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Pinterest, Inc.

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Pinterest's commercial intent is valuable, but retailers increasingly retain both the transaction and the associated advertising margin.

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Retailers Become the New Ad Networks

Purchase data and closed-loop measurement are pulling advertising budgets from agencies and the open web into digital storefronts.

BEAR side — Pinterest's commercial intent is valuable, but retailers increasingly retain both the transaction and the associated advertising margin.

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Bull side

2 stories
  • The Web Loses Its Clicks

    PINS in “The Web Loses Its Clicks”

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    AI answers and agents are replacing links, weakening the economics of search, marketplaces and the open web.

    Pinterest's proprietary visual and commercial-intent graph is difficult for generic answer engines to replicate.

  • AI Agents Tax the Open Web

    PINS in “AI Agents Tax the Open Web”

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    Answers replace links, rewarding platforms with proprietary audiences while starving businesses built on search referrals.

    Pinterest owns a large logged-in visual-discovery audience and proprietary engagement data, allowing AI-assisted search and shopping to remain inside its platform rather than flowing to independent websites.

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  • PINS in “Retailers Become the New Ad Networks”

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    Purchase data and closed-loop measurement are pulling advertising budgets from agencies and the open web into digital storefronts.

    Pinterest's commercial intent is valuable, but retailers increasingly retain both the transaction and the associated advertising margin.