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Retail media platforms development

Composable solutions that turn first-party data into measurable, scalable revenue

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From traffic to a retail media ecosystem

Retail media scales when advertising impact can be measured against sales. Without clear attribution, monetization stalls.

  • Many retail media initiatives fail because data, ad inventory, and measurement are split across disconnected systems.
  • As a result, performance is hard to prove, campaigns are difficult to optimize.
  • We design and build retail media platforms that solve this at the system level – connecting first-party data, campaign activation, and closed-loop attribution into a single, auditable platform. This turns traffic and shopper intent into a predictable, scalable revenue stream.

Where retail media growth breaks down

Many retail media initiatives struggle to move beyond pilot stage. Common challenges include:

  • fragmented data across commerce, analytics, and ad systems

  • limited visibility into audience behavior and purchase intent

  • manual campaign setup and reporting that doesn’t scale

  • weak attribution between ad exposure and conversion outcomes

These issues prevent retail media from becoming a predictable, repeatable revenue stream.

Retail media ads in the street.

Retail media platform built for performance

High-performing retail media platforms start with one simple requirement: knowing what actually drives revenue. When ad exposure, shopper behavior, and purchases are connected, teams can scale monetization.

Activate first-party data

Use shopper behavior, transaction history, and product interactions to build accurate audience segments and target high-intent users with full data control.

Enable scalable campaign operations

Design workflows that support campaign setup, optimization, and reporting without manual coordination, even as advertiser demand grows.

Measure what drives revenue

Connect ad exposure directly to purchases through attribution and reporting frameworks focused on real revenue outcomes.

Scale monetization with confidence

Build retail media platforms that scale across advertisers, formats, and channels without increasing platform complexity.

Smart retail media ecosystem solutions

We design retail media platforms as modular, extensible ecosystems – built to evolve alongside business and regulatory requirements.

Composable retail media architecture

A decoupled retail media layer designed to integrate with existing commerce, identity, and analytics systems without coupling monetization to core transactions.

First-party data & identity layer

Centralized first-party data and identity resolution combining shopper behavior, transaction history, and contextual signals into addressable audiences with full governance control.

Ad inventory & campaign management layer

Core retail media systems managing sponsored placements, campaign configuration, budget control, and delivery logic across on-site and performance-driven formats.

Conversion & event data pipeline

Event ingestion, identity stitching, and data models that connect ad exposure and user interactions to downstream purchases, enabling closed-loop attribution.

AI optimization & yield management

Machine learning models supporting bidding logic, budget pacing, forecasting, and performance optimization based on revenue outcomes rather than proxy metrics.

Together, we simplified payments, ecommerce, and inventory into scalable solutions for business clients. Netguru’s product understanding and technical excellence played a key role in expanding Booksy’s B2B ecosystem.

Konrad Howard

Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer at Booksy

From B2C bookings to a B2B marketplace

Booksy partnered with Netguru to evolve from a consumer booking app into a B2B marketplace supporting bookings, payments, ecommerce, and inventory management for beauty and wellness businesses. We helped expand Booksy’s ecommerce capabilities, modernize search across a 30,000+ product catalog.

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100% on-time delivery of new carrier integrations

Vinted partnered with Netguru to support the rapid expansion of Vinted GO, its logistics and shipping platform, as the marketplace scaled across Europe. New carrier integrations enabled faster market entry across multiple regions. The result was a scalable shipping infrastructure, reliable launches in new markets, and greater operational flexibility.
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Why build your retail media platform with Netguru?

We help organizations move from ad experiments to fully operational retail media ecosystems – designed for scale, transparency, and long-term monetization.

17+

Years on market

400+

People on board

2500+

Projects delivered

73

Our current NPS score

Retail media platform development FAQ

What makes a retail media platform different from standard ad tools?

Standard ad tools operate independently from commerce and transaction data. A retail media platform is built directly into the commerce environment, allowing ad exposure to be linked to shopper behavior and purchases. From a development perspective, this requires tight integration between data pipelines, identity resolution, campaign logic, and conversion tracking—something off-the-shelf ad tools are not designed to support.

What does building a retail media platform involve?

Building a retail media platform means creating a dedicated monetization layer on top of your existing commerce setup. This includes a flexible platform architecture, first-party data and identity management, campaign and inventory tools, conversion tracking, and optimization logic. The goal is to enable advertising without slowing down or disrupting core commerce operations.

How do retail media platforms measure performance?

Retail media platforms measure performance by linking ad exposure directly to purchases. This is done through event tracking and identity matching that connect impressions and clicks to real transactions. As a result, advertisers and internal teams can evaluate campaigns based on actual revenue, not just clicks or reach.

How do retail media platforms scale?

Retail media platforms scale by being modular. Campaign management, data processing, attribution, and optimization are built as separate components, so teams can add more advertisers, formats, or spend without adding manual work. This keeps operations manageable as monetization grows.
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