Designer Clothing - 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.

Designer Clothing

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

Designer Clothing

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.

Table of content

Highlights & Summary

In August, Ted Baker maintained its lead in emails, sending 19 emails this month, of which 73% are promotional. Michael Kors and Stella McCartney followed closely, each sending 14 emails.

Regarding advertising, Michael Kors took the lead with 142 new ads created, while Dior secured the second position with 138 new ads.

Regarding the media used in the new ads this month, both Michael Kors and Dior emphasized images over videos. Michael Kors used 123 images and 16 videos, while Dior employed 81 images and 49 videos.

Emails sent on average

8.9

Ads published on average

62

Average Spam Score

3.1

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 8.87 58.77%
Hermès - EN
2

❌ Poor

42.5%

❌ Poor

Gucci
12

✅ Good

68.0%

✅ Good

Balenciaga
8

⚠️ Fair

66.63%

✅ Good

LOEWE
5

❌ Poor

57.4%

⚠️ Fair

Stella McCartney
13

✅ Good

58.46%

⚠️ Fair

Ted Baker - UK
19

✅ Good

48.11%

❌ Poor

Zimmermann
4

❌ Poor

42.0%

❌ Poor

Dior - EN
8

⚠️ Fair

59.13%

⚠️ Fair

Chanel - EN
13

✅ Good

62.38%

⚠️ Fair

Dolce & Gabbana
9

⚠️ Fair

57.0%

⚠️ Fair

Acne Studios - EN
0

❌ Poor

0%

❌ Poor

JACQUEMUS
10

✅ Good

62.6%

⚠️ Fair

Ralph Lauren - UK
10

✅ Good

56.8%

⚠️ Fair

Prada
6

❌ Poor

52.5%

❌ Poor

Michael Kors
14

✅ Good

67.71%

✅ 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 -3.08 3,763.02 kb
Hermès - EN
⚠️ 5.2

❌ Poor

1,107.52 kb

✅ Good

Gucci
✅ -6.35

✅ Good

1,385.75 kb

✅ Good

Balenciaga
✅ -6.35

✅ Good

2,480.58 kb

✅ Good

LOEWE
✅ -3.04

⚠️ Fair

3,888.78 kb

⚠️ Fair

Stella McCartney
✅ -2.79

⚠️ Fair

2,849.99 kb

✅ Good

Ted Baker - UK
✅ -0.1

❌ Poor

2,092.38 kb

✅ Good

Zimmermann
✅ -2.6

❌ Poor

3,356.08 kb

✅ Good

Dior - EN
✅ -2.5

❌ Poor

1,836.21 kb

✅ Good

Chanel - EN
✅ -2.31

❌ Poor

717.26 kb

✅ Good

Dolce & Gabbana
✅ -2.88

⚠️ Fair

1,827.47 kb

✅ Good

Acne Studios - EN
- -
JACQUEMUS
✅ -2.02

❌ Poor

24,004.63 kb

❌ Poor

Ralph Lauren - UK
✅ -4.35

✅ Good

3,800.27 kb

⚠️ Fair

Prada
✅ -2.6

❌ Poor

3,835.85 kb

⚠️ Fair

Michael Kors
✅ -1.43

❌ Poor

756.77 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 61.8 33.33
Hermès - EN
1

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

Gucci
72

❌ Poor

31

⚠️ Fair

Balenciaga
33

✅ Good

15

✅ Good

LOEWE
105

❌ Poor

26

✅ Good

Stella McCartney
6

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

Ted Baker - UK
43

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

Zimmermann
33

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

Dior - EN
138

❌ Poor

34

⚠️ Fair

Chanel - EN
123

❌ Poor

92

❌ Poor

Dolce & Gabbana
87

❌ Poor

16

✅ Good

Acne Studios - EN
0

✅ Good

-
JACQUEMUS
83

❌ Poor

73

❌ Poor

Ralph Lauren - UK
61

⚠️ Fair

2

✅ Good

Prada
0

✅ Good

-
Michael Kors
142

❌ Poor

40

❌ Poor

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 588 232 25.03%
Hermès - EN
0

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

100.0%
Gucci
26

✅ Good

20

✅ Good

27.78%
Balenciaga
25

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

24.24%
LOEWE
81

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

9.52%
Stella McCartney
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Ted Baker - UK
22

✅ Good

21

✅ Good

48.84%
Zimmermann
16

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

24.24%
Dior - EN
81

✅ Good

49

✅ Good

35.51%
Chanel - EN
47

✅ Good

42

✅ Good

34.15%
Dolce & Gabbana
60

✅ Good

20

✅ Good

22.99%
Acne Studios - EN
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
JACQUEMUS
70

✅ Good

13

✅ Good

15.66%
Ralph Lauren - UK
37

✅ Good

24

✅ Good

39.34%
Prada
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Michael Kors
123

✅ Good

16

✅ Good

11.27%

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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