Ad Intelligence Digest

2026-08-25  |  収集件数: 30件  |  生成時刻: 08:09 SGT

Today's Focus

私たちとして注目すべきは、ChatGPT検索で小売広告が39%を占めるなどAI検索が小売広告の主要チャネルとして急速に台頭している点です。これにより、RPPやRPP-EXPのAI検索向け最適化と、GMOペパボのような統合計測機能の提供が急務です。

Platform & Players 5件

New Chairman Joel Meyer Dishes On Prebid’s Reset For The Agentic Ad Tech Era

Prebid.org’s new chairman outlined the organization’s “reset” strategy for the emerging agentic ad‑tech era, emphasizing enhancements to its open‑source header‑bidding platform, privacy compliance, first‑party data utilization, and AI‑driven bidding agents. Upcoming changes to bidding protocols and increased transparency are slated to reshape SSP/DSP interactions. Publishers and advertisers that rely on header bidding should monitor Prebid’s roadmap and adapt their tech stacks accordingly.

Prebidの新しい戦略は、外部メディアにおけるプライバシー保護とファーストパーティーデータ活用、AI駆動の入札エージェントに焦点を当てており、RPP-ExやTDA-EXPのような外部連携プロダクトの技術基盤や入札ロジックを進化させる上で、私たちはこれらの動向を注視し、自社の広告テクノロジーに組み込む必要があります。

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Next‑Gen E‑Commerce Strategy on TikTok: Connecting Awareness Directly to Sales

The piece outlines TikTok’s expanded ad formats and in‑app shopping features that enable a full‑funnel approach, turning brand awareness directly into sales. Platform updates such as new creative specs and automatic optimization algorithms promise immediate conversion lifts, providing useful reference for our team as we evaluate adding TikTok inventory to our external media mix.

TikTokのeコマース戦略は、新たな広告フォーマットやアプリ内ショッピング機能を通じて認知から直接購買へのフルファネルを強化しており、RPP-Exのメディア在庫拡大戦略としてTikTok/Pangleを検討している私たちにとって、その成果最大化に向けた機能活用やクリエイティブ戦略の参考にすべきです。

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Samsungディスプレイ、Smartifyとの提携でプログラマティック広告需要を獲得

SamsungディスプレイはSmartifyと提携し、米国全米40以上の市場でプログラマティックに広告枠を販売できるようになった。ハードウェア側から直接プログラマティック需要を喚起できる点が注目され、広告主はOOHやデジタルサイネージの自動入札・配信に向けた新たな在庫を活用できる。

SamsungディスプレイがSmartifyと提携し、ハードウェア側からOOHやデジタルサイネージのプログラマティック広告枠を販売し始めたことは、広告在庫が多様化し、非GMS連動のブランド予算獲得を目指す私たちにとって、新たなメディアチャネルの可能性を示唆しています。

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The remit keeps widening, and so does the glossary

The article outlines sixteen newly added PPC terms grouped into four categories, highlighting conflicts between groups and the risk of costly mistakes from misuse. Advertisers who master this terminology can better optimize campaign setup and bidding strategies.

PPC用語の増加と誤用のリスクに関するこの記事は、広告技術の進化に伴う業界用語の複雑化を示しており、外部メディアとの連携や社内L3交渉において、私たちのチームが共通の理解を深め、効果的なキャンペーン設定と入札戦略を推進するために、最新の専門用語を正確に把握する必要があることを示唆しています。

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Google依存から抜け出せるか? 米メディア各社が進める脱プラットフォーム

米メディアがGoogleの検索・広告プラットフォーム依存から脱却し、動画配信や自社DSPへの投資を拡大している。広告主はGoogle以外の在り方を検討する際の指標となり、DSP/SSP市場の拡大余地を示す。楽天としては代替プラットフォーム提案や自社メディア活用を加速すべき。

米メディアのGoogleプラットフォーム依存からの脱却は、私たちにとってGoogle以外の代替プラットフォームへの提案加速や自社メディア活用強化の重要性を再認識させ、RPP-Exのメディア在庫をGoogleに加えてCriteoやSmartNewsへ拡大する戦略を裏付けるものです。

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AI × Advertising 13件

AI Marketing Strategies: From experimentation to execution with Samsung, Bayer, David’s Bridal and Dolce&Gabbana Beauty

The piece outlines how brands such as Samsung, Bayer, David’s Bridal and Dolce&Gabbana Beauty have transitioned from pilot projects to fully integrated AI‑driven marketing workflows, including generative creative, automated copy, and AI‑based audience segmentation. Reported performance gains—higher click‑through rates and improved ROAS—demonstrate the tangible ROI of AI adoption. This signals that advertisers can now scale AI creative pipelines to cut production time and boost campaign efficiency.

Samsungなどの大手ブランドが生成AIによるクリエイティブ作成を本格導入し、ROAS向上やコスト削減を実現している事例は、AI生成バナーを核とするTDAの価値を強く裏付けており、私たちはこの成功事例を参考にTDAの活用促進とマーチャントへの導入メリットを訴求すべきです。

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OpenAI is sharpening its focus on enterprise advertisers

OpenAI announced the creation of a dedicated role focused on enterprise advertisers and outlined its plan to offer a “premium advertising platform” built on its generative models. The roadmap includes tools for large‑scale creative generation, AI‑enhanced targeting, and measurement capabilities tailored for brand‑level campaigns. For advertisers, this opens a new avenue to leverage OpenAI’s models for high‑volume, data‑driven ad creation and performance insights.

