# Best Buy: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 5 judge labels across 1 category by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/best-buy

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Retail media platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/retail-media-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 116 | 40% | 5 |

## And against it

- "e.g., eBay Ads, Nordstrom, Best Buy, and newer players such as Ulta and Gopuff that are still building scale" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Retail media)
- "Often overlooked but can have even less standardization. Avoid if they lack proven case studies" (Grok 4.20, Retail media)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Best Buy, from 5 of the 6 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- adexchanger.com: 2
- digiday.com: 2
- glossy.co: 2
- guideflow.com: 2
- marketingdive.com: 2
- pmg.com: 2
- ad-times.com: 1
- admonsters.com: 1
- adnews.com.au: 1
- advertising.amazon.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://adexchanger.com/data-driven-thinking/retail-medias-growing-pains-how-to-push-for-transparency-before-the-bubble-bursts: 2
- https://glossy.co/beauty/cmo-strategies-beyond-amazon-the-strengths-of-the-top-retail-media-networks-from-walmart-to-kroger: 2
- https://guideflow.com/blog/retail-media-platforms: 2
- https://marketingdive.com/news/the-future-retail-media-networks-heres-what-the-numbers-say/742455: 2
- https://pmg.com/insights-and-news/navigating-the-maze-of-retail-media-platforms: 2
- https://ad-times.com/the-8-biggest-retail-media-networks-of-2026-ranked: 1
- https://adexchanger.com/commerce/retailers-are-opening-themselves-to-programmatic-but-will-they-regret-it: 1
- https://admonsters.com/6-platforms-that-will-define-retail-media-in-2025: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.