Activewear - January - 2024


The result? A comparative analysis that highlight the best performers of any ecommerce DTC niche, for any given month.

This benchmark analyze the behaviour of 15 Direct-To-Consumers (DTC) brands in the Supplement industry. Our goal is to compare their marketing velocity (how active they are in their digital marketing strategy) and how to they perform vs. each other.

Activewear

This report is free to read and takes into consideration between 15 and 20 brands we compare month after month in the

Activewear

industry, for the month of

February

2024

. We review data over their email marketing and advertising practices. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive exclusive reports.

Table of content

Highlights & Summary

Email Marketing Performance: NO BULL stands out as the top performer in email marketing, sending 27 emails with excellent email scoring and promotional diversity. Billabong follows closely with 23 emails, showcasing good email scoring despite needing improvements in promotional diversity. Born Primitive demonstrates strong email marketing strategies, sending 22 emails with robust email scoring and a diverse promotional mix. SET Active and Senita Athletics present potential but require enhancements in both email scoring and promotional diversity to compete effectively in the activewear industry.

Email Deliverability and Spam Scores: Recess Activewear leads in email deliverability with a positive spam score and efficient email size management, positioning itself as a top performer in the activewear industry. Tracksmith excels in email deliverability with a positive spam score and effective email size management, reflecting its strong market presence. Born Living Yoga struggles in email deliverability, showcasing a negative impact on spam score and inefficient email size management, necessitating strategic adjustments to enhance email deliverability and competitiveness. Billabong demonstrates strong email deliverability with efficient email size management, distinguishing itself as a leader in the industry.

Advertising Performance: Fabletics leads in advertising impact with 124 impactful ads, highlighting both volume and diversity in ad content, reflecting its strong market presence in the activewear industry. Born Living Yoga closely follows with 100 impactful ads, showcasing a variety of unique copies and strong advertising volume. P.E Nation demonstrates strong advertising impact with 84 impactful ads, requiring enhancements in diversity to optimize advertising impact and competitiveness. Billabong and Lorna Jane Active present solid advertising strategies, with 82 and 76 impactful ads, respectively, emphasizing a balance between volume and diversity in ad content. NO BULL faces challenges in advertising diversity, necessitating strategic adjustments to effectively engage consumers and remain competitive.

Emails sent on average

11.1

Ads published on average

49

Average Spam Score

1.7

Email Marketing Benchmark Breakdown

Email Marketing Performances

In this table, we benchmark how many emails brands have send and their average email scores, which we calculate using over 50 datapoints that measure how much best practices are ensured (spam score, email authenticiation & certificates, email size, subject line lenght, word & links count etc.)

Brand # Emails Sent Performance Email Scoring Performance
Average 11.13 51.02%
Recess Activewear
6

❌ Poor

64.67%

✅ Good

Tracksmith
11

⚠️ Fair

50.55%

⚠️ Fair

Born Living Yoga
11

⚠️ Fair

42.0%

❌ Poor

Billabong
23

✅ Good

47.13%

⚠️ Fair

Lorna Jane Active
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Fabletics
2

❌ Poor

60.0%

✅ Good

POPFLEX Active
12

⚠️ Fair

38.58%

❌ Poor

P.E Nation
13

✅ Good

55.46%

⚠️ Fair

WAA Ultra
5

❌ Poor

51.6%

⚠️ Fair

Senita Athletics
13

✅ Good

42.38%

❌ Poor

SET Active
13

✅ Good

40.69%

❌ Poor

Ryderwear
9

❌ Poor

51.78%

⚠️ Fair

NO BULL
27

✅ Good

62.33%

✅ Good

PollyPark
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

Born Primitive
22

✅ Good

56.36%

✅ Good

Email Deliverability Performances

In this table, we benchmark how much the emails are optimized for delivery ie. if they're likely to pass spam filters and not land in the Promotions tab.

Brand Average Spam Score Performance Email Size Performance
Average -1.65 3,965.31 kb
Recess Activewear
✅ -3.23

✅ Good

5,104.66 kb

❌ Poor

Tracksmith
✅ -2.19

✅ Good

3,601.79 kb

⚠️ Fair

Born Living Yoga
✅ -1.0

❌ Poor

13,851.14 kb

❌ Poor

Billabong
- 2,619.24 kb

✅ Good

Lorna Jane Active
- -
Fabletics
- 392.34 kb

✅ Good

POPFLEX Active
✅ -1.27

❌ Poor

3,561.85 kb

✅ Good

P.E Nation
✅ -1.3

❌ Poor

2,672.04 kb

✅ Good

WAA Ultra
✅ -2.24

✅ Good

3,777.33 kb

⚠️ Fair

Senita Athletics
✅ -0.06

❌ Poor

4,734.13 kb

❌ Poor

SET Active
✅ -1.28

❌ Poor

7,848.75 kb

❌ Poor

Ryderwear
✅ -2.17

✅ Good

3,660.79 kb

⚠️ Fair

NO BULL
✅ -2.41

✅ Good

1,578.49 kb

✅ Good

PollyPark
- -
Born Primitive
✅ -1.42

❌ Poor

1,957.28 kb

✅ Good

Email sent over time

Advertising performances and activity

Ad Velocity

In this table, we benchmark the brands velocity and performances - how much ads they've been publishing, and how many different copy has been used.

Brand New Ads Detected Performance Unique Copy Performance
Average 48.8 17.53
Recess Activewear
20

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

Tracksmith
13

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

Born Living Yoga
100

❌ Poor

15

✅ Good

Billabong
82

❌ Poor

18

⚠️ Fair

Lorna Jane Active
76

❌ Poor

7

✅ Good

Fabletics
124

❌ Poor

11

✅ Good

POPFLEX Active
27

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

P.E Nation
84

❌ Poor

11

✅ Good

WAA Ultra
14

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

Senita Athletics
29

✅ Good

21

❌ Poor

SET Active
0

✅ Good

-
Ryderwear
14

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

NO BULL
75

❌ Poor

10

✅ Good

PollyPark
0

✅ Good

-
Born Primitive
74

❌ Poor

1

✅ Good

Ad Diversity (Images vs. Videos ratio)

In this table, we benchmark the brands diversity of assets when it comes to Social Ads - especially the images vs. videos ratio.

Brand New Images Performance New Videos Performance Video Proportion
Average 448 284 38.8%
Recess Activewear
16

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

20.0%
Tracksmith
9

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

30.77%
Born Living Yoga
37

✅ Good

63

✅ Good

63.0%
Billabong
68

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

17.07%
Lorna Jane Active
36

✅ Good

40

✅ Good

52.63%
Fabletics
42

✅ Good

82

✅ Good

66.13%
POPFLEX Active
11

✅ Good

16

✅ Good

59.26%
P.E Nation
70

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

16.67%
WAA Ultra
6

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

57.14%
Senita Athletics
14

✅ Good

15

✅ Good

51.72%
SET Active
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Ryderwear
7

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

50.0%
NO BULL
72

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

4.0%
PollyPark
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Born Primitive
60

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

18.92%

Ads detected over time

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Some of the assets (emails, ads) used in this benchmark to measure performance

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