Footwear - 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.

Footwear

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

Footwear

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

In the month of May, KURU Footwear once again takes the lead in email marketing, sending a total of 37 emails. Following closely behind, JustFab secures the second position with 32 enticing promotional emails.

Shifting our attention to advertising efforts, Neemans emerges as the frontrunner, creating 111 new ads during May. Notably, Neemans also showcases their creativity by utilizing a high number of unique ad copies, with a total of 46 ad copies. Coming in a close second, Axel Arigato wows with 99 new ads.

When it comes to their advertising strategies, both Neemans and Axel Arigato emphasize their focuse on images. Neemans incorporates 93 images accompanied by 14 engaging videos, while Axel Arigato leverages 90 images alongside 9 videos.

Emails sent on average

13.8

Ads published on average

54

Average Spam Score

2.5

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 13.8 57.47%
KURU Footwear
37

✅ Good

61.3%

⚠️ Fair

Tamara Mellon
25

✅ Good

61.36%

⚠️ Fair

Bates Footwear
2

❌ Poor

65.5%

✅ Good

SKECHERS
16

✅ Good

59.56%

⚠️ Fair

Wolf & Shepherd
14

⚠️ Fair

55.64%

⚠️ Fair

Indestructible Shoes
16

✅ Good

53.94%

⚠️ Fair

Gianvito Rossi
4

❌ Poor

50.0%

❌ Poor

Thesus Outdoors
5

❌ Poor

45.4%

❌ Poor

Taft
16

✅ Good

56.5%

⚠️ Fair

Thursday Boot Company
2

❌ Poor

49.0%

❌ Poor

JustFab
32

✅ Good

57.06%

⚠️ Fair

Axel Arigato
8

❌ Poor

72.88%

✅ Good

Birkenstock - UK
15

⚠️ Fair

46.8%

❌ Poor

Vessi
10

❌ Poor

49.3%

❌ Poor

Neemans
5

❌ Poor

67.0%

✅ 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 -2.52 2,141.85 kb
KURU Footwear
✅ -0.79

❌ Poor

1,556.97 kb

✅ Good

Tamara Mellon
✅ -1.66

❌ Poor

2,109.57 kb

⚠️ Fair

Bates Footwear
✅ -5.0

✅ Good

1,477.31 kb

✅ Good

SKECHERS
✅ -2.61

⚠️ Fair

437.66 kb

✅ Good

Wolf & Shepherd
✅ -0.98

❌ Poor

1,480.53 kb

✅ Good

Indestructible Shoes
✅ -0.26

❌ Poor

1,319.99 kb

✅ Good

Gianvito Rossi
✅ -0.1

❌ Poor

7,969.29 kb

❌ Poor

Thesus Outdoors
✅ 0.0

❌ Poor

7,925.93 kb

❌ Poor

Taft
✅ -2.1

❌ Poor

3,161.79 kb

❌ Poor

Thursday Boot Company
✅ -1.75

❌ Poor

12,994.76 kb

❌ Poor

JustFab
✅ -8.59

✅ Good

2,105.42 kb

⚠️ Fair

Axel Arigato
✅ -1.25

❌ Poor

66.84 kb

✅ Good

Birkenstock - UK
✅ -2.43

⚠️ Fair

2,452.2 kb

❌ Poor

Vessi
✅ -0.01

❌ Poor

2,295.42 kb

⚠️ Fair

Neemans
✅ -4.0

✅ Good

1,096.37 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 53.53 23.67
KURU Footwear
64

❌ Poor

11

✅ Good

Tamara Mellon
71

❌ Poor

13

✅ Good

Bates Footwear
0

✅ Good

-
SKECHERS
52

⚠️ Fair

19

✅ Good

Wolf & Shepherd
30

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

Indestructible Shoes
16

✅ Good

16

✅ Good

Gianvito Rossi
7

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

Thesus Outdoors
4

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

Taft
74

❌ Poor

7

✅ Good

Thursday Boot Company
79

❌ Poor

32

❌ Poor

JustFab
86

❌ Poor

29

❌ Poor

Axel Arigato
99

❌ Poor

26

⚠️ Fair

Birkenstock - UK
58

⚠️ Fair

18

✅ Good

Vessi
52

⚠️ Fair

10

✅ Good

Neemans
111

❌ Poor

26

⚠️ Fair

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 497 279 34.74%
KURU Footwear
51

✅ Good

13

✅ Good

20.31%
Tamara Mellon
14

✅ Good

43

✅ Good

60.56%
Bates Footwear
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
SKECHERS
41

✅ Good

11

✅ Good

21.15%
Wolf & Shepherd
30

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Indestructible Shoes
2

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

87.5%
Gianvito Rossi
5

✅ Good

2

✅ Good

28.57%
Thesus Outdoors
4

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Taft
52

✅ Good

22

✅ Good

29.73%
Thursday Boot Company
46

✅ Good

32

✅ Good

40.51%
JustFab
48

✅ Good

32

✅ Good

37.21%
Axel Arigato
90

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

9.09%
Birkenstock - UK
6

✅ Good

52

✅ Good

89.66%
Vessi
15

✅ Good

35

✅ Good

67.31%
Neemans
93

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

12.61%

Ads detected over time

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