OpenAIが企業広告主向けに特化した役割を設け、生成モデルを活用したプレミアム広告プラットフォームを構築する計画は、大規模なクリエイティブ生成やAIによるターゲティングの重要性を示しており、TDAの展開や私たちの広告プラットフォーム全体のAI機能強化を加速させる必要があることを示唆しています。

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Marketers, The Free Token Lunch Is Over. Is Your Stack Ready?

Following Anthropic’s price increase for Claude Sonnet 5, the article warns marketers that the era of free token usage is ending, prompting a reassessment of AI spend. It emphasizes the need to evaluate the ROI of generative‑AI‑powered creative and optimization tools and to adjust budgets accordingly. Advertisers must build cost‑tracking mechanisms within their tech stacks to maintain profitability as AI services become pricier.

Anthropicの価格引き上げに続き、生成AIの無料利用期間が終焉し、AI投資のROI評価が重要になるというこの記事は、AI生成バナーを核とするTDAにおいて、私たちは生成コストを厳密に評価し、必要に応じてプロダクトの価格戦略や予算配分を見直す必要があることを示唆しています。

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[5] ChatGPT Ads adds automated bidding, platform targeting

ChatGPT Ads from OpenAI introduced an automated bidding feature and platform‑specific targeting, letting advertisers delegate bid optimization to AI and reduce manual effort. This can improve ROAS and operational efficiency, and our team should explore similar AI‑driven bidding solutions.

ChatGPT Adsが導入したAIによる自動入札とプラットフォームターゲティング機能は、ROAS向上と運用効率化に貢献するとされており、RPP-ExやTDA-EXPのような動的広告プロダクトの入札最適化において、私たちは同様のAI駆動型入札ソリューションの導入を検討すべきです。

GEO is not SEO and neither of them is marketing

The article clarifies how AI‑generated search overviews (GEO) differ from traditional SEO and marketing, outlining new tactics for advertisers to place ads within AI‑driven result panels. As AI alters SERP layouts and user interaction, advertisers must adjust bidding strategies and creative formats accordingly.

AI生成検索概要(GEO)が検索結果の表示を変化させている状況は、RPPやRPP-EXPのような検索連動型広告において、私たちはAI駆動の検索結果パネル内での視認性を確保するため、入札戦略とクリエイティブフォーマットを調整する必要があることを示唆しています。

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Taisho Pharmaceutical’s AI‑driven promotion method boosts precision and speed

Taisho Pharmaceutical deployed Google Gemini to accelerate hypothesis testing for its RIAUP hair‑growth product, achieving a 6% lift in in‑store sales and a 39% increase in e‑commerce revenue. By treating AI as a decision‑making partner for budget allocation and creative testing, the case demonstrates how an AI‑driven promotion workflow can boost campaign ROI, a model our team could replicate.

大正製薬がGoogle Geminiを活用してEC収益を39%増加させた事例は、AIが予算配分とクリエイティブテストの意思決定パートナーとして非常に有効であることを示しており、私たちはTDAでのAI活用事例を強化し、マーチャントが私たちの広告プロダクトで同様の成果を出せるよう、AI駆動の最適化機能を横断的に推進すべきです。

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Will the Concept of ‘Media Allocation’ Disappear? Ryūji Yokoyama’s Vision of AI‑Evolved Advertising

Ryūji Yokoyama argues that AI will generate the optimal creative for each impression and may even choose not to serve an ad, rendering traditional “media allocation” obsolete. Advertisers will therefore need real‑time measurement infrastructure and workflow adaptations to harness AI‑driven optimization, aligning with our own AI roadmap for ad operations.

AIがインプレッションごとに最適なクリエイティブを生成し、配信の有無まで判断するというビジョンは、従来のメディアアロケーションを根本から変革すると同時に、リアルタイムの計測基盤とワークフローの適応が不可欠であることを示しており、私たちはTDAや動的広告プロダクトのAI機能を強化し、クロスプロダクトでの統合的なリアルタイム測定を急ぐ必要があります。

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小売広告がChatGPT検索の広告の39%を占め、米国クエリの24%で表示されたとAdthenaが報告

Adthenaの調査によると、ChatGPTが提供する検索結果に表示される広告のうち、39%が小売広告で、全米検索クエリの24%で広告が表示されていることが明らかになった。AI生成検索体験に小売が大きく占有していることは、広告主がAI検索プラットフォーム向けの入札戦略やクリエイティブ最適化を早急に検討すべきシグナルとなる。

ChatGPTのAI検索結果に小売広告が39%を占めるというデータは、AI検索プラットフォームが私たちのマーチャントにとって新たな重要なチャネルとなる可能性を示唆しており、RPPやRPP-EXPのような検索連動型広告において、私たちはAI検索向けの入札戦略とクリエイティブ最適化のガイダンスを早急に提供すべきです。

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AudioStack Expands Multi-Model Voice Orchestration, Welcoming Gradium as Latest Roster Partner

AudioStack, an AI‑driven audio production platform for media and advertising, adds Gradium’s voice catalog, enhancing its multi‑model voice synthesis capabilities. Advertisers can programmatically use generated voices for audio ads, reducing reliance on traditional voice talent and cutting creative costs.

