This month Patrick and Emma dig into Flywheel’s findings from Prime Day and what questions brand should really be asking to determine investments into future deal events. Additionally, Google’s announcement that it will not part ways with cookies is touched on.

The ecommerce industry usually dreads the process of AVNs, but in this episode, Russ Dieringer of Stratably provides a counterpoint on how AVNs can actually be a good thing when you’re prepared. Listen in to learn more about the purpose and significance of AVNs, what Stratably’s research uncovered from this past year, and recommendations for how brands should approach the next round of AVNs.

Read Stratably’s report here: https://stratably.com/deep-dive-2024-amazon-avn-wrap-up/

This month’s episode of Above the Fold is a special edition covering Flywheel’s recently published whitepaper titled “The Big Shift.” Patrick and Emma cover the inspiration for the report, highlight key points, and discuss recent announcements that tie back to the paper. You can download the paper here (but be sure to listen to the episode for additional insights!).

https://www.flywheeldigital.com/guides/the-big-shift-retail-power-dynamics?utm_medium=announcementemail&utm_source=slack&utm_campaign=the-big-shift-whitepaper&utm_content=deckworthy&internal_company_id=2021A1

The Commerce Collective Podcast is back in Cannes and is excited to launch this episode featuring Brian Tomasette - Director of Product, DSP, Amazon Ads that covers the future of addressability. We break it down into three segments, creating relevancy in a cookiesless world, simplification of controls for transparency, and upper funnel solutions for an increasingly fragmented landscape.

Andrea Lennon, Chief Client Officer at Omnicom joins the podcast to discuss what clients want, what clients need, and how clients and agencies can best work together to achieve their shared goals. What clients want can be broken down into three key themes, and Andrea educates us on how Omnicom approaches large client relationships at the holding company level.

The Commerce Collective Podcast’s monthly series, This Month Above the Fold, covers the most important eCommerce headlines each month broken down by none other than Patrick Miller, co-founder of Flywheel. For May 2024 we cover Instacart partnering with Uber Eats for restaurant delivery, SKU sharing across marketplaces, and the fate of TV advertising.

Jill Smith, VP of Sales at Kroger Precision Marketing joins us to educate on the power of Kroger's unique dataset, KPM's advancements within the offsite/programmatic space, and KPM's ambitions to eliminate ad waste for a more sustainable future.

What makes understanding the opportunity of ecommerce so difficult is that finding a global single source of truth can be incredibly difficult, but we think we have the closest answer. In this episode, Michael Rogosa of Flywheel Consulting joins us to showcase how Flywheel’s Consulting team approaches helping clients understand the opportunities that await and how to set ambitious enough goals that will drive their businesses forward.

The Commerce Collective Podcast’s monthly series, This Month Above the Fold, covers the most important ecommerce headlines each month broken down by none other than Patrick Miller. For April 2024 we cover Walmart’s affluent customer, Amazon’s grocery do-over, & an earnings preview.

In the second episode from the Commerce Collective’s trip to Europe, James Hanscomb, EMEA DSP & Omnichannel Lead, educates us on omnichannel media strategies across the EU. The fragmented retailer ecosystem in Europe means it can be tough to understand where it makes the most sense to invest in the developing retail media networks especially considering the differences in consumer behavior and shopping options throughout the EU (think smaller format grocery stores vs. Walmart and how a media strategy needs to be different based on both physical inventory and retailer capabilities).