Marketing
01 December 2022
DoorDash Holiday Hub wraps up deals on gifts, decor, festive foods
For 12 days, the delivery marketplace is curating offers from Dick's, Lush and PetSmart.
DoorDash is curating festive fixings and gifts. (Courtesy photo)
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The Turkey 5 may be in the rearview, but the holiday season of savings remains in full swing through Dec. 25.
The latest sign comes from DoorDash. On Thursday, the on-demand delivery service is launching its first-ever Holiday Hub to pool deals from a number of retailers within its marketplace.
The Holiday Hub is kicking off with a 12-day event called Deck the Doorstep. From Dec. 1-12, DoorDash will feature more than 60,000 offers on gift items, decor, food and beverage and other festive accouterments.
The Hub is making these deals available from retailers for which it already offers same-day delivery service, such as Bed Bath & Beyond, DICK’S Sporting Goods and PetSmart. It’s an example of how marketplaces can curate not only products and delivery services, but also savings.
Through the Hub, users can receive 50% off orders at all participating retailers. Members of DoorDash's membership program, called DashPass, can receive up to $50 off orders, while all other users can receive up to $40 off. Plus DoorDash is offering $0 delivery and service fees. Here's a look at the retailers offering deals:
- Big Lots
- buybuyBABY
- Bed Bath & Beyond
- DICK’S Sporting Goods
- Flowers
- Harmon
- LUSH
- PetSmart
As an added incentive for consumers to shop the deals, the app will also reward five people who make a purchase through the Hub with a $1,000 DoorDash credit, and 1,000 winners will get $100 in DoorDash promo codes.
DoorDash is also offering its own membership as a gift. Through Dec. 16, its subscription program, called DashPass, is available at a discounted rate of $59 (compared with $96 originally). In a holiday season focused on value, it is making a move to promote savings that last all year.
The Holiday Hub is one example of the additional promotional power DoorDash can bring to bear as a result of its move to expand beyond meal delivery in recent years. The company recently reported that its grocery and conveneince business grew 80% in the fourth quarter. It also added non-food items such as beauty products and office supplies through parternships with retailers. It just expanded a partnership with Dick's to span 250,000 items this fall.
With the added assortment, it is in turn growing retail media capabilities for brands seeking to promote their products. The ability to aggregate savings across retailers only figures to help the flywheel that is taking shape turn faster.
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Retail Media
07 June 2023
Walmart Connect introduces in-store retail media placements
New advertising opportunities are being beta tested for in-store audio and product demos.
Photo by Marques Thomas on Unsplash
Retail media’s fast growth isn’t only limited to increasing spend. The advertising itself is also poised to appear in more places beyond ecommerce marketplaces, and even beyond the web.
The latest example comes from Walmart Connect, which is the retail media arm of the world’s largest retailer.
Walmart shared details on testing that it is completing for in-store retail media. To this point, Walmart Connect has been considered the advertising platform for Walmart’s ecommerce site. But these tests indicate that’s poised to expand.
Stores present a potent opportunity for Walmart. It has 4,700 big box locations around the U.S., and customers returned to them in droves last year. In 2022, 88% of the retailer’s customers visited Walmart stores.
Walmart Connect already has already dipped a toe into in-store advertising, with a TV wall, self-checkout ads and integrated marketing. The new pilots aim to take a step further.
“The next frontier of retail media is in-store experiences, and it’s one we’re excited to chart,” Whitney Cooper, head of omnichannel transformation at Walmart Connect, wrote in a blog post on the new tests. “But it’s still an emerging opportunity for us, as we continue to test what serves customers best and which solutions are scalable to Walmart’s size.”
Here’s a look at the two new offerings currently under beta test:
In-store demos
Walmart suppliers will be able to integrate product demos into campaigns across in-store and digital environments.
Product demos aren’t new to store floors, but Walmart Connect is seeking to give them an update that blends digital and physical experiences.
“Part of our test is how to enhance the omnichannel experience by bridging the physical back to digital: For example, by pairing a demo cart with QR codes that link back to a curated Walmart.com landing page so customers can find inspiration and shop their list all in one spot,” Cooper wrote.
Walmart is currently offering 120 demos at stores each weekend, and plans to scale to 1,000 by the end of 2023.
In-store audio
Walmart Connect will now offer advertising placements on Walmart’s in-store radio network. Suppliers will have the option to purchase ads by region or store, enabling targeting of key markets.
“This is the first time brands will be able to speak directly to Walmart customers through this medium,” Cooper writes. “These ads also create a new upper-funnel touchpoint for brand marketers and out-of-home (OOH) buyers to create awareness, because in-store audio is about connecting with customers wherever they are in the store — they don’t have to pass the brand in the aisle.”
With the tests, we’ll be watching for how this advertising is measured, and whether Walmart Connect is tracking impact across different types of formats, and not just a single campaign.
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