Gen Zers’ age can help banks reach its members, but their behavior should determine how banks serve them.
Higher-income households are gravitating to Costco, reinforcing that grocery value matters well beyond budget-conscious consumers.
Shoppers still spend when product and price are right.
Gen Z’s varied AI use expands brand visibility: Marketers can reach users with content built for AI answers, ideas, and decisions.
It may have a hard time taking share from established brands as it expands into lounges and premium cards.
Drop Shop uses exclusives and TikTok Live to shape discovery and capture beauty sales.
AI assistants rank last among trusted sources for shopping recommendations, named by just 23% of US shoppers, according to an April survey from Profitero.
Socially influenced store experiences often lead to return visits and sharing, creating a cycle retailers can extend.
The campaign aims to turn price-sensitive trial into more frequent basket-building.
If the retailer’s new handbags catch on, they could bring press, social buzz, and more shoppers back to the brand.
Lower prices across Europe aim to keep cautious shoppers buying.
A $2 billion sales milestone reflects category expansion, and strong AI search visibility could bring more shoppers.
SMBs automating invoices through agentic AI saves valuable time; payment providers need to convince them to trust the tools.
As stablecoin networks scale up, banks need to sell stablecoins as a better payment method.
Commerce media is entering a new phase, one defined less by rapid expansion and more by operational maturity, EMARKETER analysts and industry leaders say. Commerce media ad spending will reach $83.71 billion in the US this year, accounting for 20.5% of all digital ad spending, according to EMARKETER's June 2026 forecast. As the channel becomes a core part of marketers' media strategies, the conversation is shifting from whether to invest to how to make those investments deliver measurable business results. In a new EMARKETER guide titled "Commerce media outlook: What industry leaders see ahead," our analysts and industry leaders give their thoughts about the capabilities brands should prioritize today, the consumer behaviors that will shape tomorrow, and what it will take to succeed as commerce media becomes a permanent pillar of the media mix. Matt Barresi, president of digital commerce and capabilities at Kimberly-Clark told us why he values governance before scale and the implications of strong measurement.
The most common response to an out-of-stock is buying a similar product from a different brand in-store (36%), just ahead of staying with the same brand (33%), according to an April survey from Profitero.
Digital experiences are becoming more than a way to engage customers. Retailers are finding that loyalty programs and mobile apps can also improve store productivity and help physical businesses scale more efficiently.
Chains that balance affordability, novelty, and convenience are gaining with Gen Z.
A FTC suit could force Amazon to reveal more about how its search auctions work.