The CMO’s Guide to the Future of Commerce Media: The traditional funnel is broken. See how the Commerce Grid fixes it, measure real business outcomes, and make the three strategic moves that win in 2027.

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How to Use Amazon's Alexa for Shopping to Drive Sales This Holiday Season
AI & Agentic Commerce
Strategy & Trends
Read time 8 minutes
September 12, 2026

How to Use Amazon’s Alexa for Shopping to Drive Sales This Holiday Season

Alexa for Shopping changes not only how shoppers find and evaluate products, but also how they select and buy them. This guide breaks down what that means for holiday sales, and how to build a practical, measurable plan to win visibility in Amazon agentic commerce.

Strategy & Trends
Read time 5 minutes
September 8, 2026

Closing the Loop in a Fragmented Media Ecosystem

The traditional marketing funnel is broken. Discover how fragmentation, convergence, and AI are reshaping commerce media—and what replaces the funnel now.

Data & Insights
Product Updates
Read time 5 minutes
August 18, 2026

Beyond the Dashboard: Why TikTok’s True Impact Goes Unmeasured 

More people are discovering products on TikTok, researching on Amazon, and buying through either platform. Yet most platform measurement tools were built for a world where each channel operated independently.   TikTok shows you TikTok conversions. Amazon shows you Amazon sales. But neither provides a solution to answer the question every CMO is asking: What is […]

Product Updates
Retailer News
Strategy & Trends
Read time 4 minutes
July 30, 2026

Negative Keywords for Walmart Sponsored Products: What Advertisers Should Know About Walmart’s Newest Release

Sponsored Products just got a sharper tool. Walmart Connect is rolling out negative keywords, giving advertisers direct say over which searches can trigger their ads at both the campaign and ad group level.  If you’re running a wide product catalog, protecting category share, or fine-tuning campaigns to a specific audience, this is the kind of control that’s been missing […]

Data & Insights
Product Updates
Strategy & Trends
Read time 7 minutes
July 30, 2026

How MCP Is Reshaping Retail Media Strategy

Enterprise retail media teams now manage 15 to 40 platforms, up from 5 to 8 a decade ago. Managing that many was feasible when brands had dedicated analysts and time to compile reports. It’s becoming impossible now. The problem isn’t the platforms themselves. It’s the question that comes from having that many: How do you […]

AI & Agentic Commerce
Discovery Commerce
Strategy & Trends
Read time 10 minutes
July 22, 2026

What is Agentic Commerce? How AI is Redefining the Shopper Journey

From the dawn of ecommerce, product discovery started with the search bar. That's not the case today. Today's AI shopping agents across retailers and even LLMs help us search for, compare, and in some cases, buy products. This is the new age of commerce. 

ChatGPT Ads in 2026: Best Practices and Results | Pacvue
AI & Agentic Commerce
Data & Insights
Discovery Commerce
Read time 8 minutes
July 15, 2026

ChatGPT Ads in 2026: Early Results, Best Practices, and How to Get Started 

OpenAI launched ads in ChatGPT earlier this year, and the early campaigns are already teaching us things that don't match what we expected. This guide covers what ChatGPT Ads are, how they work, what the first wave of results is showing, and how to get started, with learnings from a webinar Pacvue hosted with OpenAI and Kepler. 

What is connected TV Advertising and why it matters.
Data & Insights
Discovery Commerce
Read time 7 minutes
July 1, 2026

What Is Connected TV Advertising? (And Why It Matters for Retail Media)

Connected TV is reshaping how brands reach shoppers before they search. This guide explains what CTV is, how it works, and why it's becoming essential for retail media strategies.

Maintaining momentum post summer sales events
Data & Insights
Strategy & Trends
Read time 7 minutes
June 29, 2026

Maintaining Momentum Post Summer Sales Events

Most marketing teams close the tentpole sales window with a sigh of relief. Prime Day, Walmart Deals, Target Circle Deal Days, and Black Friday compound to create some of the biggest new-to-brand opportunities and busiest weeks in the retail media calendar. But when brands treat event days as the finish line, they shut up shop […]

Prime Day in Real Time: Why Hourly Optimization Beats Daily Reporting
Data & Insights
Strategy & Trends
Read time 11 minutes
June 26, 2026

Prime Day in Real Time: Why Hourly Optimization Beats Daily Reporting

Preliminary data from the first days of Prime Day 2026 points to a more competitive summer sales season, with conversion rates under pressure, ad costs climbing, and impressions down. Here's what's driving it and how to optimize your strategy for the final push.

How to compare retail media performance across retailers in europe
Data & Insights
Strategy & Trends
Read time 7 minutes
June 25, 2026

How to Compare Retail Media Performance Across Retailers in Europe

Retail media ad spend in Europe is set to reach €31bn by 20281 The opportunity is growing fast, but so is the cost of getting it wrong. As brands expand across more retail media networks, comparing performance is becoming harder. When clarity slips, budget decisions slow down and revenue opportunities are missed.

AI for Advertising: How Modern Advertisers Can Leverage AI to Drive Growth
AI & Agentic Commerce
Data & Insights
Read time 7 minutes
June 25, 2026

AI for Advertising: How Modern Advertisers Can Leverage AI to Drive Growth

If you’re thinking about how to use AI in marketing, the gap between advertisers who use AI and those who don't is widening. AI-powered advertising teams are making better decisions, moving faster, and getting more out of ad budgets. This guide explains what they’re doing differently.

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