AudioStackがAI駆動のマルチモデル音声合成を強化している事例は、AIクリエイティブ生成の領域が視覚だけでなく音声にも拡大していることを示しており、私たちは将来的に「Influencer × Video」戦略や新たなメディアプロダクトにおけるクリエイティブコスト削減の選択肢として、AI音声技術の活用を検討すべきです。

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Thrad’s Inaugural Sponsored Intelligence Summit Sets the Terms for the Answer Economy

At its first Sponsored Intelligence Summit, Thrad brought together brand marketers, agencies, and AI publishers to discuss how AI‑generated content will reshape sponsored media buying. Key takeaways include the need for transparent AI attribution and new pricing models, prompting advertisers to prepare for AI‑centric purchasing strategies.

Thradのサミットで議論されたAI生成コンテンツにおけるスポンサードメディア購入の変化と、透明性のあるAIアトリビューションや新たな価格モデルの必要性は、私たちのAI戦略全体、特にTDAの価格設定と、FY26の優先事項であるクロスプロダクトの統一的なアトリビューションレポート構築において、重要な検討事項となります。

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AI検索 時代のCMOが抱える悩みとは? 売上貢献を示すデータの組み合わせ方

CMOはAI生成のゼロクリック検索結果でのブランド露出と実際の売上結びつきを測る方法に悩んでいる。記事は検索可視性データと購買データの統合分析手法を紹介し、効果測定フレームの構築を促す。弊社の測定基盤にAI検索指標を組み込む意義が高まる。

CMOがAI検索でのブランド露出と売上の関連付けに苦慮しているこの記事は、検索連動型広告プロダクト(RPP、RPP-EXP)のROIを証明する上で、私たちはAI検索の可視性データと購買データを統合し、私たちのクロスプロダクトレポートにAI検索指標を組み込む必要性を強く示唆しています。

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タイム誌 のAIエージェント向け広告をAI検索ツール「パープレキシティ」が拒否

米誌「Time」がAIエージェント向けに広告を出稿したが、AI検索ツール「Perplexity」が詐欺的と判断し掲載をブロックした。AIエージェントへの広告配信がプラットフォーム側のポリシーで制限されるリスクを示し、広告主はターゲット設定と透明性を再検討する必要がある。自社メディアでもAIエージェント向けのクリエイティブポリシー策定が求められる。

「Perplexity」がAIエージェント向け広告をブロックした事例は、AIプラットフォームにおける広告ポリシーが厳格化するリスクを示しており、私たちはRPP-ExやTDA-EXPのような外部連携広告、およびTDAのようなAI生成クリエイティブにおいて、AIエージェント向けのターゲット設定と透明性、自社メディアにおけるクリエイティブポリシーの策定を急ぐべきです。

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AI検索でブランドを発見されやすくする4つの方法

私たちは、AI検索でブランド露出を高めるための4つの施策(AI生成スニペットの最適化、構造化データ活用、AI対応商品フィード、プラットフォームAI広告ツールの導入)を整理した記事を確認した。これらは広告主がAI検索アルゴリズムに合わせてクリエイティブやデータを調整し、クリック率とコンバージョンを向上させる実践的な指針となる。

AI検索でのブランド露出を高めるための4つの施策が提示されたこの記事は、RPPやRPP-EXPのような検索連動型広告において、私たちはAI生成スニペットの最適化、構造化データ活用、AI対応商品フィードなどの導入を通じて、マーチャントのクリック率とコンバージョン向上を支援すべきです。

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Attribution / Measurement 5件

The IAB is developing a framework to tackle AI advertising measurement

The IAB disclosed that it is developing a measurement framework specifically for ads influenced by AI agents, aiming to solve attribution gaps when AI‑generated content drives conversions. The proposed standards cover credit‑assignment models, data‑collection requirements, and industry‑wide benchmarking. Advertisers should prepare to align their analytics with these emerging guidelines to ensure accurate ROI reporting for AI‑driven campaigns.

IABがAI広告の測定フレームワークを開発していることは、AI生成コンテンツがコンバージョンを促進する際のアトリビューションギャップ解決を目指しており、私たちはFY26の優先事項であるクロスプロダクトの統一レポート構築において、このクレジット付与モデルやデータ収集要件を監視し、私たちの測定基盤に取り入れるべきです。

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[8] Google unifies Google tag and Tag Manager, adds no-code event tracking

Google merged its tag and Tag Manager products and added a no‑code event‑tracking feature, simplifying measurement setup for advertisers. This reduces implementation overhead and accelerates data collection, prompting our team to adopt comparable simplifications in our analytics stack and clean‑room integrations.

