Why Your Customer Acquisition Cost Is Rising

As of September 06, 2026, the digital advertising landscape is shifting from a growth-at-all-costs mentality to a strict profitability audit. We look at why customer acquisition cost has risen twenty-two percent across mid-market e-commerce brands in the last twelve months, even as ad inventory expanded. The culprit isn't just Apple's privacy updates or inflation. It is the collapse of the 'attention arbitrage' that allowed cheap traffic to subsidize expensive logistics. Lucas and Luna break down how the new unit economics force marketers to rethink their first-touch metrics and focus on gross margin dollars rather than top-line revenue.

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