Unlocking Growth for Stores & Brands with Retail Media

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Intro

Footprints AI enables the correlation 
between media impressions and sales.

Footprints AI’s Retail Media leverages unique customer insights generated by in-store & online behaviors to create precise ad targeting across path-to-purchase, a better performance media for both endemic and non-endemic advertisers

  • In-Store: Digital Screens, Radio
  • On-Site: Mobile Apps, Website
  • Off-Site: External Digital Platforms
Futuristic grocery store with people

Retail Media By 2030

  • Will account for 25% of total ad spend.
  • Will drive up to 35% of a retailer profits.
  • About 70% are net new digital ad budgets.

Today, 8 out of 10 retail media networks fail

Most advertisers want to do more in retail media.
But 74% of them say the same thing:it’s just too hard right now.

Because compliance kills the conversation.

“You’ve already paid the retailer.” But the agency spends larger through a media buy, and it’s fine. The retail media needs to fit into the marketing budget rules.

Because we’re stuck in legacy logic.

Budgets follow sales, not opportunity. Spend is capped by what’s already selling. And retail media? It’s too new, too different, too hard to justify—until someone rewrites the rules.

Because the tools feel old.

The way ads show up in stores is like something from the past—fixed schedules, no smart targeting. The same happens with most online retail media.

Because they don’t have audiences.

The people we want to reach? The capability is either missing, limited to no more than 5% of total universe, or hard to track across online and offline.

Because everything is siloed.

Too many systems. Campaign manager in one silo and the analytics in another. And nothing speaks the same language. It’s impossible to correlate campaigns with targeting and results.

Because it’s complicated.

Too many systems. Campaign manager in one silo and the analytics in another. And nothing speaks the same language. It’s impossible to correlate campaigns with targeting and results.

But imagine if it all just worked

If brands had the audience.
If delivery was smart, predictive, measurable.
If the system was simple.

That’s when retail media becomes not just possible.
It becomes unstoppable.

As transactions become the new cookies

Footprints AI lets brands buy retail media
— in-store & online — with the same simplicity, precision, and sales trackingas digital ads.

Footprints AI

Footprints AI has access to budgets that were previously allocated to other media channels:

Today’s most valuable real estate isn’t just physical.
It’s media space — and your retail stores are the next media platform.

Net new budgets for retailers to capture(60-70%)

Chart - Cannibalization of existing supplier spending (30–40%)

Footprints AI: Technology & Media Excellence.Solving Biggest Gaps for Retailers & Advertisers.

Tech:

  • Full-Stack White Label
  • Full Shopper Measurement
  • Predictive Audience Insights
  • Audience-Level Omnichannel Delivery

Media

  • Partnered with Top Agencies
  • Co-Selling Demand Generation
  • Driving Category Growth
  • Award-Winning Media Services

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Retailer Case Study

Transforming Retail Data into 
Romania’s Most Profitable Retail Media Network

Next-Gen Retail Media

Next-Gen Retail Media is possible by bridging the gap between physical & digital customer retail data unleashing 10X more effective media audiences.

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Turn Shopper Behavior Into Brand Value and Revenue

The more you understand your customers’ real-life behavior, the more value you can offer to brands and the more revenue you can generate from your store traffic with tailored ads.

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Footprints AI’ Winning Formula

During this major shift in the ad market, our unique formula is attracting major brands with major budgets.

Image Global Brands
Image Sources of Budgets
Image Fit for All Brands

Let’s break down our winning formula.

The Right Business Setup

Retailers want Extra Revenue at Scale

  • Monetize 100% Customers

Media Agencies want More Efficiency

  • Low Resource Allocation
  • Self-Service UI & Metrics

Brands want More Effectiveness

  • Improved ROAS Performance
  • Access to Exclusive Insights
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Retailers

Retail Network

Gives
  • Access to In-Store Infra
  • Access to Online Infra
  • Access to CRM Infra
  • Private Cloud
  • Access to Commercial Suppliers
Gets
  • To invoice for media monthly
  • High quality ads
  • Fully outsourced new business
  • No extra infrastructure
  • No Extra FTEs

Footprint AI

Media Sales Team

  • Financial Ops.
  • Campaign Briefing
  • Sales Ops.
  • Marketing Ops.

Retail Media Platform

Advertising → Audiences → Measurement → Reporting

  • In-Store
  • On-Site
  • Off-Site

Campaign Management Team

  • Media Planning
  • Campaign Setup
  • Campaign Co-Op
  • Campaign Reporting

Advertisers

Media Agencies Commissions Applicable

Pays
  • Campaigns
Gets
  • Campaign Performance
  • Sales & Audience Insights
  • Commissions

Direct to Brands No Commissions Applicable

Pays
  • Campaigns
Gets
  • Campaign Performance
  • Sales & Audience Insights
  • Internal & external compliance

The Right Pricing Model

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Basic

Drive Awareness

Rate Card: €8 CPM.

Objective: increase brand/ad recall.

Why: close-to-purchase advertising addresses the first moment of truth and turns browsers into buyers.

Advanced

Drive Awareness

Rate Card: €12 CPM.