GoogleがタグとTag Managerを統合し、ノーコードのイベントトラッキング機能を追加して測定設定を簡素化したことは、マーチャントの導入障壁を低減するものであり、私たちはFY26のクロスプロダクトレポート構築目標を達成するため、私たち自身の分析スタックとデータクリーンルームにおいて同様の簡素化を進めるべきです。

Rokt と mParticle による顧客履歴連携の力

Rokt と mParticle が提供する顧客履歴連携プラットフォームは、広告主がファーストパーティーデータを統合し、個別ユーザーの購買行動を追跡できるようにする。これにより、キャンペーンの効果測定やオーディエンスセグメントの精緻化が可能となり、広告予算の最適配分が期待できる。業界ではデータクリーンルームやプライバシー規制への対応策として注目が集まっている。

RoktとmParticleによる顧客履歴連携プラットフォームは、ファーストパーティーデータの統合と購買行動の追跡を通じて、キャンペーン効果測定とオーディエンスセグメントの精緻化を可能にするため、私たちは軸1のROI最大化とクロスプロダクトレポートの実現に向け、自社のファーストパーティーデータ活用とデータクリーンルーム戦略を強化すべきです。

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『自分ではもう分析しない』ってホント? Web解析のレジェンドに10問10答! 【GA4×AI活用の最前線】

GA4と生成AIを組み合わせた分析手法が紹介され、データクエリの自動化やインサイト抽出の高速化が可能になると解説されている。広告主はAI支援のレポート作成で分析工数を削減し、迅速な施策判断ができる。楽天の計測プラットフォームでも同様のAI活用を検討すべき。

GA4と生成AIを組み合わせたデータ分析により、データクエリの自動化やインサイト抽出の高速化が可能になるというこの記事は、私たちの計測プラットフォームにおいてもAI活用を検討し、分析工数を削減するとともに、マーチャントへのクロスプロダクトレポート提供における意思決定の迅速化を図るべきです。

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GMOペパボがECサイト構築「カラーミーショップbyGMOペパボ」で生成AI経由の流入・購入計測アプリ提供

私たちは、GMOペパボが「カラーミーAI集客アナリティクス」アプリを提供し、AI生成コンテンツからの流入と購入を自動でレポート化し、llms.txtを生成できる点に注目した。これにより広告主はAI経由のトラフィックを正確に計測でき、ROI評価やメディアバイイングの最適化に活用できる。

GMOペパボが提供するAI生成コンテンツからの流入・購入計測アプリは、私たちのマーチャントがAI経由のトラフィックを正確に測定し、ROI評価を行う上で不可欠な機能であり、私たちはクロスプロダクトレポートにおいて、同様のAI検索指標と計測機能の提供を急ぐべきです。

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Commerce Media 5件

Retail media, unskippable ads, festive planning: 5 interesting stats to start your week

Marketing Week presents recent data showing rapid growth in retail media spend, the rising share of unskippable ad formats, and key performance metrics for seasonal campaigns. The statistics highlight higher engagement and conversion rates for unskippable ads, offering advertisers concrete guidance for media‑mix allocation and creative planning.

小売メディア支出の急速な成長と、スキップ不可広告フォーマットの高いエンゲージメントおよびコンバージョン率に関するデータは、私たちの小売メディア事業の正当性を強化するとともに、「Influencer × Video」戦略や新たな広告フォーマット開発において、私たちはスキップ不可のコンテンツ体験を重視すべきであることを示唆しています。

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インストア小売メディアの解説

本記事は、実店舗内で表示される小売メディア(インストア)とは何かを解説し、デジタルサイネージや音声、スマートカートを活用した広告配信方法、測定指標、課題を整理している。小売業者が自社データを活かしてオフライン在庫を広告商品化できる可能性を示すと同時に、広告主は新たな在庫への出稿と効果測定のフレームワークを検討する必要がある。

インストア小売メディアの解説は、デジタルサイネージなどを活用した広告配信がオフライン在庫を広告商品化する可能性を示しており、私たちは実店舗を持つ楽天市場のマーチャント向けに、新たな広告チャネルとしてのインドア展開を検討し、ブランド予算獲得(軸2)のための提案力を強化すべきです。

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エンディミック広告の解説

エンディミック広告は、広告主の商品が広告が掲載される媒体自体で既に販売・使用されている状態を指す概念として紹介されている。小売メディアの需要基盤として自然に成立するため、広告主はブランド露出と購買意欲の結びつきを高める戦略を構築しやすいことを示唆する。

広告主の商品が掲載媒体で既に販売されている状態を指す「エンディミック広告」の概念は、楽天市場が提供するRPPやTDAのような広告プロダクトが、ブランド露出と購買意欲を直接的に結びつける小売メディアの強力な基盤であることを再確認させ、軸1のROI最大化戦略を推進する上で重要です。

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オンサイト小売メディアの解説

オンサイト小売メディアは、ECサイトやアプリ内で提供されるスポンサー商品リスト、ディスプレイ、動画広告を指し、リアルタイムで商品検索や購買フローに紐付く形で配信される仕組みを解説している。広告主は商品検索結果への即時露出と、クリックから購入までの計測を統合できる点が魅力とされる。

