Amazon reaches $2 billion in ad revenue
Amazon reported this week that their advertising revenue reached $2 billion. But what does this mean for brands? And which actions should they take?
Amazon’s advertising power continues to grow. The Seattle-based e-commerce company reported in its first-quarter 2018 filing that their ad business grew 132 percent year over year to reach $2 billion.” (Source: Digiday)
What does this mean?
- With an ad revenue of 2$ billion, Amazon is now an undisputed global media sales house.
- Investing in Amazon is a no-miss media channel to drive eBusiness in almost every category, for almost all brands, in almost every market.
- However, the risks behind growing RDM investments at Amazon must be mitigated by plans for improving RDM at Click & Mortar Retailers as well, especially at Walmart in the US.
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Read the full article on Digiday here: https://digiday.com/marketing/amazon-advertising-now-worth-2-billion/
Authors: Alexia André, Jordane Beller
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