This week saw regulators sharpen oversight of streaming and digital platforms, while AI, ecommerce, and leadership shake-ups continued to reshape the media and advertising landscape.

Axeptio and Agence123 have published a white paper analysing six real-life case studies of e-commerce brands that have successfully transformed their consent management into a powerful marketing performance driver. Entitled “Six e-commerce Brands Show How Consent Can Drive marketing performance”, [...]

In today’s Digest, we discuss Temu closing the gap with Amazon in global cross-border e-commerce, Meta being accused of ignoring illegal gambling ads, and ByteDance challenging Alibaba with an AI-powered cloud push.

How important is brand perception? We sat down with product director Frederic Derian and Victor Bastia to discuss the rise of LLMs and what this means for advertisers.  

Thrad, the pioneer in AI-native advertising infrastructure for conversational AI, has announced the launch of Thrad for Retailers. This first-of-its-kind solution is designed specifically to help retailers monetise their AI assistants, marking a fundamental shift from traditional keyword-based search to [...]

As 2026 approaches, we examine what could be in store for retail media. As the sector booms, we asked experts from across the ad tech ecosystem what they expect from the year ahead.  As we progress through Q4, it’s the season [...]

In today’s Digest, we cover the CMA designating Google strategic market status in search, India piloting AI chatbot-led e-commerce, and Reddit making a major Madison Avenue hire.

Aaron Simpson, founder of Kindred, explains why this invisible layer is about to become the most strategic asset in advertising and commerce.

Kevel, the industry leader in API-based ad-serving technology, announced today (2nd September, 2025) that Haypp Group has launched its retail media capabilities on Kevel's Retail Media Cloud®. A global pioneer in the transition to smoke-free alternatives, Haypp Group aims to [...]

Kevel, the industry leader in API-based ad serving technology, today (13th August, 2025) announced that Carwow, the UK’s leading online car marketplace, has partnered with Kevel to further develop and scale its retail media offering for its partners. This collaboration [...]