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Closed-Loop Reporting in Retail Media: How to Finally Measure What Matters

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Retail media continues to grow as brands move budgets closer to the point of sale. But one key challenge remains: proving your campaigns actually drive purchases. That’s where closed-loop reporting comes in. 1. What Is Closed-Loop Reporting? Closed-loop reporting means tracking your marketing efforts—impressions, clicks, conversions—all the way to real purchases, closing the loop between […]

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The Seller’s Compass: How to Choose the Right Marketplace

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Choosing the right marketplace can mean the difference between stagnant sales and explosive growth. With dozens of platforms available—each with unique fees, audiences, and requirements—you need a clear framework. In this article, you’ll discover five crucial steps to identify the perfect marketplace for your brand in 2025. For more on marketplace benefits, see Marketplace 2025:

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Incrementality Test: 2025 Retail Media Attribution

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Relying on last-click models alone can obscure your campaign’s true impact. An Incrementality Test isolates the causal effect of retail media—showing which impressions actually drive new sales, and which would have occurred anyway. As eMarketer notes, “retail media buyers need to go beyond ROAS when understanding ad impact.” Meanwhile, Grocery TV’s analysis found that CPG

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Share of Search & Share of Shelf: Advanced Retail KPIs

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In retail media, raw ad metrics only tell half the story. To truly assess your brand’s digital visibility, two advanced KPIs stand out: Share of Search and Share of Shelf. These indicators show how often shoppers discover your brand online and where your products appear within digital shelves. As defined by Qualtrics and MetricsCart, these

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Digital-In-Store Traffic & Conversion: Measure Offline Impact

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Online ads capture clicks, but real revenue often happens in physical stores. To close that gap, brands must embrace Digital-In-Store measurement: tracking foot traffic and linking it to in-store conversions. As highlighted by Think with Google, combining local search marketing with in-store analytics drives measurable lift. In this post, I share four practical steps to

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Infographic with a purple background featuring the title “Closed-Loop Reporting” in bold white and green. On the right, a circular arrow or analytics icon represents the continuous cycle of data feedback and performance measurement in retail media strategies.

Closed-Loop Reporting: Retail Media Campaign Follow-Up

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A campaign doesn’t end when the ads go live—it’s just getting started. Closed-Loop Reporting completes the cycle by tying every dollar of ad spend back to actual sales, enabling marketers to measure ROI, refine attribution, and demonstrate true incremental lift. As eMarketer points out, pairing Retail Media with CTV unlocks richer closed-loop measurement for full-funnel

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Modular PDP Assets: Flexible Retail Media Creatives

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Brands running retail media campaigns need creative that scales.Modular PDP Assets are the answer—flexible visuals and copy components designed for rapid deployment on product detail pages. Instead of crafting custom banners for every SKU, you build once and reuse smartly. Think: swappable elements like logos, CTAs, and 6-second videos, ready to plug into any campaign.

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Retailer First-Party ID: Strategies for the Cookieless Era

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As browsers phase out third-party cookies, brands must shift toward Retailer First-Party ID solutions to identify and engage shoppers across channels. These privacy-safe identifiers—collected directly by the retailer—enable personalization without compromising consumer trust. According to Criteo’s Alternative IDs: The Future of Cookieless Advertising, probabilistic and deterministic IDs can help bridge the data gap left by

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Retail Media Budget Allocation: iGRP vs ROAS

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Great campaigns fail if the budget is scattered. A clear Retail Media Budget Allocation framework aligns spend with goals, channels and measurement—preventing overspend on low-impact ads and underspend on high-value SKUs. Yet planners often debate which KPI should steer dollars: iGRP (internet Gross Rating Point) for reach or ROAS for efficiency. Here’s how to strike

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Retail Media Advertising Mix: On-Site, Off-Site & In-Store DOOH

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To succeed in today’s competitive retail landscape, brands must craft a compelling Retail Media Advertising media mix that blends on-site ads, off-site display and in-store DOOH. This integrated approach ensures you reach shoppers at every touchpoint—driving awareness, consideration and conversion in a cohesive way. For a deeper dive into execution models, see my post on

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