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Walmart Connect Expands Into TV & Audio as TikTok Adds AI Shopping
Walmart Connect is expanding its advertising capabilities across television and audio through partnerships with Spotify, Yahoo DSP and Warner Bros. Discovery. Meanwhile, TikTok is introducing AI-powered shopping assistance and direct brand checkout. Episode 13 explores how both developments are connecting advertising, media and shopping in different ways.
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When Retail, Media & Commerce Start to Blur
Walmart’s advertising growth, new CTV research from Roku and Amazon, and Best Buy entering Fortnite all point toward the same shift: the boundaries between retail, media, entertainment and commerce are getting harder to see.
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Walmart Goes Streaming & Understanding iROAS
What happens when a retail media network moves deeper into streaming TV? What exactly is incremental return on ad spend? And where does social media end when creator content starts showing up inside premium streaming? In this episode of Commerce Media Minute, I’m following three very different rabbit holes that caught my attention this week—and sharing…
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Streaming, Retail Media & the Future of Connected Commerce
Streaming TV, retail media, and AI are becoming more connected than ever. In Episode 002 of Commerce Media Minute, Shaun Ayala explores three stories that reveal where commerce media is heading next. This week we’re discussing three stories shaping the future of commerce media. Streaming TV and Commerce Media Keep Getting Closer This week we…
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Three Signals from Cannes Lions 2026 Every Commerce Marketer Should Know
Cannes Lions 2026 highlighted 3 major shifts shaping the future of commerce media: AI-powered shopping, retail media beyond advertising, and commerce experiences extending far beyond the digital shelf. In Episode 001, Shaun Ayala explains what these trends mean for marketers and what to watch next.
