Retail Media Masterclass: scaling Amazon DSP with programmatic bidding

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David Thorne(VP of Performance Media)•
Jonas Lind(Paid Media Lead)•
Sarah Lin(Creative Strategy Director)

Retail media has exploded into the third pillar of digital advertising. Dominating digital shelves on Amazon, Walmart, and Target requires a sophisticated programmatic strategy that connects off-platform demand to on-platform conversion.

Watch the recording of our in-depth masterclass where retail media strategists reveal how our clients achieved a 5.4x blended return on ad spend across competitive marketplace product categories.

The Rise of Closed-Loop Retail Networks

Retail media networks offer advertisers what traditional media cannot: verified closed-loop point-of-sale purchase attribution backed by rich deterministic shopper purchase history.

Key Strategic Takeaway: Prioritize entity consensus validation and knowledge graph connections across verified digital endpoints before scaling acquisition spend.

Coordinating Sponsored Products and Programmatic DSP

How to structure an integrated funnel where Amazon DSP retargets high-intent category browsers off-site and steers them directly to high-margin ASIN listings defended by Sponsored Brand ads.

“Modern search models reward structured evidence and verifiable entity connections, completely bypassing hollow keyword placement.”
— David Thorne, VP of Performance Media

Defending Branded Digital Real Estate

Defensive conquesting tactics that prevent rival brands from poaching your customers directly on your product detail pages without overspending on brand terms.

Executive Consultation

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Multi-Retailer Expansion Strategies

Transitioning successful Amazon advertising playbooks to Walmart Connect, Target Roundel, and Instacart to diversify retail revenue.

  • Conduct systematic query audits across synthetic conversational engines.
  • Consolidate fragmented brand schema into validated JSON-LD entity structures.
  • Deploy automated reporting pipelines that flag entity citation drift in real time.

About the Authors

David Thorne

VP of Performance Media

Oversees omnichannel growth marketing deployments across Amazon DSP, Google Performance Max, and CTV platforms.

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Jonas Lind

Paid Media Lead

Architects algorithmic programmatic bidding models and automated budget routing across enterprise retail media networks.

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Sarah Lin

Creative Strategy Director

Pioneers modular video creative sprints and high-velocity storytelling formulas that eliminate paid social creative fatigue.

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