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How AI will change retail media

July 12, 2026
Roger Dunn
Chief Commercial Officer, Thrad

In this episode of The Retail Media Show, Steve Gray speaks to Roger Dunn, Chief Commercial Officer at Thrad, about how AI, large language models and agentic commerce are changing retail media and product discovery.

Drawing on experience across media agencies, Diageo, Criteo, CitrusAd and AI-powered commerce, Roger explains why retail media is becoming a more strategic discipline and why trusted data and stronger retailer-brand partnerships will matter even more as commerce moves into conversational environments.

In this episode:
  • Why retail media should be viewed as a strategic growth capability
  • How leading brands think differently about retail media investment
  • Why retail media should sit alongside media strategy, not only commercial planning
  • Why retailer-brand partnerships will become increasingly important
  • How AI and large language models are changing product discovery
  • How retailers can prepare for agentic commerce
  • Why trusted first-party data will become even more valuable
  • Monetising conversational shopping experiences
  • Why product discoverability is becoming a competitive advantage
  • How AI will reshape collaboration across commercial, marketing and retail media teams
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