Topics Covered: August 1, 2022Digital Ad market in 6 chartsAmazon counters return to stores narrativeShopify bends itself to realityWalmart & Best Buy see worsening trendsGoogle delays cookie-less futureTarget adds digital capacity
Topics Covered: Target yet to see negative impact from Omicron on store shopping Lowe’s forecasts slowing home category in 2022 citing tough comps From Stratably: How brands are leveraging TikTok to drive sales Chart of the week: Multi-channel shopping across categories Amazon Highlights: Metrics Cheat Sheet, Video ROI, ads contested at FTC Brand example: e.l.f. experimenting […]
5 Minute ReadWatch the Highlights: Loom Video HighlightsTL/DRIn analyzing Millennials’ path to purchase for gifts, the results suggest a multi-channel mix contributing to discovery, with social platforms, retail websites, and physical stores all contributing. Beyond discovery, social media is becoming more important further down the path to purchase as Millennials are using it to expand […]
Facebook, Snap, Twitter, Amazon, and Google all reported their third-quarter results last week, providing insight into over $100 billion of digital advertising spend. This special edition of The Spark highlights the most interesting commentary through the lens of consumer brands. Topics Covered: Quantifying market performance Insights on near term consumer behavior Apple’s ATT initiative […]
3Q21 Performance & Market Update Amazon’s retail business slowed during the quarter, in-line with the broader digital market. It’s commentary suggests labor issues are the primary challenge it faced this quarter and will continue to battle in 4Q as it looks to meet holiday demand.Should Amazon National Account Managers be worried? Not necessarily. We’ve seen […]
Topics Covered: Types of activities most impacted by growing risk aversion among U.S. consumers U.S. ad sales projection with comparison to Amazon Amazon and Walmart shopper overlap datapoints Google Shopping Iterations 1 billion at TikTok More Shopify integrations Facebook results hurting from Apple Rethinking old business models
Topics Covered: Instant retail (an update needed every week!) Is retail media in stores the answer? Getting more out of TikTok and Instagram (via Google) Shoppable video adoption growing The tech coming to Amazon’s department stores
Topics Covered: DoorDash and Instacart Together Walmart 2Q Performance: Positive Digital Comps Kellogg’s launches first DTC effort with its Cheez-It brand Gopuff building European presence Google enters omnichannel grocery space Amazon looking to improve its economics Kroger enters ghost kitchen space Albertson’s launches free-delivery membership Uber grocery-deals under investigation