鈥� biggest challenges as they redesign their programmatic strategies around data protection legislation and other privacy changes?

Why we care: Though a relatively new entrant, TikTok Shop has secured its place within the US marketplace landscape. Over a fifth of US marketplace buyers made a purchase on TikTok Shop in the seven months following its US launch, according to an April 2024 蘑菇AV survey.

For P2P marketplaces, individual sellers have the responsibility for listing items for sale.

Should this happen, the uninsurance rate would increase by 16% and subsidized marketplace coverage would drop by 42%, per a recent analysis by the Urban Institute. Our take: Efforts to cut costs鈥攑articularly waste and fraud鈥攁re noble endeavors, especially as healthcare spending continues its meteoric rise across the US.

Alibaba has also found success with the fashion-oriented marketplaces it鈥檚 launched in Spain (Miravia) and Turkey (Trendyol) that sell a mix of local brands, and it aims to expand these concepts to other markets. Sustained growth demands creative reinvention. With roots in China鈥檚 highly competitive market, Shein, Temu, and TikTok are moving quickly to stay ahead.