2026 Q1 Retail Media Benchmark Report: Benchmark your retail media performance with the latest quarterly data across Amazon, Walmart, Instacart, and Target.

Tag: Strategy & Trends

Data & Insights
Strategy & Trends
Read time 11 minutes
April 13, 2026

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, […]

Data & Insights
Strategy & Trends
April 13, 2026

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
Data & Insights
Strategy & Trends
April 13, 2026

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.

The 2026 Commerce Outlook: How AI, DSP, and Commerce Platforms Drive Performance
Data & Insights
Strategy & Trends
Read time 15 minutes
March 17, 2026

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. 

Commerce Outlook
Strategy & Trends
Webinar

What’s Next in European Commerce

Across Europe, commerce and retail media are evolving unevenly, with varying levels of market maturity, measurement sophistication, and channel adoption. At the same time, global forces such as retail media expansion, performance-oriented video, and AI-driven discovery, are reshaping how brands approach growth across markets.  

Parallel Retail Group Scales Commerce Operations with Pacvue
Commerce Automation
Strategy & Trends

Parallel Retail Group Scales Commerce Operations with Pacvue

Learn how Parallel Retail Group scaled commerce operations with Pacvue, driving automation, reporting efficiency, and measurable retail media performance.

Discovery Commerce in Retail Media: How Search & Discovery Are Changing in 2026
Discovery Commerce
Strategy & Trends
Read time 10 minutes
February 19, 2026

Discovery Commerce in Retail Media: How Search & Discovery Are Changing in 2026

This shift known as discovery commerce is reshaping retail media in 2026. It changes how products gain visibility, how demand forms, and how performance should be measured. For retail media teams, understanding this shift is foundational to modern planning and execution. 

Home Improvement Brand Recovers $96K in Weeks with Pacvue Revenue Recovery
Commerce Automation
Revenue Recovery
Strategy & Trends

Home Improvement Brand Recovers $96K in Weeks with Pacvue Revenue Recovery

Discover how Pacvue helped a home improvement brand reclaim $96K in lost Amazon revenue through automated deduction management and dispute resolution.

Strategy & Trends
Webinar

Through the Lens: What’s Next in Commerce

The commerce landscape is entering a new phase. Retail media is expanding beyond lower-funnel performance tactics. Performance TV is bringing closed-loop measurement to brand investment. And AI is reshaping how consumers discover and purchase across the entire funnel.

Data & Insights
Strategy & Trends
January 14, 2026

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.

Data & Insights
Strategy & Trends
January 14, 2026

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.

The New Performance Standard: Incrementality, iROAS & Precision Optimization in Retail Media
Data & Insights
Strategy & Trends
Read time 9 minutes
January 6, 2026

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.

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