Author: Claire McBride

What Separates a Successful Amazon AVN: Insights from a Benchmark Study of 227 1P Negotiations

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TL;DR: Our third-annual Amazon AVN Benchmark Study of 227 1P negotiations unveils the vendor characteristics and negotiating strategies that define the most successful AVNs. Plus, the report includes a full-result appendix with one-click toggles to break out benchmarks by product category, company size, and region. This is Part II of the 2026 Amazon Vendor Negotiation (AVN) […]

Amazon PDP Strategy Self-Assessment

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Score your Amazon PDPs in three minutes against our benchmark of hundreds of brands, then get personalized, research-backed recommendations for closing your biggest gaps. Product detail pages (PDPs) are having a moment again, driven by the extreme attention being placed on agentic commerce. There is a newfound appetite in investments into internal people resources, new […]

Fall 2026 State of Instacart: Growth, Ad Investment, and What Brands Are Telling Us

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TL;DR: Instacart’s growth rate has stepped up in recent quarters, widening the gap versus the total grocery market and strengthening the case for brands to lean in on the platform.We recommend brands plan for Instacart Ads investment of ~3% of sales, with most dollars in lower-funnel search where returns are provable; co-branding campaigns and the […]

Who Owns Amazon Agentic Commerce Optimization Inside Your Organization?

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35% of Brands Build AI-Readiness Into New Amazon Product Launches

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39% of Brands Have Strategically Updated Amazon PDPs for Alexa for Shopping

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Instacart 2Q26 Recap and What It Means for Brands

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TL;DR: Instacart posted a strong 2Q, with +14.0% GTV growth and +16.5% Advertising growth, leading us to raise our 2026-2028 outlooks. The quarter strengthened Instacartโ€™s position as a must-win platform for any grocery brand as it outpaces the total U.S. grocery market by ~4-5x. We continue to recommend ad investment around 3% of GTV, with […]

Mobile-First Amazon PDP Design Is Now Table Stakes

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