All articles written by: Ross Walker

Amazon DSP for Non-Endemic Brands: Why 2026 Is Different

By Ross Walker / July 7, 2026
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Ross Walker is the Director of Retail Media at Acadia. The “Amazon DSP for non-endemic brands” story has existed for years, but it remained mostly a conference-panel talking point rather…

Advertising in the Age of Rufus: Breaking Down Sponsored Product Prompts

By Ross Walker / April 15, 2026
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Ross Walker is the Director of Retail Media at Acadia. Meta: Amazon just moved Sponsored Products Prompts to general availability and started charging for them. Here’s what that means, why…

How to Buy Programmatic Media on Amazon DSP: A Complete Guide

By Ross Walker / February 18, 2026
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About the authors: Danilo de Castro Alvares is a Senior Retail Media Manager at Acadia. Ross Walker is the Director of Retail Media at Acadia. – Amazon DSP (Demand-Side Platform)…

The Biggest Takeaways From unBoxed: Democratization, Simplification, and the Rise of Agentic Advertising

By Ross Walker / December 2, 2025
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With some distance from the major unBoxed 2025 announcements, the broader arc of Amazon’s advertising strategy is much easier to see.  Across 14+ product updates, three themes shaped nearly every…

Omnichannel Budget Allocation in the Age of Retail-Agnostic Shoppers

By Ross Walker / September 25, 2025
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About the Authors: Ross Walker is the Retail Media Team Lead at Acadia. | Damiano Ciarrocchi is a Senior Retail Media Manager at Acadia. – – –    Retail media…

OLV: The Hidden Gem of Your Marketing Mix

By Ross Walker / September 11, 2025
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If you’ve been running Amazon ads for more than a few quarters, you’ve probably felt the squeeze.  Sponsored Products are more expensive than ever. Sponsored Brands and Streaming TV have…

Optimizing Paid Search: Maximizing ROI at the Bottom of the Funnel

By Ross Walker / March 20, 2025
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🎧 On the go? Listen to this case study in audio format. In our space, a lot of the conversations lean toward full-funnel strategies or upper-funnel tactics. While these topics…

The Full-Funnel Impact of Streaming TV: A Case Study From a Major Beauty Brand

By Ross Walker / February 26, 2025
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On the go? Listen to this case study in audio format. What does full-funnel advertising mean to you?  With so many conflicting perspectives from e-commerce professionals, you could think the…

New Amazon Marketing Cloud Capabilities

By Ross Walker / April 11, 2024
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On a recent episode of the eCommerce Braintrust Podcast, host and Acadia’s Head of Retail Marketing Place Services, Julie Spear spoke with Ross Walker, retail team lead at Acadia about…