Walmart Connect has added two new resources for connected TV (CTV) advertisers: a curated marketplace within Walmart DSP called Connect Select and an expanded number of integrations with technology partners. These new offerings are designed to eliminate the fragmented access to inventory, limited transparency and...
Procter & Gamble has spent years building its technology infrastructure. Its Q1 earnings call shows it is now deploying it. The company posted its strongest broad-based quarter in recent memory, with every product category and every region gaining simultaneously. CEO Shailesh Jejurikar described it as...
Artificial intelligence-powered tools are contributing to Walmart’s efforts to become its customers’ primary retail destination, the company said in its annual report released Thursday (April 23). These tools enhance customers’ shopping experience, associates’ productivity, and the company’s efficiency across supply chain, operations, management, talent recruitment...
Winning in retail has a new goal line: the logic that drives consumer choice itself. And while it can be viewed, in one sense, as an extension of the traditional retail context for proximity — first physical, then digital and now increasingly cognitive — the...
For most patients, a GLP-1 prescription means managing three separate relationships: a clinician, a pharmacy and an insurer. Refills require follow-up. Stock isn’t guaranteed. Costs aren’t always clear upfront. Amazon built one system to handle all of it. Through its One Medical arm, the company...
Amazon is making a broader argument about fraud in online commerce. The threat is no longer limited to fake handbags, copycat electronics and trademark abuse. It now stretches across scams, fake reviews, product safety, organized retail crime and seller manipulation. In its first “Trustworthy Shopping Experience”...
In a home improvement market that has been flat, The Home Depot is looking to grow by gaining share among professional contractors and builders, the Financial Times reported Tuesday (April 21). The home improvement retailer, which has traditionally served do-it-yourselfers, has made “Win the pro”...
An Amazon spokesperson said Monday (April 20) that the company looks forward to responding in court to a motion filed by California Attorney General Rob Bonta as part of an antitrust lawsuit launched in 2022. “The Attorney General’s motion is a transparent attempt to distract...
Retail media networks are expanding across retailers, marketplaces and financial institutions, as advertising tied to actual purchases can prove more successful than advertising tied to stimulating the intent to buy. The promise is that brands gain the ability to see whether campaigns drive incremental sales...