DoorDash to Acquire Instacart for $17 Billion, Combining Retail Media Networks
· 18h ago · Originally reported by MediaPost
DoorDash has announced plans to acquire Instacart in a $17 billion deal. The merger will bring together the retail media networks of both companies, potentially creating a larger platform for advertisers targeting grocery and delivery customers.
Why it matters
This consolidation could reshape the retail media landscape, giving advertisers access to a broader audience and more data for targeted campaigns. It also signals increasing competition among delivery platforms to monetize their user bases through advertising.
Explain it like I’m new here
It's like two big grocery delivery apps teaming up so they can show more ads to people who order food online.
The deal
DoorDash → Instacart · acquisition · announced · $17B
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Terms in this story
Retail media
Retail media is advertising sold by retailers, on their own websites, apps and stores or elsewhere using their shopper data, letting brands reach customers close to the point of purchase.
Retail media network (RMN)
A retail media network (RMN) is a retailer's advertising business, including its ad inventory, shopper data, ad technology and sales team, that sells ads to brands on and off the retailer's properties.
Advertiser
An advertiser is the company, organisation or person that pays to place ads in order to sell products, build a brand, recruit, or spread a message.
Targeting
Targeting is choosing which people, contexts, places, devices or times should see an ad, so that the budget is spent on the audiences most likely to respond.
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