September 16, 2024 TL;DR: Retail media measurement is in its infancy, characterized by fragmentation and lack of performance metric standardization. Brands struggle with integrating retail media data with other marketing channels, making performance comparisons difficult. To improve, brands need cleaner data, standardized metrics, and better strategic and analytic integration across channels. 4 minute read 74% […]
September 9, 2024 1 minute read Log in to download the full report linked at the bottom Our 3Q24 Amazon quarterly business review includes All-Signal insights digital leaders need to forecast the business, make critical investment decisions, and compete effectively on the platform. Driven by Stratably’s proprietary benchmarking and extensive qualitative research, it’s designed to […]
August 26, 2024 TL;DR: Benchmarking suggests the promotional and advertising environments for Amazon’s upcoming Prime Big Deal Days will be more aggressive this year versus last. Aligning marketing strategies towards high-margin customers and products, driving off-site traffic to your deal pages, and developing a post-event retention plan are all under-utilized strategies to drive growth while […]
August 12, 2024 1 minute read Yesterday, I read 17 emails on new developments in retail media, and 0 on product detail page content. This isn’t a one off either. The digital ecosystem is obsessed with retail media. This is a gated article just for members Join the Stratably community Access independent research on the […]
August 5, 2024 2 minute read Log in to download the full report linked at the bottom The Amazon Vendor Services (AVS) program (also known as Strategic Account Services or SAS) provides your brand with dedicated headcount inside Amazon called a customer success manager (CSM) to solve day-to-day issues and support a variety of operational […]
July 22, 2024 3 minute read Brands want to get more sophisticated when it comes to retail media. But will they be able to? The answer largely depends on the growth of their retail media team. Anecdotally, eCommerce and marketing leaders commonly cite retail media capacity constraints as the primary reason why they can’t implement […]
July 18, 2024 6 minute read Around every AVN season, there’s a corner of the 1P vendor community buzzing with curiosity about 3P selling – either switching completely or, more commonly and realistically, deploying a hybrid selling strategy that leverages both Vendor and Seller Central. It’s understandable: AVNs were at least somewhat challenging for 72% […]
July 18, 2024 3 minute read Four years on from the pandemic and brands continue to waffle on the “importance” of digital as a sales channel (let alone digital marketing). Recent data on digital sales penetration reveals contradictions to the narrative of eCommerce stagnation post-pandemic. This analysis leverages internal benchmark data alongside the U.S. Census […]