Activewear - May - 2023


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

May

2023

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

Table of content

Highlights & Summary

In May, NOBULL once again emerges as the leader in emails, with a total of 29 emails sent. Senita Athletics follows closely behind, sending 18 emails during the same month.

Turning to advertising, both NOBULL and Lorna Jane Active shine as leaders, each creating an impressive total of 95 new ads. They are closely trailed by Born Primitive with 94 new ads.

When it comes to their ad strategies, NOBULL and Born Primitive prioritize imagery, while Lorna Jane Active places an emphasis on videos. NOBULL utilizes 80 images alongside 13 videos, while Born Primitive employs 74 images in combination with 18 videos. On the other hand, Lorna Jane Active showcases their brand through 58 videos complemented by 35 images.

Emails sent on average

11.5

Ads published on average

60

Average Spam Score

1.9

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 11.47 52.27%
Recess Activewear
6

❌ Poor

59.17%

✅ Good

Tracksmith
11

⚠️ Fair

54.27%

⚠️ Fair

Born Living Yoga
7

❌ Poor

63.0%

✅ Good

Billabong
4

❌ Poor

55.0%

⚠️ Fair

Lorna Jane Active
12

⚠️ Fair

54.67%

⚠️ Fair

Fabletics
5

❌ Poor

57.8%

✅ Good

POPFLEX Active
12

⚠️ Fair

53.17%

⚠️ Fair

P.E Nation
17

✅ Good

49.41%

⚠️ Fair

WAA Ultra
7

❌ Poor

56.57%

⚠️ Fair

Senita Athletics
18

✅ Good

44.39%

❌ Poor

SET Active
17

✅ Good

46.76%

❌ Poor

Ryderwear
6

❌ Poor

48.83%

⚠️ Fair

NO BULL
29

✅ Good

51.45%

⚠️ Fair

PollyPark
4

❌ Poor

33.0%

❌ Poor

Born Primitive
17

✅ Good

61.65%

✅ 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 -1.89 3,155.31 kb
Recess Activewear
✅ -3.43

✅ Good

3,904.8 kb

❌ Poor

Tracksmith
✅ -2.96

✅ Good

4,090.3 kb

❌ Poor

Born Living Yoga
✅ -1.73

⚠️ Fair

1,379.59 kb

✅ Good

Billabong
✅ -3.55

✅ Good

7,945.87 kb

❌ Poor

Lorna Jane Active
✅ -3.39

✅ Good

2,020.06 kb

✅ Good

Fabletics
✅ -0.98

❌ Poor

578.02 kb

✅ Good

POPFLEX Active
✅ -2.3

✅ Good

2,416.11 kb

✅ Good

P.E Nation
🟧 0.94

❌ Poor

1,626.52 kb

✅ Good

WAA Ultra
✅ -3.96

✅ Good

4,109.0 kb

❌ Poor

Senita Athletics
✅ -0.49

❌ Poor

3,882.18 kb

❌ Poor

SET Active
✅ -1.44

❌ Poor

4,360.13 kb

❌ Poor

Ryderwear
✅ -2.6

✅ Good

3,567.88 kb

❌ Poor

NO BULL
✅ -3.07

✅ Good

3,834.08 kb

❌ Poor

PollyPark
🟧 1.53

❌ Poor

4,671.06 kb

❌ Poor

Born Primitive
✅ -1.72

⚠️ Fair

1,472.42 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 59.6 23.27
Recess Activewear
8

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

Tracksmith
30

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

Born Living Yoga
72

❌ Poor

11

✅ Good

Billabong
73

❌ Poor

21

⚠️ Fair

Lorna Jane Active
95

❌ Poor

15

✅ Good

Fabletics
90

❌ Poor

5

✅ Good

POPFLEX Active
29

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

P.E Nation
79

❌ Poor

15

✅ Good

WAA Ultra
58

⚠️ Fair

14

✅ Good

Senita Athletics
41

✅ Good

17

✅ Good

SET Active
26

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

Ryderwear
90

❌ Poor

47

❌ Poor

NO BULL
95

❌ Poor

30

❌ Poor

PollyPark
14

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

Born Primitive
94

❌ Poor

8

✅ 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 584 269 30.09%
Recess Activewear
0

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

100.0%
Tracksmith
18

✅ Good

12

✅ Good

40.0%
Born Living Yoga
50

✅ Good

15

✅ Good

20.83%
Billabong
44

✅ Good

28

✅ Good

38.36%
Lorna Jane Active
35

✅ Good

58

✅ Good

61.05%
Fabletics
72

✅ Good

15

✅ Good

16.67%
POPFLEX Active
18

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

37.93%
P.E Nation
50

✅ Good

27

✅ Good

34.18%
WAA Ultra
31

✅ Good

19

✅ Good

32.76%
Senita Athletics
10

✅ Good

30

✅ Good

73.17%
SET Active
21

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

19.23%
Ryderwear
75

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

7.78%
NO BULL
80

✅ Good

13

✅ Good

13.68%
PollyPark
6

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

21.43%
Born Primitive
74

✅ Good

18

✅ Good

19.15%

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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