Running - September - 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

October

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

Email Marketing Summary: NO BULL stands out in the Running industry, showing a significant increase in emails sent. Ten Thousand and Hoka follow closely, displaying good email performance, but Ten Thousand faces challenges in promotions. Vuori and Brooks Running demonstrate fair email practices, while SAYSKY and On Running need improvement in both email scoring and promotions. Joovv and ciele lag behind, requiring enhancements in both performance aspects.

Email Deliverability Summary: Sporcks excels in email deliverability, with a low spam score and effective email size optimization. Brooks Running and Ten Thousand also perform well, though Brooks Running faces challenges in email size. Brands like Hylo and Joovv need substantial improvement in both spam score and email size optimization. NO BULL shows good deliverability but struggles with email size.

Ads Performance Summary: Brooks Running leads in advertising, showing a high number of ads with diverse and effective copies. Ten Thousand and Janji also perform well, maintaining a good balance of ad velocity and unique copy. SAYSKY and On Running demonstrate good performance but need improvement in ad diversity. Brands like NO BULL and Hylo struggle in ad velocity and diversity.

In conclusion, NO BULL leads in email marketing, excelling in promotions. Sporcks dominates in email deliverability with low spam scores. Brooks Running excels in ads performance, displaying high velocity and diverse copies. Ten Thousand and Hoka show promise but need improvements. Brands like Joovv and Hylo require substantial enhancements to compete effectively.

Emails sent on average

12.9

Ads published on average

36

Average Spam Score

2.2

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 12.93 53.03%
Sporcks
7

❌ Poor

58.43%

✅ Good

Tracksmith
7

❌ Poor

59.43%

✅ Good

On Running
13

⚠️ Fair

54.85%

⚠️ Fair

Satisfy Running
6

❌ Poor

67.83%

✅ Good

Hoka
23

✅ Good

66.57%

✅ Good

Brooks Running
16

✅ Good

45.0%

❌ Poor

Hylo
5

❌ Poor

53.4%

⚠️ Fair

ciele
9

❌ Poor

38.33%

❌ Poor

Joovv
9

❌ Poor

73.89%

✅ Good

Supersapiens
2

❌ Poor

53.0%

⚠️ Fair

Vuori
21

✅ Good

46.29%

❌ Poor

Janji - UK
8

❌ Poor

51.63%

⚠️ Fair

Ten Thousand
25

✅ Good

43.64%

❌ Poor

NO BULL
30

✅ Good

52.87%

⚠️ Fair

SAYSKY
13

⚠️ Fair

49.69%

⚠️ 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 -2.15 3,609.1 kb
Sporcks
✅ -2.06

⚠️ Fair

2,187.05 kb

✅ Good

Tracksmith
✅ -3.43

✅ Good

3,907.67 kb

⚠️ Fair

On Running
✅ -2.45

✅ Good

1,860.47 kb

✅ Good

Satisfy Running
✅ -2.5

✅ Good

1,218.06 kb

✅ Good

Hoka
✅ -2.17

⚠️ Fair

1,106.71 kb

✅ Good

Brooks Running
✅ -1.96

⚠️ Fair

3,396.6 kb

⚠️ Fair

Hylo
✅ -2.84

✅ Good

5,369.96 kb

❌ Poor

ciele
✅ -0.82

❌ Poor

6,333.87 kb

❌ Poor

Joovv
✅ -2.78

✅ Good

1,344.94 kb

✅ Good

Supersapiens
✅ -2.6

✅ Good

2,203.62 kb

✅ Good

Vuori
✅ -1.67

❌ Poor

3,808.73 kb

⚠️ Fair

Janji - UK
✅ -2.5

✅ Good

13,044.63 kb

❌ Poor

Ten Thousand
✅ -1.3

❌ Poor

5,091.85 kb

❌ Poor

NO BULL
✅ -3.0

✅ Good

2,420.73 kb

✅ Good

SAYSKY
✅ -1.13

❌ Poor

4,737.16 kb

❌ Poor

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 36.4 13.33
Sporcks
46

❌ Poor

7

✅ Good

Tracksmith
0

✅ Good

-
On Running
51

❌ Poor

7

✅ Good

Satisfy Running
40

⚠️ Fair

3

✅ Good

Hoka
57

❌ Poor

35

❌ Poor

Brooks Running
77

❌ Poor

9

✅ Good

Hylo
28

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

ciele
4

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

Joovv
5

✅ Good

5

✅ Good

Supersapiens
0

✅ Good

-
Vuori
30

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

Janji - UK
63

❌ Poor

10

✅ Good

Ten Thousand
66

❌ Poor

3

✅ Good

NO BULL
27

✅ Good

14

⚠️ Fair

SAYSKY
52

❌ Poor

1

✅ 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 437 71 13.0%
Sporcks
37

✅ Good

6

✅ Good

13.04%
Tracksmith
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
On Running
44

✅ Good

7

✅ Good

13.73%
Satisfy Running
39

✅ Good

1

✅ Good

2.5%
Hoka
19

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

5.26%
Brooks Running
60

✅ Good

17

✅ Good

22.08%
Hylo
28

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
ciele
4

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Joovv
5

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%
Supersapiens
0

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

-
Vuori
27

✅ Good

3

✅ Good

10.0%
Janji - UK
49

✅ Good

14

✅ Good

22.22%
Ten Thousand
54

✅ Good

12

✅ Good

18.18%
NO BULL
19

✅ Good

8

✅ Good

29.63%
SAYSKY
52

✅ Good

0

✅ Good

0.0%

Ads detected over time

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