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Instacart expands Caper Cart ad opportunities to capitalize on in-store retail media demand: The company joins Ahold Delhaize in beefing up its offerings to give CPG advertisers more ways to reach shoppers.

Key takeaway: Costlier data centers could raise prices for web hosting, video and audio streaming, ecommerce, AI, and apps and services. These costs will likely be passed down to businesses and consumers relying on these services and could result in them seeking cheaper alternatives or canceling subscriptions and services. Budgeting for those changes in advance will likely be the smart play.

Programmatic digital display is no exception to the ad spending downturn that has sent ripples through our forecast. As marketers scrutinize their investments, social networks are losing share of the programmatic pie while CTV and retail media drive growth.

Our industry ad spending estimates are updated yearly and are based on our estimates of total US digital ad spending, which were most recently updated in Q2 2023. Industry Definitions.

Behavior and commerce: Reddit's value proposition for advertisers centers on authentic consumer conversations that span the entire shopping journey. 鈥淧eople are in this mindset where they're actively seeking out products and services... they have this discovery and purchase intent mindset on the platform,鈥� Squires explained about Reddit's unique commerce position.

CPG advertisers in particular rely on sponsored search for discoverability on crowded digital marketplaces and retailer-specific ecommerce sites. The number of retail advertising options is increasing.

Digital ad spend is growing and going increasingly toward programmatic formats. Search ad spend is on the rise as well, as retail media growth remains healthy. And social media is in better shape than previously projected. Here are five recent charts forecasting the future of ad spend.

The pandemic鈥檚 mini ecommerce boom helped supercharge retail media, but the category is now experiencing more measured growth. However, advancements in in-store and off-channel retail media (via CTV, for example) will help the category retain its importance. Click here to view the full forecasts for retail media, CTV, and mobile ad spending. Retail media is digital advertising鈥檚 new poster child.

Some 61% of EV owners are more likely to shop at retailers with charging stations, according to Numerator. But charging stations aren鈥檛 just a draw to bring consumers to the retailers that offer them鈥攖hey also provide out-of-home (OOH) ad space for RMNs.

This first-of-its-kind report compares and contrasts our US ad spending forecast with our US time spent with media forecast. It identifies unexpected incongruities between how marketers are spending ad dollars and where consumers are spending their time.

The French retail ecommerce market is much less mature than the UK鈥檚, but there鈥檚 more enthusiasm for online sales than in Germany. Digital advertising in the sector is largely driven by ecommerce. As a result, France鈥檚 retail ad spending growth will benefit. Travel鈥檚 turnaround will see it rise up the rankings. The sector鈥檚 digital ad spending will grow by double digits throughout our forecast.

The majority (77.7%) of ad spend in the US is digital. Retail dwarfs all categories in terms of sheer size, but its position as a growth driver falls this year as telecom takes the top place.