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Can retail media networks survive the shift to agentic commerce?

If shoppers start turning to AI assistants instead of retailer websites, the foundation of the retail media business could begin to crack. That’s the tension at the center of agentic commerce. On this episode of the Digiday Podcast, hosts Kimeko McCoy and Tim Peterson explore how AI-powered shopping agents could reshape retail media networks, disrupt ad dollars and force retailers to rethink their role in the shopper journey.

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  5 questions facing advertisers, publishers and creators heading into fall

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  The case for and against publishers blocking Google

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  AI is reshaping agency work, but where's the line?

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  How much control should AI have over media buying?

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  Inside’s Stagwell’s AI media curation marketplace

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  WTF is the IAB's Redefining Media Types standard?

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  What happens to agencies when AI does the busywork?

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  The anatomy of a sports marketing deal with Ally CMO Andrea Brimmer

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  Creators vs. influencers: Inside the divide (RERUN)

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  Inside the infrastructure behind Unilever’s creator force

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  Meta courts agencies with expanded ad tools while AI reshapes the industry

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  Spotify rebuilds ad business around automation, AI to win bigger media bud…

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  What happens when brands AI clone their talent?

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  How automation and AI are rewriting the upfront marketplace

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  ChatGPT ads are underperforming. Why are brands staying?

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  BuzzFeed, Vox and the end of the site traffic era