ECサイト内で提供されるオンサイト小売メディアの解説は、私たちのRPP-InやTDAが提供する商品検索結果への即時露出と、クリックから購入までの統合計測の価値を明確にしており、私たちはこの強みを活かしてマーチャントのROI最大化を支援し、プロダクトの魅力をさらに訴求すべきです。

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オフサイト小売メディアの解説

オフサイト広告は、リテイラーが保有する購買者データを活用し、サードパーティの媒体上に広告を配信する手法として説明されている。これにより、リテイラーは自社のファーストパーティーデータを拡張し、既存のメディアネットワーク以外の在庫へもリーチできるメリットがあると指摘する。

リテイラーの購買者データを活用しサードパーティ媒体に広告を配信するオフサイト小売メディアの定義は、私たちのRPP-Ex、RPP-EXP、TDA-EXPといった外部連携プロダクトのビジネスモデルそのものであり、ファーストパーティーデータを活用した外部在庫へのリーチ拡大戦略の有効性を再確認するものです。

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Official Releases 2件

[6] Google expands Local Services Ads categories ahead of migration

Google has broadened the range of industries eligible for Local Services Ads, giving advertisers more opportunities to capture local leads as the platform transitions. The category expansion may shift acquisition costs and should be considered when aligning our local advertising offerings.

GoogleがLocal Services Adsの対象カテゴリを拡大していることは、ローカルリード獲得市場の活性化を示唆しており、私たちは実店舗を持つ楽天市場のマーチャント向けに、この動向が獲得コストに与える影響を考慮し、私たちのローカル広告提供の整合性を評価すべきです。

Digest: WPP Hits Back at Whistleblower Suit; Meta Strips Advertisers of Placement Exclusion Controls; Paramount, California Hold Preliminary Warner Bros Talks

Meta announced the removal of placement exclusion controls, limiting advertisers’ ability to block ads on specific inventory and affecting brand‑safety tactics. WPP responded to a whistleblower lawsuit, raising legal considerations for agencies. Advertisers need to adjust targeting setups in light of Meta’s policy change.

Metaがプレイスメント除外コントロールを削除したことは、広告主のブランドセーフティ戦略に影響を与え、TDA-EXPのようにMetaを利用する私たちの外部広告プロダクトにおいて、私たちはターゲティング設定を再評価し、マーチャントに適切なブランドセーフティ対策を提供する必要があることを示唆しています。

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Today's Focus

Key takeaway for us: AI search is rapidly emerging as a primary channel for retail advertising, with 39% of ChatGPT search ads being retail-related. This necessitates urgent optimization for AI search in RPP and RPP-EXP, alongside offering integrated measurement features similar to GMO Pepabo's.

Platform & Players 5 articles

New Chairman Joel Meyer Dishes On Prebid’s Reset For The Agentic Ad Tech Era

Prebid.org’s new chairman outlined the organization’s “reset” strategy for the emerging agentic ad‑tech era, emphasizing enhancements to its open‑source header‑bidding platform, privacy compliance, first‑party data utilization, and AI‑driven bidding agents. Upcoming changes to bidding protocols and increased transparency are slated to reshape SSP/DSP interactions. Publishers and advertisers that rely on header bidding should monitor Prebid’s roadmap and adapt their tech stacks accordingly.

Prebid's new strategy, focusing on privacy, first-party data, and AI-driven bidding agents, is crucial for evolving the technical foundation and bidding logic of our external ad products like RPP-Ex and TDA-EXP, requiring us to monitor these trends and integrate them into our ad technology.

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Next‑Gen E‑Commerce Strategy on TikTok: Connecting Awareness Directly to Sales

The piece outlines TikTok’s expanded ad formats and in‑app shopping features that enable a full‑funnel approach, turning brand awareness directly into sales. Platform updates such as new creative specs and automatic optimization algorithms promise immediate conversion lifts, providing useful reference for our team as we evaluate adding TikTok inventory to our external media mix.

TikTok's e-commerce strategy, which strengthens the full funnel from awareness to direct sales through new ad formats and in-app shopping features, offers valuable insights for our RPP-Ex media inventory expansion as we explore TikTok/Pangle POCs, guiding us to maximize product utilization and creative strategy.

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Samsung displays gain programmatic ad demand through Smartify deal

Samsung Displays has partnered with Smartify to make its screen inventory purchasable programmatically across more than 40 U.S. markets. This hardware‑level programmatic access opens new OOH and digital signage inventory for advertisers, enabling automated bidding and delivery at scale.

Samsung Display's partnership with Smartify to programmatically sell OOH and digital signage ad inventory directly from the hardware side indicates a diversification of ad inventory and suggests new media channel possibilities for us as we aim to capture non-GMS-linked brand budgets.

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The remit keeps widening, and so does the glossary

The article outlines sixteen newly added PPC terms grouped into four categories, highlighting conflicts between groups and the risk of costly mistakes from misuse. Advertisers who master this terminology can better optimize campaign setup and bidding strategies.

This article on the increasing complexity and misuse risks of PPC terms highlights the need for our team to accurately grasp the latest industry terminology to foster common understanding in external media collaborations and internal L3 negotiations, thereby driving effective campaign setup and bidding strategies.

