retail media

Walmart buys smart TV maker Vizio to boost its ads business with streaming inventory, viewership data and, of course, shoppable TV ads.

Instacart is expanding its ad offerings with Caper Carts, the Instacart-owned shopping carts that scan items for self-checkout. But the rollout will be gradual while Instacart figures out how the ads are actually impacting shopper behavior.

Attempts to measure the impact of digital ad dollars on physical sales often fall flat. Blame it on retail data silos, says Graham Goeppert, VP of digital commerce and media at probiotic soda brand Poppi.

With its RMN, Rippl, Cardlytics-owned Bridg aims to reduce fragmentation in the RMN space by consolidating listings by retailers that might otherwise be tempted to set up their own RMNs.

You know you’re at an advertising conference when people get excited about the idea of setting retail media standards. “That’s when the fun starts,” said Amman Badlani, executive director and head of search at GroupM, speaking at Advertising Week in New York on Monday. By “fun,” Badlani means being able to consistently measure return on […]

The US ad market will be boring next year. In a good way. Brian Wieser predicts stabilization in 2024. But if you double-click on his numbers, there are several interesting – and somewhat disturbing – trends to note.

On Tuesday, PubMatic entered the crowded retail media space with the launch of a self-service ad platform for commerce media called Convert.

Kroger Precision Marketing, the grocery chain’s retail media arm, announced plans to bring its self-serve retail media ad tech fully in-house and shared an update on how the project is going.

Some consumer insights are obvious: People who buy hot dog buns are more likely to buy hot dogs, for example. But Instacart has also observed some far less intuitive online shopping behavior on its platform.

AdsPostX’s OmniSDK tool identifies and combines implicit and explicit signals about user behavior. Retailers can use this information to show customers relevant offers after checkout.