Designer Clothing - November - 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

November

2023

. 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 : Michael Kors shines as the forerunner in the designer clothing domain, showcasing a balanced email strategy with 20 well-crafted emails and an impressive email score of 62.95%. Ted Baker follows closely, leading in email count with 28 messages, but shows room for improvement in scoring. Dior and Chanel maintain strong positions, excelling in email quality but with varied frequency. Gucci and Balenciaga struggle, sending fewer emails and facing challenges in scoring, indicating the need for strategic adjustments. Notably, Prada and LOEWE exhibit potential, excelling in email quality despite a lower count.

Email Deliverability Insights : Gucci and Balenciaga stand out in email deliverability, optimizing messages for efficient delivery with notably decreased spam scores and appropriate email sizes. LOEWE, although excelling in spam scores, struggles with larger email sizes, presenting a delivery optimization opportunity. Michael Kors, despite robust email marketing, faces challenges in deliverability, necessitating attention to spam scores and email sizes. Hermès, Stella McCartney, and Ted Baker encounter hurdles in both spam scores and email sizes, emphasizing the need for comprehensive optimization strategies.

Ads Performance : Michael Kors dominates the advertising landscape with 113 diverse ads, showcasing an impressive blend of quantity and uniqueness. Prada, LOEWE, and Dolce & Gabbana closely follow, maintaining a good balance in ad quantity and varied content. Ralph Lauren, despite strong emails, lags in ad diversity, signaling a potential area for growth. Gucci, Balenciaga, and Stella McCartney face challenges in advertising, needing to diversify content to sustain consumer interest. In the dynamic designer clothing sector, a robust advertising strategy with diverse content is critical for brand visibility and engagement.

Emails sent on average

12.0

Ads published on average

84

Average Spam Score

3.8

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 12.0 57.23%
Hermès - EN
4

❌ Poor

31.25%

❌ Poor

Gucci - US
10

❌ Poor

66.1%

✅ Good

Balenciaga - WW
10

❌ Poor

73.1%

✅ Good

LOEWE
5

❌ Poor

59.0%

⚠️ Fair

Stella McCartney
14

✅ Good

57.57%

⚠️ Fair

Ted Baker - UK
28

✅ Good

52.04%

⚠️ Fair

Zimmermann
5

❌ Poor

51.6%

⚠️ Fair

Dior - EN
26

✅ Good

51.23%

❌ Poor

Chanel - EN
16

✅ Good

61.0%

⚠️ Fair

Dolce & Gabbana
6

❌ Poor

67.83%

✅ Good

Acne Studios - US
7

❌ Poor

66.43%

✅ Good

JACQUEMUS
8

❌ Poor

51.75%

⚠️ Fair

Ralph Lauren - UK
12

⚠️ Fair

52.33%

⚠️ Fair

Prada
9

❌ Poor

54.11%

⚠️ Fair

Michael Kors
20

✅ Good

62.95%

✅ 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 -3.79 2,868.04 kb
Hermès - EN
🟧 2.7

❌ Poor

3,191.25 kb

❌ Poor

Gucci - US
✅ -7.71

✅ Good

1,218.33 kb

✅ Good

Balenciaga - WW
✅ -8.1

✅ Good

2,085.75 kb

✅ Good

LOEWE
✅ -3.1

❌ Poor

4,200.57 kb

❌ Poor

Stella McCartney
✅ -2.96

❌ Poor

2,331.23 kb

✅ Good

Ted Baker - UK
✅ -2.6

❌ Poor

3,043.19 kb

⚠️ Fair

Zimmermann
✅ -4.1

⚠️ Fair

4,824.12 kb

❌ Poor

Dior - EN
✅ -4.26

✅ Good

2,447.53 kb

✅ Good

Chanel - EN
✅ -3.38

❌ Poor

1,063.0 kb

✅ Good

Dolce & Gabbana
✅ -4.27

✅ Good

1,977.07 kb

✅ Good

Acne Studios - US
✅ -3.67

⚠️ Fair

1,491.26 kb

✅ Good

JACQUEMUS
✅ -1.85

❌ Poor

11,679.11 kb

❌ Poor

Ralph Lauren - UK
✅ -4.14

⚠️ Fair

3,376.76 kb

❌ Poor

Prada
✅ -1.21

❌ Poor

5,313.01 kb

❌ Poor

Michael Kors
✅ -3.25

❌ Poor

1,137.74 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 84.2 40.53
Hermès - EN
23

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

Gucci - US
95

❌ Poor

15

✅ Good

Balenciaga - WW
58

✅ Good

13

✅ Good

LOEWE
127

❌ Poor

64

❌ Poor

Stella McCartney
63

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

Ted Baker - UK
142

❌ Poor

16

✅ Good

Zimmermann
23

✅ Good

17

✅ Good

Dior - EN
100

❌ Poor

45

❌ Poor

Chanel - EN
55

✅ Good

29

✅ Good

Dolce & Gabbana
107

❌ Poor

53

❌ Poor

Acne Studios - US
39

✅ Good

20

✅ Good

JACQUEMUS
87

⚠️ Fair

63

❌ Poor

Ralph Lauren - UK
102

❌ Poor

10

✅ Good

Prada
129

❌ Poor

25

✅ Good

Michael Kors
113

❌ Poor

29

✅ 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 831 432 34.2%
Hermès - EN
6

✅ Good

17

✅ Good

73.91%
Gucci - US
56

✅ Good

39

✅ Good

41.05%
Balenciaga - WW
45

✅ Good

13

✅ Good

22.41%
LOEWE
105

✅ Good

22

✅ Good

17.32%
Stella McCartney
48

✅ Good

15

✅ Good

23.81%
Ted Baker - UK
92

✅ Good

50

✅ Good

35.21%
Zimmermann
22

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

4.35%
Dior - EN
67

✅ Good

33

✅ Good

33.0%
Chanel - EN
21

✅ Good

34

✅ Good

61.82%
Dolce & Gabbana
72

✅ Good

35

✅ Good

32.71%
Acne Studios - US
16

✅ Good

23

✅ Good

58.97%
JACQUEMUS
61

✅ Good

26

✅ Good

29.89%
Ralph Lauren - UK
74

✅ Good

28

✅ Good

27.45%
Prada
40

✅ Good

89

✅ Good

68.99%
Michael Kors
106

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

6.19%

Ads detected over time

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