Category: Benchmarks

Amazon Pulse Benchmark: November 2024

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TL;DR: Newest Amazon benchmarking reveals a sequential improvement in sales and advertising performance and a persistent promotional environment 3 minute read Our longstanding Amazon pulse benchmark is designed to provide insight into real-time sales and advertising performance on Amazon as well as promotional dynamics and inventory levels. In short, brands and agencies reported positive sales […]

Benchmarking Data on 2025 Promotional Plans, Investments, Tactics, and Strategies

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TL;DR: Stratably’s latest research shows 2025 will be even more promotional than 2024, primarily via general price discounts and tentpole events. 7 minute read We’re in the thick of holiday and Q4, and you don’t have to go far to notice the highly promotional environment. A net 33% of brands report a more aggressive promotional […]

Benchmarking Data on Walmart Connect Performance and 2025 Investment Levels

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TL;DR: Stratably’s latest research shows Walmart’s scale and strategic importance to brands are driving share gains in the retail media market. Brands are allocating investment towards paid search primarily (including newer units like Sponsored Brands and Video) and display secondarily, with limited interest in in-store retail media to date. 5 minute read Brands can expect […]

3Q24 Walmart Omnichannel Quarterly Business Review

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October 21, 2024 1 minute read Log in to download the full report linked at the bottom This Walmart Omnichannel Quarterly Business Review includes All-Signal insights retail leaders need to forecast the business, make critical investment decisions, and compete effectively on the platform. It’s designed to cut through industry noise and save you time by […]

Why and How Brands Should Move Early on Amazon’s Streaming TV Advertising

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October 16, 2024 TL;DR: Amazon’s streaming TV advertising is a competitive edge opportunity for brands, although adoption is expected to rapidly increase over the next year. We recommend brands test-and-learn sooner than later which requires cross-functional alignment and in-house and/or external analytics support that understands how to leverage Amazon’s unique targeting and reporting capabilities. 4 […]

Benchmarks and Insights on Amazon Ads vs. Retail Media Peers

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October 14, 2024 TL;DR: Brands and agencies are growing Amazon’s share of their retail media budgets despite its existing 87% market share of the retail media market. This is due to its superiority in terms of scale and strategic importance, competitive intensity, performance, analytics capabilities, ad activations, and PDP quality. 5 minute read (Scroll to […]

The Superior Metric to Digital Penetration

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October 9, 2024 TL;DR: Brands rely on Digital Penetration to set investment levels, but Digital Share of Growth reveals a much larger impact from eCommerce. 2 minute read Most brands incorporate Digital Penetration into their strategic investment plans, while ignoring ‘Digital Share of Growth’ (DSG).  Here’s the difference: Digital Penetration: Digital sales divided by total […]

3Q24 Retail Media Quarterly Business Review

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September 30, 2024 1 minute read Log in to download the full report linked at the bottom Stratably benchmarking suggests increasing marketing spend is the #1 company-wide growth driver in 2H, with retail media an increasingly important part of the overall marketing strategy. A net 70% of brands are expanding their retail media budgets as […]