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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% […]
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 Premium Members Join the Stratably community Access independent research on […]
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 […]
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 […]
June 2, 2024 2 minute read Brands have moved on from the retail media FOMO mentality of past years when a new retail media network (RMN) seemed to pop up weekly and brands felt a frantic pressure to invest in them all. They’ve come to terms with a few key facts: We’ll never have unlimited […]
March 20, 2024 3 minute read Our recent retail media benchmark shows brands are allocating 15.5% of their total marketing budgets to retail media. While that figure is steadily increasing, digital leaders still view their retail media budgets (and broader resources) as limited, especially relative to the number of retail media networks (RMNs) knocking on […]
March 18, 2024 Retail media is having a moment, and it’s an exciting time for digital leaders. As retail media networks (RMNs) continue to proliferate, this means more levers to access shoppers and drive sales. But excitement meets overwhelm when the resources and budgets to support retail media are still limited. Are we investing in […]