Designer Clothing - 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.

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

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

During the month of May, Ted Baker continues to dominate the email landscape with a total of 21 emails, securing the leading position. Michael Kors closely follows behind with 16 emails.

Shifting our focus to advertising, Dior and Gucci shine as the frontrunners, each creating 123 new ads during May. Notably, Dior takes the lead in ad copies, showcasing their creativity with a total of 80 unique ad copies.

Delving into their advertising strategies, both Dior and Gucci emphasize the power of images. Dior incorporates 62 images accompanied by 49 videos, while Gucci used 64 images alongside 25 videos.

Emails sent on average

9.3

Ads published on average

77

Average Spam Score

3.2

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 9.27 57.13%
Hermès - EN
4

❌ Poor

46.5%

❌ Poor

Gucci
13

✅ Good

59.31%

⚠️ Fair

Balenciaga
9

⚠️ Fair

69.11%

✅ Good

LOEWE
5

❌ Poor

56.6%

⚠️ Fair

Stella McCartney
13

✅ Good

58.54%

⚠️ Fair

Ted Baker - UK
21

✅ Good

48.0%

❌ Poor

Zimmermann
5

❌ Poor

41.0%

❌ Poor

Dior - EN
12

✅ Good

49.0%

❌ Poor

Chanel - EN
12

✅ Good

62.08%

⚠️ Fair

Dolce & Gabbana
8

❌ Poor

61.25%

⚠️ Fair

Acne Studios - EN
8

❌ Poor

67.5%

✅ Good

JACQUEMUS
2

❌ Poor

53.0%

⚠️ Fair

Ralph Lauren - UK
5

❌ Poor

53.6%

⚠️ Fair

Prada
6

❌ Poor

57.83%

⚠️ Fair

Michael Kors
16

✅ Good

63.81%

✅ 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 -3.23 2,375.78 kb
Hermès - EN
🟧 1.45

❌ Poor

1,574.15 kb

✅ Good

Gucci
✅ -6.4

✅ Good

1,882.28 kb

✅ Good

Balenciaga
✅ -7.88

✅ Good

2,292.21 kb

⚠️ Fair

LOEWE
✅ -1.1

❌ Poor

2,793.42 kb

❌ Poor

Stella McCartney
✅ -3.95

✅ Good

2,270.13 kb

⚠️ Fair

Ted Baker - UK
✅ -2.6

❌ Poor

3,522.37 kb

❌ Poor

Zimmermann
✅ -2.1

❌ Poor

3,984.08 kb

❌ Poor

Dior - EN
✅ -2.14

❌ Poor

3,184.15 kb

❌ Poor

Chanel - EN
✅ -2.08

❌ Poor

920.91 kb

✅ Good

Dolce & Gabbana
✅ -3.22

⚠️ Fair

1,528.64 kb

✅ Good

Acne Studios - EN
✅ -2.6

❌ Poor

1,278.0 kb

✅ Good

JACQUEMUS
✅ -0.1

❌ Poor

2,243.0 kb

⚠️ Fair

Ralph Lauren - UK
✅ -3.72

✅ Good

2,479.92 kb

⚠️ Fair

Prada
✅ -2.6

❌ Poor

4,820.08 kb

❌ Poor

Michael Kors
✅ -2.81

❌ Poor

1,496.78 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 76.73 35.47
Hermès - EN
64

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

Gucci
123

❌ Poor

43

❌ Poor

Balenciaga
87

❌ Poor

10

✅ Good

LOEWE
115

❌ Poor

27

✅ Good

Stella McCartney
0

✅ Good

-
Ted Baker - UK
89

❌ Poor

10

✅ Good

Zimmermann
41

✅ Good

33

⚠️ Fair

Dior - EN
123

❌ Poor

59

❌ Poor

Chanel - EN
109

❌ Poor

55

❌ Poor

Dolce & Gabbana
60

✅ Good

21

✅ Good

Acne Studios - EN
49

✅ Good

13

✅ Good

JACQUEMUS
39

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

Ralph Lauren - UK
52

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

Prada
97

❌ Poor

11

✅ Good

Michael Kors
103

❌ Poor

23

✅ 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 711 306 26.59%
Hermès - EN
24

✅ Good

29

✅ Good

45.31%
Gucci
64

✅ Good

25

✅ Good

20.33%
Balenciaga
78

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

9.2%
LOEWE
66

✅ Good

47

✅ Good

40.87%
Stella McCartney
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Ted Baker - UK
51

✅ Good

35

✅ Good

39.33%
Zimmermann
23

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

9.76%
Dior - EN
62

✅ Good

49

✅ Good

39.84%
Chanel - EN
37

✅ Good

30

✅ Good

27.52%
Dolce & Gabbana
40

✅ Good

16

✅ Good

26.67%
Acne Studios - EN
35

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

28.57%
JACQUEMUS
38

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

2.56%
Ralph Lauren - UK
45

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

13.46%
Prada
51

✅ Good

37

✅ Good

38.14%
Michael Kors
97

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

3.88%

Ads detected over time

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