Advertisers should treat sales events, like Amazon Prime Day, as they might do during the holiday season, launching cross-channel creative campaigns and strategically using retail media to promote special deals and discounts. These events could be major windfalls for retail media networks, as long as they’re able to meet 屹پ’ needs. 3. Walmart marketplace drives retail media growth.
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| Nov 25, 2024
Over the past month, we’ve seen ad updates from all the major players, from Meta’s generative AI ads to Google’s attempts to decrease clutter. Here’s what they mean for advertisers.
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| Apr 7, 2023
Some 53% of marketers believe AI will significantly enhance the way shoppers are targeted and served relevant ads, per a survey from Cooler Screens. Both AI and retail media are still developing. As both of these areas mature, AI will make retail media data even more powerful. Here are some ways AI is improving retail media.
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| Jul 8, 2024
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T-Mobile featured “Saturday Night Live” actor Marcello Hernández and his mother in an ad campaign marking the iPhone 16 Pro launch. Walmart introduced The Nuevolution Project, a collection of clothing and home products from Hispanic creators.
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| Oct 15, 2024
Looking ahead: P&G’s ability to grow sales without leaning on price hikes is an encouraging sign for the CPG industry as companies try to win back volume lost to private labels and cheaper rivals.
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| Jan 22, 2025
Travel brands and issuers are pushing premium cards to attract affluent consumers and boost revenues
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| Apr 18, 2025
This article is part of ĢAV’s client-only subscription Briefings—daily newsletters authored by industry analysts who are experts in marketing, advertising, media, and tech trends. To help you finish 2024 strong, and start 2025 off on the right foot, articles like this one—delivering the latest news and insights—are completely free through January 31, 2025.
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| Jan 17, 2025
A lot happens in a week, so every Friday we're going to analyze all the new data and provide you with some of the key takeaways. Welcome to the Friday 5.
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| Jan 24, 2025
Nike’s Olympics efforts kicked off in April, with the brand launching new products, hosting in-person events with athletes like Jordan Chiles and Sha’Carri Richardson, and debuting a controversial ad campaign.
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| Aug 13, 2024
According to a May 2022 Jungle Scout survey, shipping- and delivery-related considerations are among the top factors influencing US consumers’ product choices:. 74% rated shipping price as the top consideration. 58% cited shipping speed. 56% considered flexible delivery options the most important factor.
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| Dec 12, 2024
Record holiday sales helped retailers, but purchasing patterns across income groups diverged starkly. Middle- and lower-income consumers grew more selective, carefully weighing where and when to spend amid economic uncertainty. Meanwhile, higher-income shoppers continued to spend freely.
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| Mar 19, 2025
Unilever is unhappy with turnaround progress: The CPG company abruptly replaced CEO Hein Schumacher as it pushes for a faster recovery.
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| Feb 25, 2025
Advertisers win with TikTok’s Creative Challenge—but creators' gains uncertain. Brand execs from Forever 21, Abercrombie & Fitch, and more talk AI, Gen Z, and D2C. More Chart of the Day:. 7/6 - Beauty on a budget. 7/5 - Making ad-justments. 7/3 - Summer inflation. 6/30 - CTV gains on mobile. 6/29 - Beauty and the bucks.
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| Jul 6, 2023
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| Jan 28, 2025
This week, small businesses express concerns about President Trump’s policies, private label brands gain traction, and Gen Z embraces AI for shopping. Meanwhile, TikTok music influences purchases, and excessive advertising drives cart abandonment.
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| Feb 28, 2025
Why: “Amazon’s ad revenues are really based on retail media,” our newsletter analyst Arielle Feger said. “But its recent rollout of Prime Video ads and a new ad-free subscription tier is a big way for it to beef up its ad offerings.”. What’s interesting:. New AI-powered tools are being released to improve the Amazon customer experience.
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| Feb 2, 2024
advertising capability or media investment, according to a November 2023 survey from Mediaocean.
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| Jun 17, 2024
Retail media’s positive hype is real. We expect it will disrupt the digital advertising landscape worldwide. In Canada, a handful of players—led by Amazon, Walmart, and Loblaw—have turned it into the fastest-growing ad segment in the country, and at scale.
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| Mar 23, 2023
That’s over $34 billion more than the next biggest spender, consumer packaged goods, which has a 15.0% share of the digital ad market. And retail’s share continues to grow, for now—it will peak at 28.6% next year before contracting slightly to 28.3% in 2025. Retail’s surge in digital ad spending follows the ecommerce boom.
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| Sep 7, 2023
“Especially in categories like beauty, health, and personal care, premium brands should really be looking at having some presence on Amazon, especially as it's offering more opportunities for these brands to reach and target consumers through its advertising offerings,” she said. As younger generations enter high-income brackets, particularly Gen Z, shopping patterns may evolve.
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| Nov 22, 2024
Nearly half of US adults who have made a purchase via shoppable commerce have done so on social media, according to our February 2024 survey conducted by Bizrate Insights.
But budding partnerships between brands and streamers may shift more commerce toward connected TV (CTV) platforms, especially around live events. For example, Paramount piloted a shoppable experience during the CMT Music Awards, NBCUniversal launched a new shoppable ad format ahead of this Summer’s Olympics, and Amazon added shoppable ads to its Amazon Prime platform.
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| May 23, 2024
When Chase Media Network launched last month, it revealed the potential for more payments and financial service companies to get in on the commerce media game, leveraging consumer payments data to sell ads. One unexpected out-of-home implementation could be ATMs, said Stuart Mackinnon, COO of NCR Atleos, on our “Behind the Numbers: The Baking & Payments Show” podcast.
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| May 28, 2024