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James Taylor

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James Taylor is the founder and CEO of Particular Audience, an AI-powered retail media and product personalisation platform headquartered in Sydney, Australia. The company enables online retailers to deploy Amazon-style recommendation engines, audience targeting, and retail media monetisation capabilities, positioning itself as a technology layer that helps retailers compete with marketplace giants on personalisation and advertising revenue. Under Taylor's leadership, Particular Audience has expanded its footprint across retailers in Australia, the UK, and internationally, and has been recognised as a notable player in the growing retail media sector. Taylor has been an active voice on the convergence of ecommerce, AI-driven personalisation, and retail media advertising, advocating for independent retailers to reclaim data and revenue from dominant platforms. Taylor's background spans ecommerce technology and data-driven marketing, and he has built Particular Audience around the thesis that first-party retail data, when properly activated, can power both superior shopper experiences and scalable advertising products for retailers.

Last updated Oct 24, 2026 by ATDb automated enrichment

Role
CEO/Founder
Company
Particular Audience
Based
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Years in industry
10 years

Bio

James Taylor is the founder and CEO of Particular Audience, an AI-powered retail media and product personalisation platform headquartered in Sydney, Australia. The company enables online retailers to deploy Amazon-style recommendation engines, audience targeting, and retail media monetisation capabilities, positioning itself as a technology layer that helps retailers compete with marketplace giants on personalisation and advertising revenue. Under Taylor's leadership, Particular Audience has expanded its footprint across retailers in Australia, the UK, and internationally, and has been recognised as a notable player in the growing retail media sector. Taylor has been an active voice on the convergence of ecommerce, AI-driven personalisation, and retail media advertising, advocating for independent retailers to reclaim data and revenue from dominant platforms. Taylor's background spans ecommerce technology and data-driven marketing, and he has built Particular Audience around the thesis that first-party retail data, when properly activated, can power both superior shopper experiences and scalable advertising products for retailers.

Expertise & education

Expertise

Retail MediaAI PersonalisationProduct RecommendationsEcommerce TechnologyFirst-Party DataProgrammatic AdvertisingAudience TargetingSaaS Platforms

Speaking topics

Retail Media NetworksAI-Driven Personalisation in EcommerceFirst-Party Data StrategyCompeting with Amazon

Recognition

Notable achievements

  • Founded Particular Audience and scaled it into a recognised retail media and personalisation platform operating across multiple international markets
  • Positioned Particular Audience as a challenger technology enabling independent retailers to compete with Amazon on personalisation and retail media monetisation