Author: Russ Dieringer

Brands Canโ€™t Optimize Retail Media Budgets Fast Enough

Article in Benchmarks

June 6, 2024 3 minute read Itโ€™s easy to put more money into retail media. Brands are doing it hand over fist. As a percentage of their sales, our benchmarking suggests: 74% of brands are increasing their retail media budgets this year1 Amazon budgets are growing 50-100 basis points annually 33% are increasing their Walmart […]

The Future of Omni Category Captaincy

Article in Research

June 5, 2024 High performing brands have a unique opportunity to become a leader with their omnichannel retailers, offering collaboration, category insight, and novel consumer data. Chris Perry and Amanda Wolff from Firstmovr shared their seven-step framework for brands interested in capitalizing on the shift to omnichannel mindsets inside retailers: Everyday Excellence Ways of Working […]

Takeaways for Retail Leaders from Amazon’s 1Q24 Results

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Analyzing the DTC Channel vs. the Broader Market

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Where eTailers Rank vs. the Market

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April 15, 2024 3 minute read Stratablyโ€™s eTailer Index comprises 13 of the largest eCommerce platforms in the U.S. market that account for $820 billion in annual global gross merchandise value (GMV). Analyzing the Index sheds light on a subset of eCommerce, and it illuminates performance differences for pure eCommerce models compared to their omnichannel […]

Walmart Margin, Connect, and Luminate Asks are Challenging Brandsโ€™ P&Ls

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Advanced Amazon Marketing Cloud Usage Remains a Rarity

Article in Benchmarks

April 1, 2024 2 minute read The purpose of writing โ€œAmazon Marketing Cloud (everything Iโ€™ve learned so far)โ€ in April 2022 was to alert brands and agencies that Amazon Marketing Cloud was a new, under-adopted, powerful tool that they could use as a competitive edge against their competition. Few had heard of it and even […]

Amazon Monthly Pulse Benchmark: March 2024

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March 27, 2024 2 minute read We consistently benchmark the brand community to understand how their Amazon business is performing relative to expectations. The latest results include insights into sales and advertising performance, along with promotional intensity. This is a gated article just for members Join the Stratably community Access independent research on the omnichannel […]