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Kroger Precision Marketing has added Snapchat to its retail media offerings, enabling advertisers to use Kroger鈥檚 first-party data to target consumers with Snap or Story ad campaigns.

Does a set of standards devalue retail media networks鈥� walled gardens? Unilever is trying to convince the industry that it doesn鈥檛, and is urging competitors to come together.

As more retailers recognize the value of leveraging their first-party data, the global retail media market will continue to expand and innovate. While the US leads the charge with $45.15 billion in spending this year, according to our forecast, other regions are showing similar patterns. In fact, Latin America is only four to five years behind the US, said our analyst Matteo Ceurvels on our 鈥淏ehind the Numbers: Around the World鈥� podcast.

Amazon seems poised to beat its lowered expectations: While the retail giant predicted its slowest-ever holiday season growth, analysts expect the retail giant鈥檚 Q4 sales still rose 6% YoY.

New retail media metrics now available in Industry KPIs

Advertising Week New York kicks off next week. Last year, speakers discussed everything from Web3 to connected TV (CTV) to social media. This year, we鈥檒l be watching for updates related to retail media, AI, and social media鈥檚 era of transformation.

Chinese retailers may cut ad spending under new tariffs: US tariff crackdown could impact Temu and Shein's ad investments, reshaping the digital ad market.

The IAB and MRC propose retail media guidelines to help solve the industry鈥檚 measurement problem: The framework is meant to improve transparency and ensure consistency across RMNs.

Summer is on the way, and the advertising landscape has already changed significantly since the start of the year. We checked in on data surrounding the biggest trends, including AI search (which is happening whether consumers want it or not), a TikTok ban (no one knows but be prepared), retail media (it鈥檚 exploding), and more.

Retailers, advertisers, and customers are at odds when it comes to retail search experiences. Retailers are looking to expand ad revenues. Advertisers need the ability to drive product sales by expanding visibility through keyword use and placements. And consumers don鈥檛 want the hassle of sifting through sponsored items that aren鈥檛 relevant to them.

Established brands are beating digital natives at their own D2C game. As marketplace and wholesale opportunities obfuscate what it means to sell D2C, brands need to keep up with both their retail and marketing playbooks鈥攐r risk falling behind.

Retail media and connected TV (CTV) are like peanut butter and chocolate, Danielle DeLauro, executive vice president at the Video Advertising Bureau, said at Advertising Week New York last week. 鈥淭ogether, there鈥檚 nothing better.鈥�

Sick of disappointing retail news? So are we. Just like we鈥檙e sick of paying $6 for a carton of eggs. Some good news: US employers added 30,000 retail jobs in January, offering a big boost after a sluggish second half of 2022, when retail jobs fell for three consecutive months from September to November and were stagnant in December. Here are some more positive indicators.

The retail media landscape is vast鈥攁nd growing. Brands can鈥檛 work with every retail media network (RMN), but they should find the right ones for their objectives. That starts with asking the right questions.

Our newsletter team has already made a number of advertising and retail predictions, but now it鈥檚 time to combine the two. Retail media is still on the rise in the US (growing by a projected 28.6% this year), but competition is getting fierce. From commerce opportunities to consolidation, here鈥檚 what we expect to see from retail media in 2024.

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.

If TikTok gets banned (and it鈥檚 a very big 鈥渋f鈥�), advertisers need to know where consumers will go. Instagram and YouTube would be likely beneficiaries, but OTT TV like Netflix could also see gains. Advertisers may even branch out to other categories entirely, like retail media. Here are five charts showing what could happen.

The impact of third-party cookie deprecation goes beyond changes to ad targeting and tracking. As the industry moves away from these identifiers, new challenges and trends have cropped up: IP addresses may be more difficult to access, retail media as an addressable channel is growing, and there鈥檚 greater focus on frequent media mix modeling (MMM) adjustments.

Amazon鈥檚 revenues rose 9% in Q4: While the company鈥檚 highly profitable retail media business continued its upward trend line, ecommerce sales fell 2% YoY.

Retail media ad spending will more than double by 2027, reaching over $106 billion, according to our forecast. Keeping it professional for B2B customers: Lowe鈥檚 and The Home Depot both expanded their professional loyalty programs earlier this year, with Lowe鈥檚 introducing MVPs Pro Rewards and The Home Depot expanding Pro Xtra.