What is Retail Media (and what is it not)?

Retail media is

  • A Tool to drive brand incrementality both instore and online
  • A strategic investment to access 1P retailer shopper data, retailer social handles and onsite inventory
  • Part of a tactical E2E marketing plan, built to drive specific campaign KPIs & outcomes
  • Serves as a critical last touchpoint influencing customer purchase decisions

Retail media is not

  • A tool to negotiate in-store price, promotion, volume or display
  • A retailer incentive to improve a brand’s position with a merchant or buyer
  • A tactic that can be rolled into sales packages without channel selection, price transparency or reporting
  • A sales tactic for a trade JBP