{"id":10936,"date":"2026-04-08T18:44:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T00:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/?p=10936"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:44:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T00:44:53","slug":"what-to-expect-from-the-next-phase-of-retail-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/?p=10936","title":{"rendered":"What to expect from the next phase of retail media"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/S03E13-TR-landscape-cover-800x450.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tom Richards of MiQ on Conversations with MarTech.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p>There are more ways to reach consumers than ever before, and the retail media space is a great example. What started as ads on ecommerce sites to put brands in front of consumers at the point of purchase now includes financial services and even delivery services.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the retail media space has a fragmentation problem, because marketers who want to buy media across the different channels and sites often find themselves working with each individual platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Retail media will also face a challenge from AI, as LLMs and AI agents begin to flatten the traditional purchase funnel.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of Conversations with MarTech, we\u2019re talking to Tom Richards, SVP of global product at MiQ, about the current state of the future of retail media.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00a0Episode guide<\/h3>\n<p><strong>1:15: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/%3Ciframe%20width=%22560%22%20height=%22315%22%20src=%22https\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z72ZSgiZMWk?si=2CtPj4ruKZHy-g2o&amp;start=75%22%20title=%22YouTube%20video%20player%22%20frameborder=%220%22%20allow=%22accelerometer;%20autoplay;%20clipboard-write;%20encrypted-media;%20gyroscope;%20picture-in-picture;%20web-share%22%20referrerpolicy=%22strict-origin-when-cross-origin%22%20allowfullscreen%3E%3C\/iframe%3E\">Meet Tom Richards<\/a><br \/><strong>2:46:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/z72ZSgiZMWk?si=nSB7EaK4_uLsX3rl&amp;t=166\">Where is the retail space right now, in terms of maturity and continued growth?<\/a>\u00a0<br \/><strong>5:53: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/z72ZSgiZMWk?si=nSB7EaK4_uLsX3rl&amp;t=353\">How does fragmentation impact marketers\u2019 ability to actually understand performance?<\/a><br \/><strong>8:23: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/z72ZSgiZMWk?si=nSB7EaK4_uLsX3rl\">What will the retail media landscape look like over the next 12 months and beyond?<\/a>\u00a0<br \/><strong>11:35:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/z72ZSgiZMWk?si=nSB7EaK4_uLsX3rl&amp;t=695\">What impact will retail media see as AI helps flatten the purchase funnel?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--\nPaste this into a WordPress \"Custom HTML\" block.\n--><\/p>\n<section class=\"cwt-follow-box\" aria-labelledby=\"cwt-follow-heading\">\n<h2>Follow Conversations with MarTech on:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cwt-row\">\n    <!-- Conversations with MarTech logo --><br \/>\n    <a class=\"cwt-brand\" href=\"https:\/\/martech.org\/topic\/conversations-with-martech\/\" aria-label=\"Conversations with MarTech home\" title=\"MarTech.org\"><br \/>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1023BF8E-41B2-45E8-8701-19F74F955D89.png\" alt=\"Conversations with MarTech\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n<p>    <!-- Platform icons\/links --><\/p>\n<nav class=\"cwt-platforms\" aria-label=\"Podcast platforms\">\n      <a 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post <a href=\"https:\/\/martech.org\/what-to-expect-from-the-next-phase-of-retail-media\/\">What to expect from the next phase of retail media<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/martech.org\/\">MarTech<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are more ways to reach consumers than ever before, and the retail media space is a great example. What started as ads on ecommerce sites to put brands in front of consumers at the point of purchase now includes financial services and even delivery services. Today, the retail media space has a fragmentation problem, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/?p=10936\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What to expect from the next phase of retail media&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z72zsgizmwk.jpg",0,0,false],"medium":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z72zsgizmwk.jpg",0,0,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z72zsgizmwk.jpg",0,0,false],"large":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z72zsgizmwk.jpg",0,0,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z72zsgizmwk.jpg",0,0,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z72zsgizmwk.jpg",0,0,false],"inspiro-featured-image":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z72zsgizmwk.jpg",0,0,false],"inspiro-loop":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z72zsgizmwk.jpg",0,0,false],"inspiro-loop@2x":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z72zsgizmwk.jpg",0,0,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z72zsgizmwk.jpg",0,0,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail@2x":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z72zsgizmwk.jpg",0,0,false],"portfolio_item-masonry":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z72zsgizmwk.jpg",0,0,false],"portfolio_item-masonry@2x":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z72zsgizmwk.jpg",0,0,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_cinema":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z72zsgizmwk.jpg",0,0,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_portrait":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z72zsgizmwk.jpg",0,0,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_portrait@2x":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z72zsgizmwk.jpg",0,0,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_square":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z72zsgizmwk.jpg",0,0,false]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}