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1 month agoHard Truths For Retail Media At The IAB Tech Lab Connected Commerce Summit | AdExchanger
The retail media industry faces challenges requiring strategic choices to avoid irrelevance and unrealistic expectations.
The Iteractive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has revised its 2025 annual forecast of ad spend, "macroeconomic concerns" among ad buyers across multiple channels. The overall outlook has been revised downward by 1.6%. "Advertisers, facing a shifting economy, are sharpening their focus. Amid rising tariff concerns and macroeconomic headwinds, ad buyers expect to spend less in the second half of the year than originally projected." IAB.
Despite the digital nature of our industry, the way we handle invoices is still largely manual and outdated. This effort reflects our commitment to modernizing digital advertising infrastructure, which will enable scalable, tech-forward solutions that work across platforms and stakeholders.