Apparel - 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.

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

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 the month of May, Everlane and AYR maintained their positions as leaders in email marketing. Everlane took the first spot by sending a total of 35 emails, closely followed by AYR with 30 emails.

Shifting our focus to advertising efforts, Calzedonia emerged as the top brand with an impressive creation of 100 new ads. Additionally, Calzedonia also excelled in the number of unique ad copies used, boasting a total of 61 ad copies. AYR closely followed with 99 new ads created.

When it comes to ad strategy, both AYR and Calzedonia predominantly relied on images to engage their audience. AYR used 90 images alongside 9 videos, while Calzedonia employed 73 images complemented by 22 videos.

Emails sent on average

15.1

Ads published on average

33

Average Spam Score

2.4

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 15.07 56.4%
Baggu
6

❌ Poor

52.67%

⚠️ Fair

Bombas
23

✅ Good

61.13%

⚠️ Fair

AYR
30

✅ Good

59.37%

⚠️ Fair

Alo Yoga
26

✅ Good

65.12%

✅ Good

Cuyana
15

⚠️ Fair

60.8%

⚠️ Fair

Calzedonia
5

❌ Poor

49.4%

❌ Poor

Cotopaxi
23

✅ Good

43.22%

❌ Poor

Kith
18

✅ Good

50.44%

❌ Poor

Everlane
35

✅ Good

56.74%

⚠️ Fair

Pangaia
11

❌ Poor

39.73%

❌ Poor

AMI PARIS
2

❌ Poor

49.0%

❌ Poor

Buck Mason
13

❌ Poor

73.85%

✅ Good

Golf Le Fleur
5

❌ Poor

63.8%

✅ Good

Aime Leon Dore
14

⚠️ Fair

49.21%

❌ 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 -2.4 3,123.72 kb
Baggu
✅ -0.75

❌ Poor

7,645.44 kb

❌ Poor

Bombas
✅ -2.06

❌ Poor

2,341.29 kb

✅ Good

AYR
✅ -1.95

❌ Poor

2,694.99 kb

✅ Good

Alo Yoga
✅ -6.61

✅ Good

1,663.21 kb

✅ Good

Cuyana
✅ -2.17

⚠️ Fair

947.31 kb

✅ Good

Calzedonia
✅ -2.6

⚠️ Fair

1,760.54 kb

✅ Good

Cotopaxi
- 4,318.55 kb

❌ Poor

Kith
✅ -1.94

❌ Poor

5,064.21 kb

❌ Poor

Everlane
✅ -1.61

❌ Poor

3,397.87 kb

⚠️ Fair

Pangaia
✅ -1.12

❌ Poor

7,241.33 kb

❌ Poor

AMI PARIS
✅ -1.8

❌ Poor

2,529.57 kb

✅ Good

Buck Mason
✅ -2.02

❌ Poor

596.48 kb

✅ Good

Golf Le Fleur
✅ -1.7

❌ Poor

1,750.51 kb

✅ Good

Aime Leon Dore
✅ -1.33

❌ Poor

3,464.68 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 32.8 17.87
Baggu
7

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

Bombas
10

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

AYR
99

❌ Poor

14

✅ Good

Alo Yoga
0

✅ Good

-
Cuyana
52

❌ Poor

18

⚠️ Fair

Calzedonia
100

❌ Poor

38

❌ Poor

Cotopaxi
52

❌ Poor

24

❌ Poor

Kith
0

✅ Good

-
Everlane
47

❌ Poor

17

⚠️ Fair

Pangaia
43

❌ Poor

10

✅ Good

AMI PARIS
23

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

Buck Mason
59

❌ Poor

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 334 148 30.08%
Baggu
1

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

85.71%
Bombas
4

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

60.0%
AYR
90

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

9.09%
Alo Yoga
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Cuyana
29

✅ Good

23

✅ Good

44.23%
Calzedonia
73

✅ Good

22

✅ Good

22.0%
Cotopaxi
28

✅ Good

21

✅ Good

40.38%
Kith
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Everlane
18

✅ Good

28

✅ Good

59.57%
Pangaia
30

✅ Good

13

✅ Good

30.23%
AMI PARIS
11

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

47.83%
Buck Mason
50

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

15.25%
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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