Retail Media news and trends

Instacart Extends Retail Media Data to YouTube, Powering Shoppable Ads
eCommerce // June 17, 2024

Instacart has partnered with YouTube to make the video platform’s ads shoppable. In this pilot, select consumer packaged goods (CPG) brand partners of Instacart will be able to use shoppable ads on YouTube to inspire consumers to purchase items for same-day delivery, Instacart said in...

Retail Media Can Help Turn Persuadable Shoppers Into Loyalists
Retail // June 17, 2024

Back in October of last year, collaborative research by PYMNTS Intelligence and sticky.io found that a few relatively small subsets of consumers were driving the bulk of merchants’ revenues. That’s especially true with subscription firms, where Loyalists, Persuadables and Short-Timers, the three segments we’d identified,...

PayPal Wants to Monetize the Connected Shopper With Ads
Data // May 28, 2024

Following a trend that has been predicted since JPMorgan Chase announced Chase Media in early April, PayPal has announced the creation of a new advertising division, PayPal Ads, which aims to utilize the company’s vast user data to help advertisers reach targeted audiences. The payments...

PayPal Building Ad Business Based on User Data
Data // May 28, 2024

PayPal is developing an advertising sales business built on its user data. The payments giant would create this ad network using data from user purchases as well as wider spending patterns from the millions of people using PayPal and Venmo, the company announced Tuesday (May 28)....

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PayPal Wants to Monetize the Connected Shopper With Ads

May 28, 2024
Following a trend that has been predicted since JPMorgan Chase announced Chase Media in early April, PayPal has announced the creation of a new advertising division, PayPal Ads, which aims to utilize the company’s vast user data to help advertisers reach targeted audiences. The payments giant would create this ad network using data from user […]

Walmart Teams With Disney in Race Against Amazon for Streamers’ Spending

May 10, 2024
As retail behemoths Amazon and Walmart compete for consumers’ spending, both are turning to video streaming ads to open up new sales opportunities and drive conversion. On Wednesday (May 8),...

Will Retail Media Drive eCommerce Brand Revenue?

April 15, 2024
As brands see their ad spending across traditional digital media channels doesn’t go as far as it once did, eCommerce merchants are seizing on the opportunity to open up new...

Banyan CEO: Chase’s Media Move Highlights Value of Customer Data

April 09, 2024
Banks need new revenue streams. Retailers (and other businesses operating with razor-thin margins) need to fine-tune their go-to-market strategies and gain higher returns on marketing and advertising spend. To that...

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Walmart Wraps $2.3 Billion Vizio Purchase to Bolster Retail Media 

December 03, 2024
Walmart has completed its $2.3 billion purchase of smart television maker Vizio. The deal, aimed at bolstering the company’s retail media offerings, closed after a federally required waiting period expired, the retail giant announced Tuesday (Dec. 3). “The acquisition of Vizio and its SmartCast Operating System allows Walmart to serve its customers in new ways […]

Instacart Extends Retail Media Data to YouTube, Powering Shoppable Ads

June 17, 2024
Instacart has partnered with YouTube to make the video platform’s ads shoppable. In this pilot, select consumer packaged goods (CPG) brand partners of Instacart will be able to use shoppable...

PayPal Building Ad Business Based on User Data

May 28, 2024
PayPal is developing an advertising sales business built on its user data. The payments giant would create this ad network using data from user purchases as well as wider spending...

Best Buy Forms Retail Media Partnership With CNET

April 25, 2024
Best Buy has launched a retail media partnership with consumer technology publication CNET. The collaboration is designed to help brands reach larger audiences of “high intent” shoppers at a time when many consumers...