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Why the Supply-Side Needs to Prioritize Performance Over Scale

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The programmatic industry has spent the better part of the last decade chasing scale. More inventory, more bid requests, more supply sources — all in the belief that volume automatically equals value. The Association of National Advertisers' (ANA) latest Programmatic Transparency Benchmark delivers a sobering reality check: Despite years of supply path optimization efforts, the industry is still wasting $26.8 billion annually on inefficient media transactions.