- Meta To Expand Consumer-Facing AI Products In 2026
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Thursday, January 29, 2026
The decision to develop and launch AI-powered shopping tools follows Meta's rece ...
- A Chilly Valentine's Day: Spending Down, Many People Are Buying For Themselves
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Thursday, January 29, 2026
Chocolate and candies are still the most popular gifts among buyers. ...
- Amazon Shuts Down Go And Fresh, Will Focus On Whole Foods
Marketing Daily, Sarah Mahoney - Tuesday, January 27, 2026
The company's latest pivot includes stepped-up expansion into same-day delivery. ...
- Salling Group Joins WPP Media's Open Intelligence For Commerce
MAD, Steve McClellan - Monday, January 26, 2026
Retail Group Salling engages with 15 million customers weekly through a netwo ...
- eBay Blocks 3rd-Party Agents, Eyes New Attribution Models
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, January 23, 2026
eBay updated its user agreement earlier this week to ban third-party ...
- Judge Dismisses Privacy Claims Against Shopify
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 22, 2026
A federal judge has dismissed a class-action complaint alleging that the ecommer ...
- Ad Spend Wasted On Invalid Traffic Reaches $63B
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Ad platforms filter invalid traffic as marketers continue to keep a clos ...
- TikTok Shop Offers Merchants More AI-Powered Tools
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Monday, January 19, 2026
TikTok Shop is attempting to boost merchant sales with the introduction ...
- Clicking Less, Spending More: The Year In Ecommerce
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Thursday, January 15, 2026
The top 5% of brands drove over half of all order growt ...
- Influencer Marketing Grows, But Relevance May Peak Before Hype Does
Research Intelligencer, Rob Williams - Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Much of the momentum in influencer marketing depends on a single assumptio ...
- WPP Media Expands Reckitt Relationship, Winning India
MAD, Steve McClellan - Thursday, January 8, 2026
In November, Reckitt selected WPP to handle its media assignment across ...
- Stagwell Unifies Media, Commerce Ops Under Samardzija
MAD, Steve McClellan - Wednesday, January 7, 2026
The move follows a similar reorganization that Stagwell implemented last month wh ...
- Microsoft Powers Agentic For Retail, From Purchase To Checkout
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, January 8, 2026
The tools, announced ahead of next week's NRF conference, support merchandising, marketin ...
- Omnicom Shopper Marketing Agency TPN Folded Into Flywheel
MAD, Steve McClellan - Wednesday, January 7, 2026
With the move, Sarah Cunningham, formerly president of TPN, assumes the ro ...
- Amid Value Pressures, H-E-B, Market Basket, Woodman's Top Store Rankings
Retail Insider, Sarah Mahoney - Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Over half of consumers can't cover a $400 emergency. That means savin ...
- Amazon To Hype Ecommerce Abilities, Programmatic Alliances At CES
Around the Net In Media, Ray Schultz - Monday, January 5, 2026
Amazon will meet with marketers during the Consumer Electronics Show this we ...
- Store Smarts: What Marketing Leaders Watched Closely This Year
Retail Insider, Sarah Mahoney - Tuesday, December 30, 2025
From consumer fatigue to AI pilots, the year's most-read stories point ...
- What Meta's Acquisition Of Chinese-Founded AI Startup Means For Advertisers
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Meta's AI power play led it to purchase a startup specializing ...
- How Google Lowering Ad Audience Size Limits Can Improve Performance
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, December 29, 2025
Google has finalized the minimum audience size to which advertisers could remarke ...
- TikTok Shop Launches Digital Gift Cards During Holiday Season
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, December 23, 2025
TikTok Shop is rolling out digital gift cards, aligning TikTok in dire ...
- How Internet's Underbelly Connects AI Shopping Shift
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Companies may soon need two sites - a traditional site connecting consume ...
- Agentic Commerce: Brands Should Remain The Merchant Of Record
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, December 22, 2025
Customer data must remain with the merchant, so media buyers can understa ...
- Instacart Ends AI Price Test, Why Promotions Won Over Manipulation
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, December 22, 2025
Instacart said Monday it would end the use of an AI-powered to ...
- Trillion-Dollar Payday: Online Holiday Sales Grow By 7% Worldwide
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Friday, December 19, 2025
U.S. holiday sales hit $238 billion - a 4% increase YoY, Salesfor ...
- Retailers On TV: Quick, Easy Campaigns Winning Over Discounts
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 18, 2025
Amazon has boosted impressions by over 60.7% to 18.2 billion in ...
- Visa Completes First Secure AI Purchases, Changing Advertising Forever
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, December 18, 2025
The rise of AI-powered commerce changes everything for advertisers - moving brand ...
- Many Happy Returns: Refunds, Exchanges Declined Earlier In The Season
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Adobe expects returns to rise by 25% to 35% from Dec. 26-De ...
- Gift Sales Falter, Holiday Spending Shifts To Essentials
Marketing Daily, Sarah Mahoney - Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Circana data shows November growth flowing to groceries while peak shopping wee ...
- Will AI Recommendations Reduce Risk Of Retail Returns?
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Consumers spent $187.3 billion from Nov. 1-Dec. 12, which represents 6.1% grow ...
- Mintel: Holiday 2025 Is Already Locked In
Retail Insider, Sarah Mahoney - Wednesday, December 17, 2025
The market research company says shoppers are ending the season with disciplin ...