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New retail media metrics now available in Industry KPIs

Retail media complicates price talks between retailers and suppliers: Hardline tactics like pulling products from shelves can make brands reluctant to invest in RMNs, forcing concessions.

鈥淲e鈥檙e showing 20.5% growth for retail media ad spending this year, and 22.9% actually accelerating into next year,鈥� said senior forecaster Ethan Cramer-Flood at our recent 鈥淎ttention! Seizing the Retail Media Opportunity鈥� summit. That stat assumes inflation will cool some in the second half of this year, which our forecasters currently predict it will.

Younger consumers and higher-income shoppers are powering Walmart鈥檚 grocery growth while its physical footprint gives it an edge in retail media. Its burgeoning logistics business could be the next big thing for the retailer鈥攁nd its bottom line.

Physical stores are a massive untapped opportunity for advertisers, and as retail media evolves, more networks are beginning to explore in-store media formats. Here are three recent examples.

The vast majority (81.5%) of retail media ad spend will go toward on-site formats this year, per our October 2023 forecast. As advertisers seek to target consumers whenever and wherever possible, other formats are emerging, particularly in-store, streaming, and social.

What are 2023鈥檚 top retail media networks for CPG brands? From Amazon to Kroger, we share a selection from our in-depth report evaluating ad buyers鈥� perceptions of leading platforms.

Today鈥檚 podcast episode of The Banking & Payments Show explores the future role ATMs will play in retail media. Host Rob Rubin is also joined by Stuart Mackinnon, COO of NCR Atleos, to discuss why ATM networks continue to grow despite the surge in options for cashless purchasing. We also discuss how advertisers on the Chase Media Solutions platform can use purchase history data to target ads on Chase鈥檚 digital platforms. Listen today!

With the anticipated growth of Prime Day sales, retail media spending will balloon as Amazon retailers invest in marketplace ads to capture more attention during the event.

eBay recently posted ad revenues of $367 million in Q2 2023鈥攁 growth of 35% YoY鈥攊n its latest earnings. But much of that can be tied to innovation in its ad types, improved measurement capabilities, and expanded third-party ads. eBay鈥檚 market also gives it a retail media opportunity outside of consumer packaged goods (CPG). Let鈥檚 break down what eBay is doing right.

PubMatic's strategic alliance with Instacart boosts programmatic advertising: The initiative merges retail media data with advanced targeting for improved ad impact.

Walmart sees growth opportunities regardless of the macroeconomic environment: The retailer looks to boost its international sales, improve its digital presence, and expand its retail media business.

Retail media ad spend will make up over one-fifth of total US ad spending by 2027, per our forecast.

On a July 28 earnings call, Procter & Gamble CFO Andre Schulten emphasized retail media鈥檚 position as one of many marketing strategies.

The US ad market grew for the first time in 11 months this May, according to Standard Media鈥檚 US Ad Market Tracker. Now the question is if expansion can continue. June and the start of July brought a host of ad updates that could help continued growth, including ad tools enhancements from Google and Microsoft, retail media opportunities from Roku and Uber, and more. Here鈥檚 a breakdown of what鈥檚 new.

POSSIBLE conference reveals retail media鈥檚 potential with loyalty data: Target鈥檚 strategic use of customer info enhances ad trust and multiplies engagement.

As the retail media industry evolves, marketers are embracing new formats such as open web, social media, and streaming TV to reach customers earlier in their buying journey and increase brand recognition. To accomplish this, we鈥檒l see retailers form collaborative alliances with social media companies, streaming platforms, and publishers.

In-store sales data is a massive opportunity gap. The biggest gap between how retail media networks (RMNs) perform today versus their most desired attributes was with in-store sales data. With nearly 90% of grocery sales still occurring in physical stores, RMNs that deliver seamless omnichannel sales attribution will be well positioned to capture consumer packaged goods (CPG) advertising budgets.