Objective: generate leads, app downloads, and user acquisition.

Why: Retail media is a “blue ocean” for brands looking to invest in the most effective media channels as a strategic new acquisition channel.

Premium

Drive Awareness

Rate Card: €16 CPM.

Objective: Generate extra sales.

Why: retail media through Footprints AI is the only way to correlate near real-time investment into media to actual sales.

The Right Service Model

The Right Service Model to fully enable retail media for brands, agencies and retailers with technology, services and people.

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The Right Media Channels

Across in-store

  • Channels: Screens, Radio, Loyalty app
  • Formats: store take-over, sponsored display, sponsored video, sponsored products, sponsored audio, in-app notifications
Footprints AI marketing materials

Across on-site

  • Channels: website, Loyalty app
  • Formats: sponsored search, sponsored display, sponsored video, sponsored products, in-app notifications, lead ads
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Across off-site

  • Channels: Email, SMS, Meta, Google, DOOH, CTV (Beta)
  • Formats: rich text, display, video
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The Right Infrastructure which enables data capture

From anonymous visitors

Footprints AI collects anonymous visit behavior data via ambient connectivity

  • GSM Network
  • Wi-Fi Network
  • CCTV Network
  • Mobile Device Sensors
  • POS Transactions
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The Right AI Technology for profiling and targeting

Before Footprints AI

  • 90% anonymous transactions & visitors
  • time-based low-impact media

Retail Media with Footprints AI

  • Life stage
  • HH income
  • Purchases
  • Socio-demo
  • Preferences
  • Interests
  • Visits
  • Shopping missions

It gives clarity on this

  • Who is most likely to buy
  • What they are most likely to buy
  • When they are most likely to buy
  • Where they are most likely to buy
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Largest Retail Media Audience in the CEE Region

In-Store

  • Wi-Fi
  • Digital Screens
  • POS & Info Screens
  • Radio

18Mn. unique retail customers

On-Site

  • Web
  • Mobile
  • Notifications
  • Loyalty

6.2Mn. unique retail users

Off-Site

  • Social Media
  • Direct
  • Online Publishers
  • DOOH & CTV

7.5Mn. unique customers

Largest Retail Media Audience in the CEE Region

The Right Targeting

Target in-store and online retail customers based on their socio-demographics, economics, preferences & habits.

Socio-Demographics

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Retail Behavior

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The Right Targeting across the path-to-purchase, predictively.

Reach out to shoppers while in-store

Reach out to shoppers while in-store

Reach out to shoppers while out of store, online & offline

Reach out to shoppers while out of store, online & offline

The Right Technology

Enables the creation of premium audiences, provides clear measurement and metrics, and is as easy to use

1. Behavioral Analytics

Online

  • Online User Flow Analysis
  • Behavioral-Based User Profiling
  • Behavioral-Based User Segmentation
  • Realtime & Predictive Behavioral Analytics

In-Store

  • In-Store Positioning & Navigation
  • In-Store Path Analysis
  • Behavioral-Based Customer Profiling
  • Behavioral-Based Customer Segmentation
  • Realtime & Predictive Behavioral Analytics

Store Proximity Data

  • Income & Economics
  • Search Insights
  • Purchase Insights
  • Social Media Insights
  • Mobility & Traffic
  • Weather
  • Events & Holidays

2. Digital Twin of the Customer

Audiences

  • Who is most likely to buy
  • What they are most likely to buy
  • When they are likely to buy
  • Where they are likely to buy

4. Retail Media Campaigns

  • Drive Awareness – €8 CPM
  • Generate Leads – €12 CPM
  • Boost Sales – €16 CPM

3. Media Channels

In-Store

  • Digital Screens
  • Radio
  • POS Screens
  • Info Screens
  • Scan & Go Apps
  • Display & Notifications
  • Interactive Kiosks
  • QR Codes
  • Smart Shelf Displays
  • In-Store Digital Sampling
  • Smart Shopping Carts
  • Wi-Fi Portal

On-Site

  • Web
  • Mobile
  • Loyalty

Off-Site

  • SMS & WhatsApp
  • Email
  • Connected TV
  • Managed Social Media
  • DOOH (Digital Out-of-Home)

4. Campaign Reporting

  • Reach, Impressions
  • Audience Insights, Location Insights, Retail Behaviour Insights
  • Actions, Sales Uplift

5. Campaign Billing

  • Campaign Consumption
  • Applicable Discounts
  • Applicable Payment Terms
  • Invoice Generation

The Right Technology

Enables the algo-based delivery of ads, across in-store, on-site and off-site

Example: in-store digital screens and radio

Chart - Example- in-store digital screens and radio

The Right Technology

Enables the measurement and attribution of incremental impact of media to sales at customer level, in-store and online
Performance Screen

In-Store

  • We use tracking & individual transactions at every second to know the number of customers present in-store.
  • We match every second of each ad to customers to calculate reach & impressions.
  • We then match customers to individual transactions to understand uplift in sales & conversions.
  • This information is used to measure the consumption and the due payment for your in-store ad delivery.
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On-Site

Smart redirect tracking technology