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Hey Readers! You guys are great. Pat yourselves on the back. Thanks for returning to – or joining! – the AdExchanger Commerce Media Newsletter. I’m James Hercher, senior editor. And, as always, I’m keenly interested in emerging grocery aisle trends, especially snacks. So I was quick to grab an interview with Andrew Thomas, head of […] The post Archer Goes Brand Building To Protect Its Place On Grocery Shelves appeared first on AdExchanger.

We open with insights from attending a duo of privacy conferences this week, the IAPP Global Summit and IAB Public Policy & Legal Summit, including one reason regulators are paying more attention to data privacy: Their constituents consider it a “kitchen table” issue. Then, we turn to the mash-up of retail media and sports, which is opening up new opportunities across media and ad tech. The post Data Privacy At The Kitchen Table appeared first on AdExchanger.

Sonia Chung, Boathouse's new CMO, wants to help the agency (and the industry at large) take full advantage of its data. The post Boathouse’s New Chief Strategy Officer Says It’s Time For Agencies To Take The Reins Of Measurement appeared first on AdExchanger.

I’m pretty sure I’ve missed the window on becoming a Crumbl fan -- but I can still appreciate the "pretty pictures of cookies" on their CTV ads. The post How Samsung Ads And Crumbl Got Their CTV Campaign To Perform Like Social appeared first on AdExchanger.

Enjoy this weekly comic strip from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem …  The post Comic: The Ten Plagues Of Programmatic appeared first on AdExchanger.

Spotify expands its ad offerings; the case on a fraudulent real estate campaign draws to a close; and browsers must provide GPC opt-outs starting next year. The post Johnny On The Spotify; DOJ Closes The Book On A Rental Ads Scam appeared first on AdExchanger.

Swivel and Olyzon's new partnership brings buy-side and sell-side agents together as early examples of an agentic marketplace. The post The Agentic Marketplace Is Here. Where Does That Leave DSPs and SSPs? appeared first on AdExchanger.

The new ad automation platform from Basis puts campaign planning into the (figurative) hands of AI agents. But it's just a starting point. The post Basis Wants To Help Marketers Bring Agentic AI Into Media Planning appeared first on AdExchanger.

The role of the marketing scientist has never stood still, but artificial intelligence has hit fast-forward.  Once the quiet architects behind dashboards and reports, marketing scientists are now at the epicenter of creativity, technology and strategy. Machines can now flag anomalies, surface trends and spin insights in seconds. Nearly everything at the observational level can […] The post From Trend Spotters To Strategic Translators: How AI Is Reshaping The Marketing Scientist Role appeared fir

Mediavine suffers layoffs; Amazon’s chatbot ads suffer from lack of clicks; and we all suffer the AI fruit slop. The post Pruning The Mediavine; Shoppers Aren’t Clicking Amazon’s AI Ads appeared first on AdExchanger.

Cody Plofker, CEO of cosmetics brand Jones Road Beauty, doesn’t mind when a test he’s running proves that a certain channel isn’t working. In fact, he’s pleased. “You almost want to find out that something doesn’t work,” he said, “because then it’s like, all right, cool, now I know what I can optimize.” That’s not how […] The post Jones Road Beauty Is Using A New Type Of MMM To Reset Its Media Measurement appeared first on AdExchanger.

If you were playing AI bingo at the IAPP’s Global Summit in Washington, DC, on Monday, your card filled up fast. Nearly every vendor booth in the exhibition hall at the event, which is one of the largest annual gatherings of privacy professionals in the US, bragged about its tech being “AI forward” or “AI […] The post AI Is Moving Fast. The Law, Not So Much appeared first on AdExchanger.

Deduplicated Dollars Much ado has been made of late about The Trade Desk’s data fees.  Well, TTD is making a change to its fee structure, overhauling how the DSP pays ID providers. But it’s unclear how it will affect how advertisers pay to apply data to their campaigns. Going forward, TTD will pay ID providers […] The post Duplicative Data Doesn’t Pay; Investors Soften On Software appeared first on AdExchanger.

No one in programmatic advertising needs another reminder about fragmentation. This complexity stands in sharp contrast to the original promise of the open internet. Programmatic was supposed to give marketers the freedom to reach audiences anywhere online by combining data, automation and inventory from across the web. Instead, the ecosystem has steadily moved in the […] The post Reclaiming The Original Promise Of Programmatic appeared first on AdExchanger.

It’s widely reported that anywhere from 20% to 30% of programmatic video spend is lost due to supply-side misrepresentation, invalid traffic and low-quality inventory. That’s billions in wasted ad spend – not to mention billions in ad revenue siphoned away from premium publishers – further eroding high-quality video inventory. If programmatic video is going to mature […] The post Programmatic Video’s Waste Problem Is A Growth Lever – If We Choose To Pull It appeared first on AdExchanger.

Brian Norris started his career in TV sales at Lifetime in 1999, a job that bears little resemblance  to what he does today as CRO of The E.W. Scripps Company. Back then, TV meant “linear,” ad sales meant “traditional GRPs” and the buyers were almost exclusively large brands working through holding companies, he says on […] The post Why Scripps Is All In On Women’s Sports appeared first on AdExchanger.

The idea that “all media isn’t created equal” is one of the oldest cliches in advertising. But programmatic ad tech often overlooks the nuances of media quality and even the content itself when bidding on ad impressions. The prevailing theory now holds that ad formats and creative can be standardized and commoditized, since, after all, […] The post CIMM Is Out To Prove That All Media Isn’t Equal appeared first on AdExchanger.

Anthropularity Anthropic threw jabs at OpenAI with its Super Bowl ads; consumers guffawed. Anthropic refused Pentagon demands over use of its tech in programming autonomous weapons or in widespread surveillance of Americans, resulting in its being declared a national “Supply Chain Risk”; Americans rushed to download Claude. But as the dust settles, will Anthropic enjoy […] The post She’s So Anthro-popular; Junked Food appeared first on AdExchanger.

Retail media is booming. Spend is climbing, new networks are launching and every platform seems to deliver strong returns. And yet many marketers are asking the same uncomfortable question: How do we know what’s actually driving growth? These campaigns are working, but the industry lacks a consistent, credible way to prove exactly how much of […] The post Retail Media’s Measurement Problem Is A Trust Problem – And Incrementality Is The Way Forward appeared first on AdExchanger.

Not unlike last year, the mood during TikTok’s NewFronts presentation last week felt like cautious optimism, if not outright relief. The post TikTok On Why Brands Can’t Buy Its New Ad Formats Programmatically appeared first on AdExchanger.