10 minutes
Q1 Home & Kitchen Industry Trends & Takeaways: Seasonality, Pricing, and Retail Media Shifts
The Home & Kitchen category has always been shaped by seasonal demand and shifting consumer needs. In Q1 2026, those patterns became more pronounced and more difficult to navigate.
10 minutes
Q1 Beauty Industry Trends & Takeaways: Ecommerce, Competition, and Retail Media Shifts
As more brands enter the Beauty space and consumer demand evolves, success hinges on differentiation, strategic media investment, and full-funnel execution—capturing and nurturing demand from inspiration to conversion.
12 minutes
How TikTok Changes Retail Media Planning
To meet shoppers on this new path of discovery, brands need to move beyond traditional funnel thinking and rethink how they plan across social media, retail media, and ecommerce.
14 minutes
What Search, Content and Retail Media Signals Reveal About Discovery-Led Shopping
By the time a shopper searches for a product, much of the decision has already been shaped by content, often on platforms like TikTok or Reddit. The challenge for marketing teams is no longer just capturing intent but understanding how discovery influences behavior across the entire journey.
11 minutes
Q1 2026 Grocery Industry Trends & Takeaways: Ecommerce, Pricing, and Retail Media Shifts
In Q1 2026, Grocery & Gourmet brands continued to invest and capture steady demand. Conversion strengthened, costs remained relatively stable, and returns held steady. Beneath those gains, however, the operating environment became more complex. Performance was less consistent across the quarter and more sensitive to changes in competition, visibility, and timing. This reflects a broader change in shopper behavior. Demand for Grocery remains strong, […]
4 minutes
Shoptalk 2026: 5 Key Takeaways for Brands and Agencies
Across the visionary keynotes, actionable sessions, and intimate networking events at Shoptalk Spring 2026, a clear set of themes emerged. And if your brand operates or invests in retail media, you simply can’t afford to ignore them.
15 minutes
The 2026 Commerce Outlook: How AI, DSP, and Commerce Platforms Drive Performance
Retailers are building full-funnel, AI-powered ecosystems designed to connect media, commerce, and measurement. The brands that win will not be the ones optimizing the fastest inside ad platforms. They will be the ones aligning media performance to business outcomes.
9 minutes
The New Performance Standard: Incrementality, iROAS & Precision Optimization in Retail Media
Incrementality is becoming the key performance standard in retail media. Traditional metrics only show correlation, but incrementality quantifies the sales that advertising actually causes. As budgets tighten, teams need proof of causal impact and a clear way to separate real lift from recycled demand. Incrementality and iROAS provide a clearer view of true contribution by helping teams separate real lift from shoppers who would have purchased anyway.
7 minutes
How to Turn Cyber 5 Wins into Q1 Growth Momentum
Winning in Q4 takes more than a strong Cyber 5 performance. The brands that lead in the new year are the ones who turn short-term spikes into sustained Q1 growth. Once the surge slows, visibility often drops, and data pours in from marketplaces, media channels, and retail partners. Without structure, that data becomes overwhelming and difficult to act on.
10 minutes
What It Takes to Win the Beauty Digital Shelf in 2025
Beauty retail is evolving at record speed. TikTok Shop is now the top eCommerce beauty marketplace in China and the second largest in the United States [1], signaling a major shift in how consumers discover, evaluate, and buy products. Each week, AI assistants like ChatGPT handle more than one billion searches, and beauty-related topics account […]
4 minutes
Pacvue Strengthens EMEA Presence Through Strategic Retail Media Partnership with Tesco Media and Insights Platform
Pacvue now supports the UK’s #1 grocer through an integration with Epsilon Retail Media, enabling brands to manage campaigns within one platform. Pacvue, the industry’s first AI-powered Commerce Operating System, announced today a new partnership with Tesco Media, to enhance retail media activation. Through an integration with Epsilon Retail Media, brands can now activate, optimize […]
13 minutes
Beyond Amazon: Omnichannel Strategies for Winning Cyber 5 Across Retail Media Networks
Retail media is now a multi-billion-dollar market and it’s growing faster than any other digital channel. With more investment comes higher expectations for measurable ROI. And with Cyber 5 right around the corner, brands face more pressure than ever to maximize performance across every Retail Media Network (RMN).
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