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In an unprecedented interest rate environment, they鈥檙e competing not only with megabanks but also fintechs, Big Techs like Apple, and big retailers like Amazon and Walmart. The business model for smaller FIs just isn鈥檛 as profitable as it used to be鈥攁nd many in the industry doubt that the US really needs more than 4,000 banks. How does it affect community banks and credit unions?

If you remove Amazon, Walmart is poised to take 4 in 10 non-Amazon retail media search ad dollars this year, with its vast network of stores and growing omnichannel measurement solutions. 鈥淲补濒尘补谤迟 has repeatedly demonstrated its market power. It has a solid search offering matching Amazon's in breadth and consistency,鈥� said Mitchell-Wolf.

Number two, Walmart, for offering a ton of back to school products under $10. Arielle, why is this one interesting? Arielle Feger (11:30):.

Not to be outdone, Walmart Connect inked a deal with NBCUniversal to support retail media-powered ads within live sports. This came after several successful connected TV and digital partnerships, including with Roku and TikTok, as well as data integration with its Walmart+ partner Paramount+.

July has turned into prime time for deal hunting and several merchants, including Best Buy, Target, and Walmart, shifted their sales ahead of Prime Day to capture a larger share of consumers鈥� finite discretionary spend. TikTok explains it all.

Amazon faces competition from Walmart. Key stat: A quarter of Prime Day consumers also shopped from Walmart+ Week, per July 2024 data by CivicScience. What it means: 鈥淚t makes sense to see retailers stagger their events,鈥� our analyst Sarah Marzano said on the 鈥淏ehind the Numbers: Reimagining Retail鈥� podcast.

Walmart will look to ink a deal with the social platforms. There鈥檚 precedent: Walmart Connect launched a pilot with Snap and TikTok in 2022. The Meta-Amazon deal could pave the way for Walmart鈥攐r other smaller retailers鈥攖o enter a similar partnership. TikTok and Meta will dive headfirst into search.

And for reward redemption, the brand recognizes member feedback with options including cash payouts via Venmo or PayPal and gift cards from Amazon, Target, Walmart, and Visa. Consumers seek a smoother path to rewards and expanded options for redemption.

We expect its retail media business to be behind only that of Amazon, Walmart, and Target in terms of scale. The opportunity: Instacart sees plenty of runway ahead to grow its retail media arm. Earlier this month it introduced a series of new ad formats鈥攔ecipes, occasions, and bundles鈥攖hat aim to foster discovery and drive impulse purchases even when consumers are searching for a specific product.

So Walmart Inc in the US accounts for 8.2% of retail e-commerce sales and Amazon has a 40.9% share. So it is still really very dominant when it comes to e-commerce, and I think that's going to be in its advantage when it comes to staying ahead of Walmart+. Also, from a global perspective, Amazon has a huge lead, particularly in Europe, where Walmart doesn't operate at all.

FMNs are modeled on retail media networks (RMNs) pioneered by Amazon and Walmart. But unlike RMNs, FMNs capture retailer-agnostic data鈥攁nd therefore a fuller picture of customers鈥� spending, as written in our "Banking Trends to Watch in H2 2024" report. Many FMNs are being built on top of existing reward programs and have built-in reward functionalities alongside advertising. What's driving growth?

The news: Best Buy is taking steps to compel shoppers to buy computers, TVs, and other consumer electronics from it rather than its broad array of online and offline competitors that includes Amazon, Costco, and Walmart.

Asia-Pacific remained a global hotspot in 2023, with six of the top 10 fastest-growing retail ecommerce markets worldwide. In particular, China's online shopping market showed signs of resiliency, with growth rates in the double digits.

Ecommerce growth accelerated during the 2023 holiday season as US consumers shifted more of their shopping to mobile devices.

It will rake in nearly $24.54 billion in search ad revenues this year, making its search ad business more than 12 times bigger than that of Walmart, the next largest player in retail media search. Walmart is still one to watch.

Walmart and Amazon have the most varied placements of retail media ads, appearing throughout its shopping pages (top and bottom of pages and in-grid), the same report found. Retail media ads receive a 183% higher engagement rate than the baseline average across all impressions tracked by DoubleVerify.

Retail media advertising is digital advertising that appears on websites or apps that are primarily engaged in retail ecommerce or is bought through a retailer's media network or DSP; examples of websites or apps primarily engaged in retail ecommerce include Amazon, Walmart, and eBay; examples of retail media networks include Amazon's DSP and Etsy's Offsite Ads; includes ads purchased through retail media

That backtracking has allowed third-party affiliates鈥攊ncluding Amazon, MagicLinks, LTK, and Walmart鈥攖o flourish on social platforms. YouTube鈥檚 new Affiliate Hub could siphon some affiliate energies away from third-party services, as TikTok Shop Affiliate has done. But competition is fierce, especially as platforms like LTK venture into the social sphere with new TikTok-like features.

Walmart had to explain that its new digital labels will not be used to increase prices when demand is high, and instead are meant to save store employees time.

Walmart filed similar complaints. Despite such high-profile fiascos, social media platforms are weakening their oversight capabilities. X and Meta have reduced their content moderation teams over the past 12 months. And both companies plus YouTube parent Alphabet have gutted or weakened their AI ethics oversight and content moderation teams in the past four years.