Covers retail-media. Bylines at modernretail.co. Desk record: 4 signals cited since August 2026, 3 published. Updated September 1, 2026.
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Big-box retailers are elevating execs who built AI, retail media and e-commerce units over traditional merchandising leaders. It signals org charts built for buying and selling inventory no longer match where the growth and power actually sit.
Aug 14Walmart Connect now lets sponsored-products advertisers exclude search terms, six years after Amazon added the feature. It curbs wasted spend on irrelevant or branded queries, a change brands and agencies had pushed for since the pandemic e-commerce boom.
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