More retailers are selling advertising space on their websites, giving brands a way to reach consumers when they’re most ready to shop. Merchants that have gathered customer data have a rich source of information that helps brands to figure out which consumers can be targeted for conversion, similar to how direct-to-consumer (DTC) marketers behave.
“If you’re a DTC marketer, you have your own data for targeting and for measurement. Retail media networks are now using ad-tech and building out their own offerings,” Megan Pagliuca, chief activation officer at Omnicom Media Group, said in this interview with analyst Joanna O’Connell.
Retailers are adopting a variety of ways to work with brands, including those that traditionally have filled their store shelves with products, and with ad-tech companies that can provide the systems to sell advertising. Discount chain Walmart, as one example, last year began a partnership with ad-tech company The Trade Desk to launch its own demand-side platform, Walmart DSP.
“What Walmart’s done with Trade Desk really is an innovative approach,” Pagliuca said, adding that other retailers have partnered with sell-side platforms to provide a way for brands to reach audiences across different websites.
There are opportunities for smaller retailer to participate in selling ads, even if they don’t have the same scale as a large chain or online marketplace, she said.
“We’ll work with SSPs, we already have our own PMPs [private marketplaces] and inventory packages and our own rates that we’ve curated, but then trying to apply those smaller retailers where we can use their audiences against our inventory,” Pagliuca said.
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