{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Digital Commerce Daily","title":"The Digital Commerce Daily | Meta touts industry-leading ad revenue growth, | Sainsbury's sells its non-food subsidiary Argos | Fulfilment is struggling to keep up","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/3202fed9\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":397,"description":"The Digital Commerce Daily — August 02, 2026\n\nIn this episode:\n• Meta's Q2 earnings show ad revenue surging but AI infrastructure costs are now growing faster than the top line — a direct signal for ecommerce brands budgeting Meta spend.\n• Sainsbury's is offloading Argos to a group of investors to refocus on grocery — a major structural shift for UK omnichannel retail that reshapes one of Britain's largest general merchandise ecommerce operations.\n• New research reveals that retail fulfilment infrastructure is failing to deliver on the promises AI-driven agentic commerce is making at checkout — exposing a critical gap between the front-end and the back-end of ecommerce.\n\nHosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday.\n\nTags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmart, platform strategy, D2C, omnichannel, performance marketing","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/SivQuI9DtkOFmcJqbThFf84ROWQ9UToPgipsXpYRWQ0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80ZTE1/YWY2NTc1NzhhZmNh/ZTMzYTk3NzUyMzVk/ZTcyNi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}