Tag: Data & Insights
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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.
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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, […]
2026 Q1 EU Retail Media Benchmark Report
As brands enter 2026 with higher expectations around efficiency, incrementality, and profitability, Q1 has become a critical proving ground for retail media strategy across Europe and the UK. With budgets recalibrated and performance under closer scrutiny, advertisers are re-evaluating how and where they invest across Amazon and other leading retail media networks in the region.
2026 Q1 Retail Media Benchmark Report
As brands enter 2026 with sharper expectations around efficiency, incrementality, and profitability, Q1 will become a critical proving ground for retail media strategy. With budgets recalibrated and performance under closer scrutiny, advertisers adjusted how and where they invested across Amazon, Walmart, Target, and other leading retail media networks.
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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.
18 minutes
The Ultimate Guide to Leveraging Connected TV and DSP for Full-Funnel Retail Media Success
Video has become a primary engine of discovery in retail media. But without a way to connect exposure to downstream actions, it remains disconnected from revenue. This is where demand-side platforms (DSPs) play a critical role.
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.
2025 Q4 Retail Media Benchmark Report
Explore trends from the most competitive shopping season of the year, with full-quarter advertising benchmarks across Amazon, Walmart, Instacart, and Target as well as spotlights on the biggest takeaways from seasonal tentpoles.
Q4 2025 EU and UK Retail Media Benchmark Report
Explore trends from the most competitive shopping season of the year, with full-quarter advertising benchmarks across Amazon Sponsored Ads and DSP, including a spotlight on the biggest takeaways from seasonal tentpoles.
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.
2025 Cyber 5 Retail Media Benchmark Report
As Cyber 5 accelerated seasonal demand, brands adjusted their full funnel strategies across Amazon, Walmart, Instacart, and Target to capture shopper intent during the highest pressure period of the year. Pacvue’s Cyber 5 2025 U.S. Retail Media Benchmark Report provides a detailed view of how advertisers performed during this critical stretch, revealing where budgets shifted, which tactics drove the strongest returns, and how competition intensified across key categories.
10 minutes
The Brand & Agency Guide to Navigating Amazon’s Retail Media Inventory in 2026
Retail media continues to evolve at a rapid pace. What began as a channel defined by isolated consoles and walled gardens is maturing into a more connected, more standardized, and more audience-centric growth engine. Amazon’s recent partnerships, most notably with Netflix and Macy’s, signal a new phase where premium inventory and retail supply live inside a unified ecosystem that advertisers can plan, buy, and measure with greater consistency.
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