The Digital Commerce Daily | Walmart Boosts Full-Year Guidance Following 38% | Meta AI can now analyze and | China aims to block European investigation

The Digital Commerce Daily — August 21, 2026 In this episode: • Walmart's retail media arm is growing at nearly 40% year-on-year, reshaping the competitive landscape between the big three retail media networks. • Meta has given its AI assistant direct access to Ads Manager, meaning it can now read campaign data and recommend optimisations inside the platform itself. • China is actively instructing its companies not to cooperate with the EU's probe into JD.com's acquisition of MediaMarkt, turning a marketplace deal into a geopolitical standoff with major implications for European ecommerce. Hosted by Marco & Klara. New episode every weekday. Tags: ecommerce, digital commerce, retail media, Amazon, Walmart, platform strategy, D2C, omnichannel, performance marketing