Most organizations already have more data than they know what to do with. The real challenge is turning that data into action to drive growth.
Our latest eCommerce Organizational Benchmark Study reveals that 94% of brands consider eCommerce a strategic priority. Yet 52% still admit they are falling behind the competition, and only one in three has established a north star KPI for online market share.
Does this sound familiar?
To help you plan for 2027, our updated Digital Shelf Hub brings together the latest resources to build your digital investment case, influence cross functional stakeholders and accelerate growth in the new age of commerce.

The influence of digital on all retail purchases is 3x larger than the traditional eComm sales penetration figures most brands use as a basis for investment.
89% sales lift when moving from page 2 to top 5 spots organically on page 1 search results.
36% sales lift by improving content to meet benchmarks.
29% higher ROAS from retail media campaigns paired with fully optimized PDP content.
86% sales lift from getting your first 1-50 reviews within two months.
"Our North Star is eCommerce net sales, but we needed a metric that helped the organization understand what drives those sales. That’s why we selected our global Profitero score. We use it as a proxy for digital shelf performance, and when the score goes up, ultimately sales go up.
We’ve even made the Profitero score a KPI in our leadership team’s OKRs, which has helped embed digital shelf performance across the organization."
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"We’ve been on a journey to ensure that not just our sales leaders, but our marketers, category leaders, shopper marketing and paid search teams understand and use our ecommerce data.
We use Profitero data to measure share of search and bring those insights back to cross-functional teams. It gives them a much broader perspective than just their content integrity score: it shows them where we’re winning, where the gaps are and where we need to focus."
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Brands now need to optimize for the physical, digital and agentic shelves, requiring new metrics and analytical tools.
As more and more brands invest in the digital shelf, the question of how to measure success has become increasingly important. Our 2026 digital shelf framework in partnership with the Digital Shelf Institute sets out to answer that question and help brands:

"Measurement isn't just about collecting data. It's about creating a shared language across your organization. When leadership, brand, sales, and any other function connected to business outcomes align on the north star, measurement becomes an active growth driver."
