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Ariel Bishop

Ariel Bishop

Co-Founder and COO of Downtime, a rewarded engagement and retail media platform for retailers, publishers, and brands.

Sep 15, 2026

6:55
I remember that
6:55
... and retail media was also sort of...
6:57
Yeah, they were, you know, retail media networks were forming and, um, the retailers were, were learning how to bring planning in-house and launch their own networks, um, to reach these shoppers directly and incentivize, um, them to come in, and we're sort of circling back to that.
7:15
Um, you know, COVID, uh, certainly changed the entire landscape of how we all live and how we shop.
7:23
Um, and then post-COVID opened up an, this opportunity to connect again with people outside of these ads.
7:30
And you know, what we're combining, the incentive mechanic of the retail media with the actual reason to physically engage again because all of this, you know, if we're...
7:41
A lot of the rewards that, um, shoppers want are coupons.
9:34
Very true

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