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What the Rise of GenAI Assistants Means for Retail Media

As AI-Led Shopping Accelerates, Retail Media Faces Disruption—and a Rare Opportunity for Reinvention

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AI shopping assistants are reshaping product discovery and threatening retail media’s search-driven model. RMNs and advertisers need to adjust strategies to protect their market position and seize the opportunity to turn disruption into growth.
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AI shopping assistants are reshaping product discovery and threatening retail media’s search-driven model. Retail media networks (RMNs) and advertisers need to adjust strategies to protect their market position and seize the opportunity to turn disruption into growth.

Key Question: How can RMNs and advertisers prepare for the rise of genAI shopping assistants?

Key Stat: GenAI users are more likely to prefer purchase recommendations from genAI platforms than they are from retailer’s and brand’s websites or apps.

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  1. Executive Summary
  2. GenAI assistants fundamentally reshape the path to purchase for shoppers who use them
  3. GenAI assistants for shopping threaten to upend the foundation of RMN monetization
  1. New shopping surfaces create an opportunity for RMNs
  2. RMNs must develop defensive strategies for universal LLM assistants
  3. Recommendations for RMNs
  1. Recommendations for advertisers
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Sarah Marzano

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Suzy Davidkhanian
VP, Content
Vladimir Hanzlik
Executive Editor and SVP, Content
Erika Huber
Director, Report Editing
Penelope Lin
Director, Data Visualization
Wendy Malloy
Director, Reports Editor
Emma Noyes
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Naomi Rebuelta
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Max Willens
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