August 7, 2024 8 minute read Instacart released its 2Q24 financial results, offering a detailed look into the current state of the grocery market and the effectiveness of its omni-enabler business model amidst a challenging macroeconomic environment. For CPG brand leaders, this report is crucial to: Assessing whether your outlook on Instacart and its role […]
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 10, 2024 4 minute read Midway through the year, our longstanding Amazon pulse benchmark checks in with the industry to understand real-time sales and advertising performance on Amazon as well as promotional dynamics and inventory levels. In this edition, we place a particular focus on how digital leaders should be thinking about the ultra-competitive […]
June 19, 2024 Measuring retail media incrementality is rare, confrontational, and has the potential to radically change media allocation. To learn more about this topic, we were joined by Meghan Corroon and Amanda Milling of Clerdata, a data science firm specializing in neutral incrementality measurement. They define incrementality in a precise way. Rather than sales […]
June 13, 2024 5 minute read All digital leaders face the same challenge: so much to do, so little time (and budget, and resources)! With so many variables to manage – inventory, pricing, content, advertising, brand control, variations, brand stores, you name it! – one of the most important facets of the job is deciding […]
June 12, 2024 Retail media options have grown significantly since 2021, introducing a number of challenges related to differences in capabilities, reporting standards, and scale opportunities among retailers. During today’s live session, we heard from Ross Walker and Damiano Ciarrocchi on how they navigate brands through these complexities. The session provided insights for leaders inside […]
June 10, 2024 3 minute read We shared benchmarking earlier this year suggesting paid search (and specifically, Sponsored Products) accounts for the majority of brands’ retail media spend. For instance, the growth in Amazon’s advertising business is driven primarily by Sponsored Products, despite it being the most mature ad type. Newer developments like Streaming TV […]
June 6, 2024 3 minute read It’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 […]