Apparel - August - 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.

Apparel

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

Apparel

industry, for the month of

August

2023

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

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Highlights & Summary

In August, Everlane led again with 50 emails, followed by AYR with 38 emails.

Concerning advertising, AYR was the leader with 118 new ads created. Calzedonia came second with 94 new ads, having the highest number of ad copies (46) this month.

Regarding ad strategy, both AYR and Calzedonia emphasized images more than videos in their ads this month. AYR used 111 images and 6 videos, while Calzedonia employed 89 images and 5 videos.

Emails sent on average

14.5

Ads published on average

37

Average Spam Score

2.2

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 14.53 58.75%
Baggu
6

❌ Poor

56.67%

⚠️ Fair

Bombas
21

✅ Good

55.05%

⚠️ Fair

AYR
38

✅ Good

62.79%

⚠️ Fair

Alo Yoga
2

❌ Poor

61.5%

⚠️ Fair

Cuyana
18

✅ Good

59.11%

⚠️ Fair

Calzedonia
15

⚠️ Fair

56.27%

⚠️ Fair

Cotopaxi
23

✅ Good

44.04%

❌ Poor

Kith
14

⚠️ Fair

51.79%

❌ Poor

Everlane
51

✅ Good

68.76%

✅ Good

Pangaia
13

❌ Poor

54.77%

⚠️ Fair

AMI PARIS
1

❌ Poor

83.0%

✅ Good

Buck Mason
2

❌ Poor

76.5%

✅ Good

Golf Le Fleur
3

❌ Poor

47.33%

❌ Poor

Aime Leon Dore
11

❌ Poor

50.91%

❌ Poor

Alife
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

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 -2.16 2,518.51 kb
Baggu
✅ -1.83

❌ Poor

6,302.85 kb

❌ Poor

Bombas
✅ -2.24

⚠️ Fair

2,991.2 kb

❌ Poor

AYR
✅ -2.32

⚠️ Fair

2,876.43 kb

❌ Poor

Alo Yoga
✅ -10.1

✅ Good

1,368.88 kb

✅ Good

Cuyana
✅ -1.41

❌ Poor

924.01 kb

✅ Good

Calzedonia
✅ -2.5

✅ Good

1,011.13 kb

✅ Good

Cotopaxi
- 4,419.55 kb

❌ Poor

Kith
✅ -2.74

✅ Good

5,095.55 kb

❌ Poor

Everlane
✅ -2.02

⚠️ Fair

619.27 kb

✅ Good

Pangaia
✅ -2.64

✅ Good

4,336.92 kb

❌ Poor

AMI PARIS
✅ -4.3

✅ Good

757.25 kb

✅ Good

Buck Mason
✅ -2.6

✅ Good

590.61 kb

✅ Good

Golf Le Fleur
✅ -1.17

❌ Poor

1,911.73 kb

✅ Good

Aime Leon Dore
✅ -0.48

❌ Poor

3,267.13 kb

❌ Poor

Alife
- -

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 36.53 18.33
Baggu
5

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

Bombas
10

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

AYR
118

❌ Poor

15

✅ Good

Alo Yoga
0

✅ Good

-
Cuyana
69

❌ Poor

12

✅ Good

Calzedonia
114

❌ Poor

29

❌ Poor

Cotopaxi
56

❌ Poor

16

✅ Good

Kith
0

✅ Good

-
Everlane
54

❌ Poor

24

❌ Poor

Pangaia
45

❌ Poor

6

✅ Good

AMI PARIS
37

⚠️ Fair

16

✅ Good

Buck Mason
40

⚠️ Fair

22

❌ Poor

Golf Le Fleur
0

✅ Good

-
Aime Leon Dore
0

✅ Good

-
Alife
0

✅ 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 429 111 20.26%
Baggu
1

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

80.0%
Bombas
7

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

30.0%
AYR
111

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

5.08%
Alo Yoga
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Cuyana
42

✅ Good

27

✅ Good

39.13%
Calzedonia
105

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

7.89%
Cotopaxi
35

✅ Good

17

✅ Good

30.36%
Kith
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Everlane
33

✅ Good

18

✅ Good

33.33%
Pangaia
28

✅ Good

17

✅ Good

37.78%
AMI PARIS
37

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Buck Mason
30

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

25.0%
Golf Le Fleur
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Aime Leon Dore
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Alife
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-

Ads detected over time

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