Designer Clothing - December - 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

January

2024

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

Table of content

Highlights & Summary

Email Marketing Overview: In the realm of designer clothing, Ted Baker leads with 18 targeted emails, achieving a good performance score of 51.5%. Gucci closely follows, demonstrating a solid 69.07% performance with 14 well-structured emails. Michael Kors engages effectively, but its 65.13% score indicates room for enhancement. Chanel excels in email scoring (64.12%) but needs to improve promotions. JACQUEMUS and Balenciaga fall short in both email volume and performance, requiring strategic adjustments. Zimmermann and Dior show potential but need to refine their email strategies.

Email Deliverability Insights: Gucci shines in email deliverability, boasting a remarkable reduction in spam scores and maintaining moderate email sizes. Dior showcases excellent deliverability, with a significant reduction in spam scores and effective email sizes. Brands like Balenciaga, Dolce & Gabbana, and Ralph Lauren struggle with higher spam scores and larger email sizes, impacting deliverability. Hermès faces challenges with both spam scores and large email sizes, demanding urgent attention for improvement.

Ads Performance: Dior emerges as a leader in advertising with 190 impactful ads and a diverse range of 36 unique copies. Prada and JACQUEMUS maintain strong advertising strategies, combining substantial ad volumes with engaging content. Ralph Lauren demonstrates an effective advertising strategy but needs to diversify content. Gucci and Chanel struggle with both volume and content diversity, requiring strategic adjustments for competitive advertising.

Emails sent on average

9.6

Ads published on average

88

Average Spam Score

4.2

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 9.6 60.32%
Hermès - EN
5

❌ Poor

34.4%

❌ Poor

Gucci - US
14

✅ Good

69.07%

✅ Good

Balenciaga - WW
8

❌ Poor

69.75%

✅ Good

LOEWE
6

❌ Poor

61.83%

⚠️ Fair

Stella McCartney
10

⚠️ Fair

55.5%

⚠️ Fair

Ted Baker - UK
18

✅ Good

51.5%

❌ Poor

Zimmermann
4

❌ Poor

51.5%

❌ Poor

Dior - EN
9

⚠️ Fair

67.11%

✅ Good

Chanel - EN
17

✅ Good

64.12%

⚠️ Fair

Dolce & Gabbana
7

❌ Poor

66.43%

✅ Good

Acne Studios - US
4

❌ Poor

70.0%

✅ Good

JACQUEMUS
8

❌ Poor

48.38%

❌ Poor

Ralph Lauren - UK
11

✅ Good

59.36%

⚠️ Fair

Prada
8

❌ Poor

59.25%

⚠️ Fair

Michael Kors
15

✅ Good

65.13%

⚠️ Fair

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 -4.23 2,868.35 kb
Hermès - EN
🟧 0.2

❌ Poor

6,359.92 kb

❌ Poor

Gucci - US
✅ -9.61

✅ Good

1,289.27 kb

✅ Good

Balenciaga - WW
✅ -8.23

✅ Good

2,639.15 kb

⚠️ Fair

LOEWE
✅ -0.93

❌ Poor

2,158.92 kb

✅ Good

Stella McCartney
✅ -3.6

❌ Poor

3,560.44 kb

❌ Poor

Ted Baker - UK
✅ -1.84

❌ Poor

4,826.36 kb

❌ Poor

Zimmermann
✅ -1.35

❌ Poor

3,358.52 kb

❌ Poor

Dior - EN
✅ -8.89

✅ Good

1,340.21 kb

✅ Good

Chanel - EN
✅ -3.24

❌ Poor

620.28 kb

✅ Good

Dolce & Gabbana
✅ -4.39

⚠️ Fair

1,288.93 kb

✅ Good

Acne Studios - US
✅ -1.35

❌ Poor

1,217.03 kb

✅ Good

JACQUEMUS
✅ -1.48

❌ Poor

8,310.95 kb

❌ Poor

Ralph Lauren - UK
✅ -4.97

✅ Good

3,379.21 kb

❌ Poor

Prada
✅ -1.98

❌ Poor

4,334.94 kb

❌ Poor

Michael Kors
✅ -3.33

❌ Poor

1,225.22 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 87.73 32.27
Hermès - EN
5

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

Gucci - US
42

✅ Good

21

✅ Good

Balenciaga - WW
78

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

LOEWE
89

⚠️ Fair

37

❌ Poor

Stella McCartney
58

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

Ted Baker - UK
67

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

Zimmermann
51

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

Dior - EN
190

❌ Poor

19

✅ Good

Chanel - EN
108

❌ Poor

66

❌ Poor

Dolce & Gabbana
86

⚠️ Fair

9

✅ Good

Acne Studios - US
32

✅ Good

12

✅ Good

JACQUEMUS
146

❌ Poor

70

❌ Poor

Ralph Lauren - UK
122

❌ Poor

26

✅ Good

Prada
149

❌ Poor

31

⚠️ Fair

Michael Kors
93

⚠️ Fair

9

✅ 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 856 460 34.95%
Hermès - EN
5

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Gucci - US
15

✅ Good

27

✅ Good

64.29%
Balenciaga - WW
56

✅ Good

22

✅ Good

28.21%
LOEWE
81

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

8.99%
Stella McCartney
26

✅ Good

32

✅ Good

55.17%
Ted Baker - UK
44

✅ Good

23

✅ Good

34.33%
Zimmermann
41

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

19.61%
Dior - EN
137

✅ Good

53

✅ Good

27.89%
Chanel - EN
49

✅ Good

59

✅ Good

54.63%
Dolce & Gabbana
49

✅ Good

37

✅ Good

43.02%
Acne Studios - US
13

✅ Good

19

✅ Good

59.38%
JACQUEMUS
119

✅ Good

27

✅ Good

18.49%
Ralph Lauren - UK
93

✅ Good

29

✅ Good

23.77%
Prada
71

✅ Good

78

✅ Good

52.35%
Michael Kors
57

✅ Good

36

✅ Good

38.71%

Ads detected over time

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