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Can We Break Free from Google Dependence? US Media Companies Pursue De‑platforming

US media outlets are shifting away from reliance on Google’s search and ad platforms by investing in video content and building their own DSP capabilities. This trend signals opportunities for advertisers to diversify spend beyond Google and suggests growth potential for alternative SSP/DSP ecosystems. For us, it underscores the need to promote our own media inventory as a viable substitute.

The trend of U.S. media diversifying away from Google platforms reaffirms the importance for us to accelerate proposals for alternative platforms and strengthen the utilization of our own media, validating our strategy to expand RPP-Ex media inventory to include Criteo and SmartNews in addition to Google.

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AI × Advertising 13 articles

AI Marketing Strategies: From experimentation to execution with Samsung, Bayer, David’s Bridal and Dolce&Gabbana Beauty

The piece outlines how brands such as Samsung, Bayer, David’s Bridal and Dolce&Gabbana Beauty have transitioned from pilot projects to fully integrated AI‑driven marketing workflows, including generative creative, automated copy, and AI‑based audience segmentation. Reported performance gains—higher click‑through rates and improved ROAS—demonstrate the tangible ROI of AI adoption. This signals that advertisers can now scale AI creative pipelines to cut production time and boost campaign efficiency.

Case studies of major brands like Samsung fully integrating generative AI for creative production and achieving higher ROAS and cost reductions strongly validate the value of TDA, which is centered on AI-generated banners, and we should leverage these successes to promote TDA adoption among merchants.

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OpenAI is sharpening its focus on enterprise advertisers

OpenAI announced the creation of a dedicated role focused on enterprise advertisers and outlined its plan to offer a “premium advertising platform” built on its generative models. The roadmap includes tools for large‑scale creative generation, AI‑enhanced targeting, and measurement capabilities tailored for brand‑level campaigns. For advertisers, this opens a new avenue to leverage OpenAI’s models for high‑volume, data‑driven ad creation and performance insights.

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Marketers, The Free Token Lunch Is Over. Is Your Stack Ready?

Following Anthropic’s price increase for Claude Sonnet 5, the article warns marketers that the era of free token usage is ending, prompting a reassessment of AI spend. It emphasizes the need to evaluate the ROI of generative‑AI‑powered creative and optimization tools and to adjust budgets accordingly. Advertisers must build cost‑tracking mechanisms within their tech stacks to maintain profitability as AI services become pricier.

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[5] ChatGPT Ads adds automated bidding, platform targeting

ChatGPT Ads from OpenAI introduced an automated bidding feature and platform‑specific targeting, letting advertisers delegate bid optimization to AI and reduce manual effort. This can improve ROAS and operational efficiency, and our team should explore similar AI‑driven bidding solutions.

ChatGPT Ads' introduction of AI-driven automated bidding and platform-specific targeting, which can improve ROAS and operational efficiency, suggests that we should explore similar AI-driven bidding solutions for optimizing bids in our dynamic ad products like RPP-Ex and TDA-EXP.

GEO is not SEO and neither of them is marketing

The article clarifies how AI‑generated search overviews (GEO) differ from traditional SEO and marketing, outlining new tactics for advertisers to place ads within AI‑driven result panels. As AI alters SERP layouts and user interaction, advertisers must adjust bidding strategies and creative formats accordingly.

The way AI-generated search overviews (GEO) are changing search result displays suggests that for search-linked ads like RPP and RPP-EXP, we must adjust bidding strategies and creative formats to ensure visibility within AI-driven result panels.

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Taisho Pharmaceutical’s AI‑driven promotion method boosts precision and speed

Taisho Pharmaceutical deployed Google Gemini to accelerate hypothesis testing for its RIAUP hair‑growth product, achieving a 6% lift in in‑store sales and a 39% increase in e‑commerce revenue. By treating AI as a decision‑making partner for budget allocation and creative testing, the case demonstrates how an AI‑driven promotion workflow can boost campaign ROI, a model our team could replicate.

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Will the Concept of ‘Media Allocation’ Disappear? Ryūji Yokoyama’s Vision of AI‑Evolved Advertising

Ryūji Yokoyama argues that AI will generate the optimal creative for each impression and may even choose not to serve an ad, rendering traditional “media allocation” obsolete. Advertisers will therefore need real‑time measurement infrastructure and workflow adaptations to harness AI‑driven optimization, aligning with our own AI roadmap for ad operations.

The vision of AI dynamically generating optimal creatives and even deciding ad serving profoundly transforms traditional media allocation and highlights the necessity for real-time measurement infrastructure and workflow adaptations; we must enhance AI capabilities in TDA and dynamic ad products and accelerate integrated, real-time cross-product measurement.

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Retail took 39% of ChatGPT ads on 24% of US queries, Adthena finds

Adthena’s study finds that retail ads account for 39 % of the ads shown in ChatGPT’s search responses, appearing on 24 % of U.S. queries. The dominance of retail in AI‑driven search underscores the urgency for advertisers to develop bidding and creative strategies tailored to generative‑AI search platforms.

