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.
This report is free to read and takes into consideration between 15 and 20 brands we compare month after month in the
Cosmetics
industry, for the month of
October
2023
. We review data over their email marketing and advertising practices. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive exclusive reports.
Email Marketing Summary: Clinique and Bobbi Brown are leading the cosmetics industry in email marketing with the highest email sending frequency, although they should reduce promotions to balance their approach. ColourPop is also strong, sending a reasonable number of emails with excellent email scoring and promotions. MAËLYS Cosmetics and IT Cosmetics perform well in email marketing with high email scores and promotions. Brands like Smashbox, BOOM by Cindy Joseph, Benefit Cosmetics, MAC Cosmetics, Cocunat, Freshly Cosmetics, Tarte, and Hero Cosmetics need to work on improving their email marketing strategies.
Email Deliverability Summary: Cocunat excels in email deliverability with a low spam score and email size. Tarte also demonstrates good email size and spam score. Clinique and Bobbi Brown show mixed results in email size and spam scores. Hero Cosmetics and IT Cosmetics have good email sizes and spam scores. Smashbox needs improvement in both areas. MAËLYS Cosmetics, MAC Cosmetics, Freshly Cosmetics, ColourPop, Benefit Cosmetics, and BOOM by Cindy Joseph have various performance levels in email deliverability and should focus on strengthening their strategies. Kylie Cosmetics and Mented Cosmetics need significant enhancements in email deliverability.
Ads Performance Summary: Cocunat is the leader in advertising performance, detected with the highest number of new ads and showing a reasonable level of unique copy diversity. Freshly Cosmetics is also strong in advertising, with a high number of new ads and diverse copies. MAËLYS Cosmetics performs well in new ads but needs to work on unique copy diversity. Tarte, Clinique, and Kylie Cosmetics have a good balance between new ads and unique copies. Hero Cosmetics, IT Cosmetics, Smashbox, Bobbi Brown, and BOOM by Cindy Joseph need improvements in advertising performance. Benefit Cosmetics lags in advertising, lacking both new ads and unique copy diversity.
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.)
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.
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.
In this table, we benchmark the brands diversity of assets when it comes to Social Ads - especially the images vs. videos ratio.
