An increasingly fragmented retail media ecosystem has made it difficult for advertisers to track campaign performance across multiple retail media networks (RMNs), said Liz Roche, vice president of measurement and media at Albertsons Media Collective.
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| Jan 21, 2025
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| Jan 21, 2025
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| Jul 1, 2024
The battle between Walgreens and Cooler Screens underscores in-store retail media challenges: Glitchy technology, measurement challenges, and outdated store infrastructure doomed the partnership.
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| Jan 16, 2025
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| Jul 12, 2024
Source: ĢAV Forecast
Currys expands retail media network into stores: The electronics retailer is betting that its unique access to 80% of UK households and extensive network of digital screens will appeal to advertisers.
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| Jan 15, 2025
Amazon’s new Retail Ad Service, announced last week, is certainly the biggest retail media news of the year so far. In offering its ad-tech to power other retailers' media networks (RMNs), Amazon could disrupt how retail media operates for retailers, advertisers, vendors, and consumers alike.
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| Jan 13, 2025
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| Jan 10, 2025
Retail media search is gaining steam while Google and other traditional search players lag. Marketers will grapple with genAI and measurement challenges as they rely more heavily on retailers’ search ad offerings.
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| Jun 17, 2024
Retail media is taking Latin America’s digital ad industry by storm, with advertisers spending nearly $2 billion this year, per our inaugural forecast. Here are the latest trends you need to know.
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| Jun 18, 2024
The National Retail Federation (NRF)’s Big Show is happening in New York City this weekend, and will offer an opportunity for retail media networks (RMNs) to pitch themselves to advertisers.
Even though retail media is huge—exceeding $62 billion in US ad spend this year per our forecast, most of those ad dollars will go to the biggest RMNs. The remaining players are vying over the same $8.58 billion that isn't scooped up by Amazon, Walmart, or Target.
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| Jan 9, 2025
This year's Consumer Entertainment Show (CES) featured a number of innovations targeted at retailers and the rapidly growing category of retail media.
From innovations in shoppable TV to the expansion of AI usage, here are some prominent retail products found at CES 2025.
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| Jan 14, 2025
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) starts tomorrow, but companies have already begun announcing their latest consumer technology innovations. Here are two recent announcements and what they could mean for retail media.
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| Jan 6, 2025
Halfway through the current decade, retail media has bled into the wider concept of commerce media, which will be a $68.69 billion industry in the US this year, per our December 2024 forecast.
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| Jan 6, 2025
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| Feb 6, 2025
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| Feb 5, 2025
Source: Skai; Path to Purchase Institute
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| Feb 5, 2025
Source: Skai; Path to Purchase Institute
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| Feb 5, 2025
Source: Skai; Path to Purchase Institute
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| Feb 4, 2025
Source: Path to Purchase Institute; TransUnion
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| Feb 4, 2025
Source: Path to Purchase Institute; TransUnion
3 2024 retail misconceptions: Retail media, QR codes, and microcommunities
Brands and retailers got a lot right in 2024. Commerce media expanded further into non-retail channels like payments and travel. Brands found their own voices on TikTok. And in-person events helped drive traffic to stores. But the year also came with a number of lessons for retail.
Here are three misconceptions retail experts noticed in 2024, and how brands can get them right in the 12 months ahead.
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| Jan 3, 2025
Customer data collection, the dawn of retail media, and AI-assisted shopping has upended a retail industry already in the midst of a big-box transformation at the tail end of the 20th century. And then there is one of the biggest elephants in the room: Amazon.
Here are some of the most impactful changes that marketing leaders have seen over the last 25 years.
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| Jan 8, 2025
On today’s podcast, we discuss the ĢAV report, 9 Pivotal Shifts in AI, Regulation, and Advertising That Will Change the Business Landscape. Our analysts will compete in the Great Behind The Numbers Take Off – Top Trends edition, borrowing from the television show, The Great British Bake Off. In the Take Off, we will talk in-depth about how retail media, social and AI will undercut traditional search and will governments protect children from digital ad giants. Listen to the conversation with Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, Senior Analyst Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf, and Analyst Bill Fisher. Listen everywhere and watch on YouTube and Spotify.
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| Jan 6, 2025
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| Feb 1, 2025
Source: Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP); Comscore Inc.
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