Running - 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.

Running

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

Running

industry, for the month of

September

2023

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

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Highlights & Summary

In August, NO BULL maintained its lead in the number of emails sent, totaling 31, while Hoka followed with 26 emails.

Turning to advertising, Vuori took the top spot in terms of the number of new ads created this month, launching a total of 146 new ads. On Running secured the second position, boasting 121 new ads and using the highest number of ad copies, which was 53.

Regarding their ad strategies, both Vuori and On Running favored images over videos this month. Vuori employed 98 images and 48 videos, while On Running used 90 images and 27 videos in their ad campaigns.

Emails sent on average

11.9

Ads published on average

48

Average Spam Score

1.8

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 11.93 53.89%
Sporcks
10

❌ Poor

57.2%

⚠️ Fair

Tracksmith
7

❌ Poor

51.0%

⚠️ Fair

On Running
13

⚠️ Fair

47.38%

❌ Poor

Satisfy Running
2

❌ Poor

71.5%

✅ Good

Hoka
26

✅ Good

69.62%

✅ Good

Brooks Running
10

❌ Poor

47.1%

❌ Poor

Hylo
4

❌ Poor

55.75%

⚠️ Fair

ciele
6

❌ Poor

50.17%

⚠️ Fair

Joovv
3

❌ Poor

72.33%

✅ Good

Supersapiens
4

❌ Poor

44.75%

❌ Poor

Vuori
17

✅ Good

47.12%

❌ Poor

Janji - UK
11

⚠️ Fair

53.27%

⚠️ Fair

Ten Thousand
23

✅ Good

47.48%

❌ Poor

NO BULL
32

✅ Good

53.34%

⚠️ Fair

SAYSKY
11

⚠️ Fair

52.0%

⚠️ 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 -1.84 3,288.99 kb
Sporcks
✅ -1.34

❌ Poor

1,637.15 kb

✅ Good

Tracksmith
✅ -1.96

⚠️ Fair

5,760.27 kb

❌ Poor

On Running
✅ -0.61

❌ Poor

2,348.81 kb

✅ Good

Satisfy Running
✅ -5.0

✅ Good

1,541.19 kb

✅ Good

Hoka
✅ -2.5

✅ Good

914.84 kb

✅ Good

Brooks Running
✅ -0.69

❌ Poor

3,046.23 kb

⚠️ Fair

Hylo
✅ -2.5

✅ Good

4,429.55 kb

❌ Poor

ciele
✅ -1.35

❌ Poor

3,774.5 kb

❌ Poor

Joovv
✅ -5.0

✅ Good

1,811.43 kb

✅ Good

Supersapiens
✅ -1.05

❌ Poor

3,628.89 kb

❌ Poor

Vuori
✅ -1.86

⚠️ Fair

3,361.8 kb

⚠️ Fair

Janji - UK
✅ -2.73

✅ Good

6,213.89 kb

❌ Poor

Ten Thousand
✅ -1.07

❌ Poor

4,474.48 kb

❌ Poor

NO BULL
✅ -2.19

✅ Good

3,648.85 kb

❌ Poor

SAYSKY
✅ -1.59

❌ Poor

3,516.11 kb

⚠️ Fair

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 48.33 17.67
Sporcks
35

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

Tracksmith
29

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

On Running
121

❌ Poor

33

❌ Poor

Satisfy Running
28

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

Hoka
45

⚠️ Fair

35

❌ Poor

Brooks Running
70

❌ Poor

5

✅ Good

Hylo
5

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

ciele
3

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

Joovv
11

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

Supersapiens
0

✅ Good

-
Vuori
146

❌ Poor

9

✅ Good

Janji - UK
15

✅ Good

4

✅ Good

Ten Thousand
64

❌ Poor

4

✅ Good

NO BULL
51

⚠️ Fair

7

✅ Good

SAYSKY
102

❌ Poor

5

✅ 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 550 136 18.76%
Sporcks
25

✅ Good

9

✅ Good

25.71%
Tracksmith
17

✅ Good

12

✅ Good

41.38%
On Running
90

✅ Good

27

✅ Good

22.31%
Satisfy Running
27

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

3.57%
Hoka
7

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

11.11%
Brooks Running
59

✅ Good

10

✅ Good

14.29%
Hylo
5

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
ciele
3

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Joovv
8

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

27.27%
Supersapiens
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Vuori
98

✅ Good

48

✅ Good

32.88%
Janji - UK
15

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Ten Thousand
48

✅ Good

16

✅ Good

25.0%
NO BULL
46

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

9.8%
SAYSKY
102

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%

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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