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TL;DR: Insurgent brands are growing three to eight times faster than their categories on Amazon, and they do it with productive launches, demand built off Amazon, and visibility they rarely pay for. Yet only 30% of brands monitor competition continuously, and 37% would wait for the next annual plan or not respond at all. The […]
TL;DR: Danone’s Become a Home’rista program ran as one multi-brand platform across influencer, retail media, the digital shelf, and in-store at multiple retailers. Erin Anderson of Danone and Elaine Bragg of Flywheel explained the internal changes behind it: a Connected Commerce organization that combines omni-activation, eCommerce, and media; funding and approval that sit above the […]
TL;DR: Kroger cut its sales outlook and held its profit target following 2Q26 results. Management signaled pushback on supplier price increases, Our Brands widened its lead over national brands, and Kroger Precision Marketing is earning more from every visit. eCommerce again supplied all of the growth. Brands should plan digital-first, prepare for tougher cost conversations, […]
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) […]
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 […]
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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 […]