Retail media & LLMs: navigating intent-driven and custom experiences

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From store aisles to ChatGPT Ads placements, retail media is shifting away from traditional slots, formats and keywords toward intent-based targeting. Driven by lower access costs to LLMs, full catalog connectivity via Lemrock, multi-retailer data pooling through Dunnhumby, and the rise of computer vision analytics, the discipline - a core profit engine for retailers - is rapidly industrializing and consolidating.
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