The retail media opportunity

Retail media is transforming how online retailers increase revenue. Grow your business with sponsored listings powered by Algolia.

Grow revenue

Open new revenue streams from preferred brands and partners. 
Strengthen brand partnerships

Help brands stand out with preferred placements that drive mutual growth. 
Control the customer experience

Maintain control over the shopper journey, ensuring relevance and transparency. 

Implementation made easy

Algolia makes it easy to combine sponsored and organic results into a single experience that feels natural to shoppers. Sponsored products can be automatically merged, de-duplicated, and ranked alongside organic products with accurate counts and faceting. This gives retailers a seamless way to unlock new revenue while maintaining control over the customer experience. 
Smart Groups

Ideal if you don’t already use a Retail Media Platform (RMP), Algolia Smart Groups will automatically feature preferred brand products in your search results and category pages based on indexed attributes like brand, category, or sponsorship tag.
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Third-party Retail Media Platform integration

Already working with an RMP? Algolia lets you merge real-time, bid-based sponsored results with organic content. It’s already future-ready with Algolia’s roadmap for unified, re-ranked responses. 
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Built for business teams, trusted by developers

Whether you’re a Merchandising Manager, Ecommerce Director, or Strategic Innovator, Algolia provides:

  • Business-friendly tools for campaign creation and result injection—no need to wait on developer sprints

  • AI-powered relevance to maximize revenue without compromising shopper satisfaction

  • Scalable infrastructure that supports both small tests and high-traffic retail experiences
The State of Retail Media Networks

Retail Media Networks: Insights and Emerging Trends is a new report from Algolia's Research and Insights team that highlights how the explosion of retail media is reshaping ecommerce strategy.

With global retail media spend projected to total $180 billion in 2025, the opportunity is vast, but success depends on how retailers use data, design, and technology to serve both customers and brands.

The report details emerging strategies, risks, and solutions across industries, from ecommerce and luxury retail to B2B and media.
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