The Digital Commerce Daily — August 05, 2026
In this episode:
• Walmart just paid $1.4 billion to own its own streaming ad inventory, directly challenging Amazon's closed-loop retail media empire.
• Argos — freshly spun out from Sainsbury's — is launching its own curated marketplace, signalling it intends to compete as an independent ecommerce player in the UK.
• Google paid search growth slowed materially in Q2 2026, raising urgent questions about where ecommerce performance budgets should be allocated in H2.
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Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmart, platform strategy, D2C, omnichannel, performance marketing
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Your 8-minute briefing on the platforms, players, and profits driving digital commerce today. Hosted by Marco and Klara.