The Digital Commerce Daily | Retail Roundup: Home Depot Finally Hires | How Amika's CMO Kept Product Launch | There's A Meta Diaspora Building The

The Digital Commerce Daily — August 31, 2026 In this episode: • Home Depot finally appointing a dedicated retail media leader signals that home improvement is the next frontier for sponsored placements and on-site ad revenue. • Amika's CMO deliberately launched its new product exclusively on its DTC site first — a channel-sequencing strategy that's increasingly rare and worth studying. • Ex-Meta engineers and executives are now leading ads product at OpenAI, TikTok, Amazon Ads, and Roku — and they're rebuilding the Meta playbook everywhere they land. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday. Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmart, platform strategy, D2C, omnichannel, performance marketing