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Retail Roundup: Googleâs New AI Tools, and Kroger Grows Ad Revenue (opens the original)
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Commerce media is moving deeper into the transaction. This week brought another wave of AI-powered shopping announcements. But the bigger story may be whatâs happening underneath: Retailers are integrating advertising, loyalty, commerce, and measurement. Google is opening up more AI-powered shopping ahead of the holidays. New updates include AI performance insights in Merchant Center, a tool that manages brandsâ ecommerce catalog to show products across Googleâs properties. Google also exp
Retail Roundup: Amazon Befriends OpenAI, and Walmartâs Advertising Ambitions Grow (opens the original)
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The future of brands gets decided here. Join the industry’s top marketers at Brandweek for the ideas, insights, and connections shaping what’s next. Get your ticket. Retail media is trying to get bigger. This week brought a wave of moves spanning AI-powered shopping, Amazonâs partnership with OpenAI, Walmartâs broader advertising ambitions, and new in-store screens. Amazon is OpenAIâs newest partner to sell ChatGPT ads. The ecommerce giantâs partnership with ChatGPT will allow advertise
Jessie Dowd (opens the original)
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Jessie Dowd is a contributing writer for ADWEEK. An award-winning journalist, she has spent more than 20 years reporting on the business of retail and the innovations shaping its future. Plus, Instacart and Shipt race into AI shopping. Plus, DoorDashâs measurement certification and Aceâs new feature. Plus, Dollar General goes deep on DoorDash, and Amazon brings brands into its back-to-school campaign. Citi expands into commerce media, the ANA flags retail mediaâs biggest roadblocks, and ag
Retail Roundup: Amazon's $20 Billion Lawsuit, and Commerce Mediaâs First Upfronts (opens the original)
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ADWEEK House: Advertising HQ brings the people shaping advertising, commerce, and media together for four days of unscripted conversations and after-hours connections. Meet us in Midtown, Oct. 5â8. The Federal Trade Commission dinged Amazon with a $20 billion lawsuit, over concerns about how the ecommerce giantâs ad auction works. Also this week, commerce media companies made their pitches for ad dollars, and thereâs a new wave of investment in AI-powered commerce. Hereâs all the commerc
Retail Roundup: 8 Commerce Moves From Target, Citi, Klarna, and More (opens the original)
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Commerce media is moving into its next phase. Walmart and Target are showing just how important advertising has become to the retail growth story, while Citi is pushing commerce media into financial services, and agencies are expanding deeper into Amazon and TikTok. Here are the moves shaping the market this week. Walmartâs global ad revenue grew 38% year over year in Q2, while its retail media arm, Walmart Connect, grew 43%, excluding Vizio. The performance led Walmart to raise its full-year
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