
Consumer Brands & Retail
Walmart Marketing Strategy: Ads Up 38%, E-commerce Up 23%
Walmart marketing strategy in 2026: ads up 38%, e-commerce up 23%, a new CEO and $2.9B in tariff refunds. See what retail teams can copy and the 2016 lesson.

Walmart marketing strategy in 2026: ads up 38%, e-commerce up 23%, a new CEO and $2.9B in tariff refunds. See what retail teams can copy and the 2016 lesson.

From Lee Scott's 2005 reset through the McMillon decade to the 2024 DEI rollback and John Furner's 2026 succession — how Walmart's reputation architecture is holding up under its hardest test since the mid-2000s.

Amazon, Walmart, Kroger, Target, Instacart, DoorDash, Uber and Costco run the major retail media networks. See what each sells and how brand teams negotiate.