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AudioStack Expands Multi-Model Voice Orchestration, Welcoming Gradium as Latest Roster Partner

AudioStack, an AI‑driven audio production platform for media and advertising, adds Gradium’s voice catalog, enhancing its multi‑model voice synthesis capabilities. Advertisers can programmatically use generated voices for audio ads, reducing reliance on traditional voice talent and cutting creative costs.

AudioStack's enhancement of AI-driven multi-model voice synthesis indicates that AI creative generation is expanding beyond visuals to audio, suggesting we should consider utilizing AI voice technology as an option to reduce creative costs for our "Influencer × Video" strategy or new media products in the future.

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Thrad’s Inaugural Sponsored Intelligence Summit Sets the Terms for the Answer Economy

At its first Sponsored Intelligence Summit, Thrad brought together brand marketers, agencies, and AI publishers to discuss how AI‑generated content will reshape sponsored media buying. Key takeaways include the need for transparent AI attribution and new pricing models, prompting advertisers to prepare for AI‑centric purchasing strategies.

The discussions at Thrad's summit regarding changes in sponsored media buying with AI-generated content, emphasizing transparent AI attribution and new pricing models, are critical considerations for our overall AI strategy, particularly for TDA pricing and for building unified cross-product attribution reporting as a FY26 priority.

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CMOs’ Dilemma in the AI‑Search Era: How to Link Visibility to Sales

CMOs are struggling to prove that AI‑generated zero‑click search visibility actually drives revenue, and the article outlines methods for merging search visibility metrics with purchase data. It highlights the necessity of developing robust measurement frameworks that incorporate AI search signals. Integrating AI‑search KPIs into our attribution tools could enhance our value proposition.

This article, highlighting CMOs' struggles to link AI search brand exposure to sales, strongly suggests that for proving ROI on search-linked ad products (RPP, RPP-EXP), we must integrate AI search visibility data with purchasing data and incorporate AI search metrics into our cross-product reporting.

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Time Magazine’s AI‑Agent Ads Rejected by Perplexity’s AI Search Tool

Time magazine attempted to place ads targeting AI agents, but the AI search engine Perplexity blocked them, labeling the practice deceptive. The incident reveals policy risks around advertising to AI agents and forces advertisers to reconsider targeting strategies and transparency. We should establish clear guidelines for AI‑agent creative on our platforms.

The case of "Perplexity" blocking AI agent-targeted ads highlights the risk of tightening ad policies on AI platforms, indicating that for external ad products like RPP-Ex and TDA-EXP, as well as AI-generated creative products like TDA, we must urgently address targeting, transparency, and formulate creative policies for AI agents on our own media.

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Four Ways to Make Your Brand More Discoverable with AI Search

We observed a guide outlining four tactics—optimizing AI‑generated search snippets, leveraging structured data, deploying AI‑ready product feeds, and using platform AI advertising tools—to boost brand visibility in AI‑enhanced search results. These actionable steps help advertisers align creative and data with emerging AI search algorithms, improving click‑through and conversion performance.

This article, presenting four strategies to enhance brand exposure in AI search, suggests that for search-linked ads like RPP and RPP-EXP, we should support merchants in improving click-through rates and conversions by implementing AI-generated snippet optimization, structured data utilization, and AI-compatible product feeds.

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Attribution / Measurement 5 articles

The IAB is developing a framework to tackle AI advertising measurement

The IAB disclosed that it is developing a measurement framework specifically for ads influenced by AI agents, aiming to solve attribution gaps when AI‑generated content drives conversions. The proposed standards cover credit‑assignment models, data‑collection requirements, and industry‑wide benchmarking. Advertisers should prepare to align their analytics with these emerging guidelines to ensure accurate ROI reporting for AI‑driven campaigns.

The IAB's development of an AI advertising measurement framework, aimed at resolving attribution gaps when AI-generated content drives conversions, means we must monitor its credit-assignment models and data collection requirements and incorporate them into our measurement infrastructure for our FY26 priority of building unified cross-product reporting.

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[8] Google unifies Google tag and Tag Manager, adds no-code event tracking

Google merged its tag and Tag Manager products and added a no‑code event‑tracking feature, simplifying measurement setup for advertisers. This reduces implementation overhead and accelerates data collection, prompting our team to adopt comparable simplifications in our analytics stack and clean‑room integrations.

Google's simplification of measurement setup by unifying its tag and Tag Manager with no-code event tracking reduces implementation barriers for merchants; we should pursue comparable simplifications in our own analytics stack and data clean-room to achieve our FY26 cross-product reporting goal.

The power of connected customer history by Rokt and mParticle

Rokt and mParticle showcase a unified customer‑history platform that lets advertisers merge first‑party data across channels to track individual purchase journeys. The solution enhances audience segmentation and campaign attribution, enabling more efficient media spend. It is positioned as a response to privacy‑centric regulations and the growing need for clean‑room‑style data integration.

Rokt and mParticle's customer history integration platform, by enabling first-party data integration and purchase behavior tracking for campaign measurement and audience segmentation, means we should strengthen our own first-party data utilization and data clean room strategy to maximize Axis 1 ROI and deliver cross-product reporting.

