AI Is Transforming Shopping Experiences as Retail Media Grows: Fireside Chat With Omnicom’s George Manas and Joanna O’Connell

LAS VEGAS – The growing role for artificial intelligence in advertising, marketing and commerce was a key theme for discussion at CES 2025. The possibilities for “conversational commerce” are growing as e-commerce marketplaces such as Amazon, which last year introduced an AI-powered shopping guide called Rufus, seek to personalize experiences for their customers. Bringing consumers […]

 
 

Scale and Usability to Fuel Retail Media’s Growth: Criteo’s Gleason

LAS VEGAS — Retail media is exploding, and Brian Gleason wants to take a big bite. In a November investor update, Criteo outlined its own retail media offering. Speaking at Omnicom’s Commerce Media Summit at CES 2025, Brian Gleason, President, CRO, Retail Media, Brian Gleason, offered his views on artificial intelligence, measurement and the future […]

 
 

Roku Opening Up to Data Partnerships: VP Sarah Harms

LAS VEGAS – Roku is the world’s number one TV operating system with 90 million households. But, for Sarah Harms, VP of Advertising Marketing & Measurement at Roku, what sets the company apart is its combination of original content, ad technology assets, and rich consumer data. “Not only are we the platform, but we’re also […]

 
 

Shoppable Video’s Pathway to Performance: Disney, Roku, OMG Execs On Commerce Video

LAS VEGAS – Video commerce is racing toward becoming a $3 trillion market by 2030, rivaling the GDPs of Germany and India. The last few weeks alone have seen Shopify put shoppable video in the spotlight and the launch of new shoppable video ad formats, while upfronts season saw big platforms commit to offer more shoppable […]

 
 

The Race for Premium Inventory in Commerce Media: Omnicom Media Group, Criteo, Uber Execs Explain

LAS VEGAS — Retail media is expanding beyond Amazon to more retailers, while the umbrella “commerce media” is growing opportunities for media to connect to consumer transactions. At CES 2025, Omnicom Media Group hosted discussions on the future of advertising and its “Momentum Multiplied” on the OMG Platform. In this panel, guests discussed how “premium” […]

 
 

Commerce Media Is Pivoting to TV-Like Brand Advertising: OMD’s George Manas

LAS VEGAS – Retailers that sell advertising have become a significant force in the media marketplace, typically helping brands to reach consumers when they’re most ready to shop. As part of the broader category of commerce media, retail media networks also provide a way for brands to raise awareness. “We’re obviously seeing commerce media, retail […]

 
 

OMG Ups Its Search Game With Google, Amazon, TikTok

LAS VEGAS — Search is changing — but so are the ad agencies that have long relied on the channel to reach audiences. At CES, Omnicom announced several new search-related partnerships with tech companies including the “granddaddy” of search, an indication that both sides are keen to evolve the opportunity. What’s more, OMG, and partner […]