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The Retail Media Civil War Is Ending: How “Fluid” Sponsored Products Are Reshaping Search

In today’s episode, I dig into one of the biggest internal conflicts inside retail organizations—the clash between merchant teams and retail media teams. One side is incentivized to fill every available ad slot, the other is responsible for driving product sales, and shoppers are the ones caught in the crossfire. As Charlie Munger said, “Show me the incentive and I’ll show you the outcome,” and retail media is no exception.

I share highlights from a recent LinkedIn Live with Andreas Reiffen, CEO and co-founder of Pentaleap, whose 2025 Sponsored Products Benchmark Report exposes cracks in the…

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