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‘I No Longer Analyze Anything’: A Legend of Web Analytics Answers 10 Questions – Frontline of GA4 × AI Use

The piece showcases how generative AI combined with GA4 can automate query generation and accelerate insight extraction, reducing analyst workload. Advertisers can leverage AI‑assisted reporting to cut analysis time and make faster optimization decisions. Implementing similar AI‑driven analytics within our measurement suite would be advantageous.

This article, explaining how combining GA4 with generative AI can automate data queries and accelerate insight extraction, suggests we should explore similar AI applications within our measurement platform to reduce analysis effort and expedite decision-making for merchants through cross-product reporting.

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GMO Pepabo launches AI-driven traffic and purchase analytics app for “KURACOMI Shop by GMO Pepabo”

We note that GMO Pepabo introduced the “KURACOMI AI Traffic Analytics” app, which automatically creates AI‑generated flow reports and llms.txt files to attribute traffic and purchases originating from AI content. This gives advertisers a more precise way to measure ROI of AI‑driven traffic, supporting better media‑buying decisions and feeding into our cross‑product reporting plans.

GMO Pepabo's app for measuring traffic and purchases from AI-generated content offers essential functionality for our merchants to accurately track AI-driven ROI, suggesting we should urgently provide similar AI search metrics and measurement features within our cross-product reporting.

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Commerce Media 5 articles

Retail media, unskippable ads, festive planning: 5 interesting stats to start your week

Marketing Week presents recent data showing rapid growth in retail media spend, the rising share of unskippable ad formats, and key performance metrics for seasonal campaigns. The statistics highlight higher engagement and conversion rates for unskippable ads, offering advertisers concrete guidance for media‑mix allocation and creative planning.

Data on rapid retail media spend growth and high engagement and conversion rates for unskippable ad formats reinforces the validity of our retail media business; it also suggests we should prioritize unskippable content experiences for our "Influencer × Video" strategy and new ad format development.

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Explaining in-store

The article defines in‑store retail media, describing how digital signage, audio, and smart‑cart interfaces are used to serve ads inside physical stores and how performance is measured. It highlights the opportunity for retailers to monetize offline inventory with their own data, while urging advertisers to plan media buying and measurement frameworks for this emerging channel.

The explanation of in-store retail media, utilizing digital signage for ad delivery, indicates the potential to monetize offline inventory; we should explore in-store expansion as a new advertising channel for Rakuten Ichiba merchants with physical stores and strengthen our brand budget acquisition proposals (Axis 2).

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Explaining endemic

The piece explains the concept of endemic advertising, where a brand’s products are already sold or used within the media environment that carries the ad. It underscores that such advertisers have a built‑in demand base, allowing them to align brand exposure directly with purchase intent in retail media.

The concept of "endemic advertising," where advertised products are already sold on the media platform, reaffirms that Rakuten Ichiba's ad products like RPP and TDA provide a strong retail media foundation for directly linking brand exposure to purchase intent, which is crucial for advancing our Axis 1 ROI maximization strategy.

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Explaining onsite

The article outlines onsite retail media, covering sponsored product listings, display and video ads served on a retailer’s own website or app, and how they are tied to real‑time search and purchase flows. It points out that advertisers benefit from immediate exposure at the point of intent and can integrate click‑through to conversion measurement.

The explanation of on-site retail media, offering immediate exposure in search results and integrated click-to-purchase measurement, clearly defines the value of our RPP-In and TDA products; we should leverage these strengths to help merchants maximize ROI and further promote the attractiveness of our offerings.

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Explaining offsite

The piece describes offsite advertising, where a retailer leverages its first‑party shopper data to place ads on third‑party inventory, extending commerce media beyond owned properties. It highlights the advantage of reaching additional audiences while monetizing proprietary data across external platforms.

The definition of off-site retail media, which involves leveraging retailer purchase data to deliver ads on third-party platforms, precisely describes the business model of our external products like RPP-Ex, RPP-EXP, and TDA-EXP, reaffirming the effectiveness of our strategy to expand reach to external inventory using first-party data.

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Official Releases 2 articles

[6] Google expands Local Services Ads categories ahead of migration

Google has broadened the range of industries eligible for Local Services Ads, giving advertisers more opportunities to capture local leads as the platform transitions. The category expansion may shift acquisition costs and should be considered when aligning our local advertising offerings.

Google's expansion of Local Services Ads categories suggests a revitalization of the local lead acquisition market; we should consider how this trend might impact acquisition costs and evaluate the alignment of our local advertising offerings for Rakuten Ichiba merchants with physical stores.

Digest: WPP Hits Back at Whistleblower Suit; Meta Strips Advertisers of Placement Exclusion Controls; Paramount, California Hold Preliminary Warner Bros Talks

Meta announced the removal of placement exclusion controls, limiting advertisers’ ability to block ads on specific inventory and affecting brand‑safety tactics. WPP responded to a whistleblower lawsuit, raising legal considerations for agencies. Advertisers need to adjust targeting setups in light of Meta’s policy change.

Meta's removal of placement exclusion controls impacts advertisers' brand safety strategies, suggesting that for our external ad products like TDA-EXP, which uses Meta, we must re-evaluate our targeting setups and ensure we provide appropriate brand safety measures for our merchants.

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