Amazon has a full media channel, a full streaming platform. Walmart I don't think is going to start making content anytime soon. They can offer bundles with streaming platforms. They do. So I guess I'm just sort of curious what those offerings might look like, but I'm investing. You have my investment. Zak Stambor:. Fair enough. Yeah, I think they don't need to do what Amazon is doing right now.
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| Mar 13, 2024
On today's podcast episode, we launch our inaugural 'The Unofficial Most Interesting Retailers List' for January. Arielle, Becky, and Sara (a.k.a. The Committee) have put together a very unofficial list of 8 retailers they're watching right now, based on which retailers are making the most interesting moves this month. Who's launching new initiatives? What partnerships move the needle? What stand-out marketing campaigns are there? On future episodes, we’ll have analysts dispute this power rankings list, but on today's show we layout our top 8 for January. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analyst Arielle Feger and director of content Becky Schilling.
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| Jan 31, 2024
On today's podcast episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss how buying alcohol online is different, what Uber’s shutdown of Drizly means for its retail media business, and how consumption habits are changing. Then for "Red-Hot Retail," our analysts give us four spicy predictions about the future of alcohol. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analyst Blake Droesch and director of Briefings Jeremy Goldman.
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| Feb 14, 2024
“It’s really hard when people don’t know what it is that you stand for. Then you ultimately stand for nothing, and that’s when your sales suffer,” our analyst Zak Stambor said on our “Behind the Numbers: Reimagining Retail” podcast.
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| Feb 23, 2023
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
In part two of this two-part podcast episode, we discuss some more predictions for 2024 that are too specific to be 100% certain about but could still come true, including: what happens next when measuring retail media, Starbuck's drone delivery pilot, and how the publisher/AI relationship will play out. Tune in to the discussion with our vice presidents of content Suzy Davidkhanian and Paul Verna and analyst Max Willens.
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| Jun 18, 2024
On today's podcast episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss the role of the store for the beauty space, Walmart's involvement in this product category, and how TikTok is changing things. Then, for "Pop-Up Rankings," we rank the top three social media trends that have influenced beauty products and how they're marketed. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Sky Canaves and Carina Perkins.
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| Apr 10, 2024
“We used to talk about ‘omnichannel’ and we should just be talking about ‘commerce.’” That’s according to our analyst Suzy Davidkhanian, speaking on our “Behind the Numbers: Reimagining Retail” podcast.
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| Jan 6, 2023
On today's podcast episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss how the resale market is evolving, why some retailers work with a third party instead of developing their own charitable programs, and the role of digital marketplaces in resale. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and Nancy Youssef, chief global business development officer of Soles4Souls.
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| Mar 6, 2024
On today's podcast episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss how younger Gen Z consumers are most likely to discover grocery products, whether this new wave of celebrity-backed brands is different from previous ones, and what social media's role in all of this is. Then, for "Pop-Up Rankings," we rank the four elements a celebrity- or creator-led consumer packaged goods (CPG) brand needs to succeed. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Blake Droesch and Carina Perkins.
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| Sep 20, 2023
Audio:. And we have nearly 2000 employees who are working on TikTok in Indonesia. We see our growth opportunity here to be very immense, and we look forward to investing more in this country, and of course in the region-. Bill Fisher:.
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| Sep 25, 2023
That's a really interesting take on smart glasses in that it provides interactivity through audio. It has a camera in it, you can take pictures, but it has essentially a conversational response. You can talk to it, you can refine your questions back and forth. Really interesting way to interact with immersive media.
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| Jan 8, 2024
Speaking of future events, our next Attention Summit will take place this summer on June 2nd and focus on streaming and the new digital ad economy. We'll be sending out information on that very soon, so keep an eye out. And that is it. Thank you so much for joining us at our first live virtual summit of the year, and we hope to see you all next time. Have a great weekend. Marcus Johnson:.
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| Mar 7, 2023
We've really seen it happen with CTV and streaming platforms as well. That is happening with retail media too. So I think that there's lots of reasons why the buy side might hope for some more cooperation and standardization there, but whether they're going to get it, I think, is another question. Max Willens:.
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| Sep 13, 2023
There was an Atlantic article from Ross Anderson and in the article they were basically saying, imagine if there is a candidate, there's two people left to run for president and one of those candidate's voice is cloned and there's audio of that person criticizing a demographic of people and that's days before the election?
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| Jan 25, 2024
Beast launching their own audio and video networks pointing out, not everyone can do this, but the growing success of those ventures you say, should be a signal to entertainment companies that creators can do much more than just generate hype or hawk products. Jasmine Enberg:.
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| Oct 13, 2023
On today's podcast episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss whether TikTok Shop will face the same challenges as Instagram's social commerce efforts, how much Amazon's partnership with Meta's social media platforms will affect TikTok, and if TikTok Shop is ruining TikTok. Then in a newish segment, "Loyalty Point, Counter Point," we discuss whether Instagram or TikTok has a better overall ecommerce experience. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Sky Canaves and Blake Droesch.
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| Nov 22, 2023
I expect Barbie will continue to be big, it already has been, and now that it's going to go to streaming pretty soon, people will be watching it again and again at home. Sara Lebow:. Yeah. I'm wondering how toy companies are going to capitalize on the weird Barbie phenomenon. Whether they're going to release their own weird toys or just do weird Barbie marketing in some way. Sky Canaves:.
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| Aug 29, 2023
Social and streaming platforms now drive Gen Z’s content choices as algorithmic recs eclipse word of mouth for viewing choices.
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| Apr 1, 2025
On today's podcast episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss in-store retail media: what's holding it back, cooler screens and smart carts impact, and what digital advertising looks like outside the store. Then, for "Pop-Up Rankings," we rank the top three heritage brands that have found a way to become cool again. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Sky Canaves and Zak Stambor.
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| May 1, 2024
On today's episode podcast, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss why Amazon is struggling to get Amazon Fresh off the ground, what it has going for it, and what would happen if Amazon broke out a separate subscription for grocery. Then for "Pop-Up Rankings," we rank the other players that could offer lessons on how Amazon Fresh could compete with Walmart. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analyst Blake Droesch and director of content Becky Schilling.
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| Oct 10, 2023
AI helps write code, they use it to develop games, and now it's being used to create convincing audio and video content. Marcus Johnson:. So seven out of 10 for Gadjo. You mentioned a number of ways or number of different parts of the economy and how they've been affected.
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| Apr 22, 2024
On today's podcast episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss why the restaurant industry is facing another year of uncertainty and how restaurants are boosting loyalty. Then, for "Pop-Up Rankings," we rank the top restaurant loyalty programs. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analyst Blake Droesch and senior director of media content Becky Schilling.
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| May 8, 2024
On today's podcast episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss how retailers are staying ahead of the curve on search and also search within retail media. Then for "Red-Hot Retail," our analysts give us some spicy predictions about the future of search in retail. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analyst Sky Canaves and director of Briefings Jeremy Goldman.
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| Nov 1, 2023
So I would include a streaming package where you get access to Hulu Live tv, sling, FUO, something like that because then you have all this media that you can use to power your retail media network and target ads on streaming platforms.
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| Jun 7, 2024