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Email Marketing Overview : In the fast-paced activewear industry of November 2023, NO BULL and Born Primitive emerge as frontrunners with 43 and 26 impactful emails, boasting high email scores of 59.21% and 43.77%, respectively. SET Active and Senita Athletics closely follow, displaying promising performances in both email quantity and quality. However, Lorna Jane Active and Tracksmith struggle, lacking in both email volume and scoring, signaling a need for strategic adjustments to stay competitive.
Email Deliverability Insights : Recess Activewear, Tracksmith, and Born Primitive lead in email deliverability, showcasing low spam scores and efficient email sizes. On the flip side, Ryderwear faces challenges, marked by a high spam score and suboptimal email size, necessitating improvements in their email delivery strategy. While POPFLEX Active exhibits potential in email delivery, it falls short in email scoring, indicating a need for a balanced approach to enhance overall email performance.
Ads Performance : Billabong and Fabletics dominate the advertising landscape with 124 and 115 ads, respectively, displaying not only high velocity but also a diverse range of unique copies. Born Living Yoga stands out for social ad diversity, combining a substantial number of images and videos. However, SET Active struggles in both ad velocity and diversity, signaling a need for a more dynamic and engaging advertising strategy. In a visually-driven market, a rich mix of images and videos proves crucial for brand engagement and recall, an area where Born Living Yoga excels.
Email Marketing Overview: The running industry witnessed a 30.08% surge in weekly emails, averaging 16.13. Hoka leads with 30 emails, showcasing an optimal blend of frequency and engagement. NO BULL follows closely, demonstrating a robust email strategy with 42 emails. In contrast, Sporcks lags behind with both quantity and quality issues, needing a refined approach to email marketing.
Email Deliverability Insights: Email deliverability scores depict a mixed landscape. On Running stands out with a remarkable -2.53 average spam score, ensuring emails hit inboxes consistently. However, brands like Vuori face challenges with a concerning spam score and Hylo struggles with both spam scores and large email sizes. Joovv excels in balancing deliverability and email size, showcasing expertise in optimization.
Ads Performance: Ads in the running industry increased by 18.13%, averaging 43.47 weekly. On Running dominates with 117 ads, emphasizing a strong online presence. Vuori impresses with a diverse content approach, combining a high number of images and videos. However, brands like Tracksmith and Joovv need to revamp their ad strategies for better visibility. In social ads, NO BULL stands out with a 25% video proportion, ensuring a varied and engaging content mix.
Email Marketing Performance: NO BULL and Vuori lead in email marketing, sending 25 and 24 emails respectively, reflecting strong engagement. Hoka follows closely with 23 emails, showcasing effective promotional strategies. Brooks Running and On Running also perform well with 14 and 13 emails each. In contrast, brands like Ciele, Tracksmith, and Ten Thousand are lagging, sending fewer emails and showing poor promotional engagement. Sporcks, with only five emails, needs to ramp up their email activity to stay competitive. Hylo and SAYSKY also need to improve their email efforts.
Email Deliverability and Spam Scores: Hylo and Joovv excel with spam scores of -4.23 and -3.0, respectively, indicating excellent deliverability. NO BULL and SAYSKY also perform well in this area. However, Sporcks and Tracksmith face challenges with poor spam scores and large email sizes, impacting deliverability. Ciele, Janji, and Ten Thousand need to improve both spam scores and email sizes to enhance their email performance. Vuori and Hoka show fair performance but could benefit from optimizing email sizes to improve deliverability further.
Advertising Impact and Diversity: Vuori and On Running dominate in ad volume, launching 89 and 87 new ads, respectively, demonstrating robust marketing efforts. NO BULL and Brooks Running also perform well with 75 and 62 ads each. SAYSKY and Ten Thousand are also notable, with significant ad activity. In contrast, brands like Hoka, Tracksmith, and Satisfy Running need to increase their ad volume and diversity to remain competitive. Sporcks shows good ad diversity but needs to enhance ad volume. Brands like Hylo, Janji, and Supersapiens need to significantly boost their ad efforts to catch up with leading brands.
Email Marketing Performance: NO BULL leads in email marketing with 25 emails sent, achieving a strong email scoring of 61.72%, and focusing on non-promotional content. Billabong follows closely with 22 emails and a fair email scoring of 47.73%, incorporating minimal promotions. Born Primitive is also noteworthy, sending 21 emails with a good scoring of 57.33% and balancing promotional content at 38%. These brands effectively engage their audience through consistent and well-scored email strategies.
Email Deliverability and Spam Scores: Recess Activewear excels in email deliverability with an optimal spam score of -3.15, despite a high email size of 4,569.41 kb. Tracksmith performs well with a spam score of -2.12 and a manageable email size. NO BULL maintains a good balance with a spam score of -2.2 and an efficient email size, ensuring effective inbox placement. Conversely, POPFLEX Active and Senita Athletics struggle with higher spam scores, indicating potential deliverability issues that need addressing.
Advertising Impact and Diversity: Fabletics dominates in advertising with 124 new ads and diverse content, followed by Born Living Yoga with 100 new ads and a strong mix of 36 unique copies. P.E Nation and Billabong also show significant ad volumes with 84 and 82 new ads, respectively. In contrast, brands like Recess Activewear and Tracksmith lag behind with fewer ads and lower diversity, highlighting areas for improvement. Social ad diversity also favors Born Living Yoga and Fabletics, showcasing a higher proportion of new videos and images compared to other brands.
Email Marketing Performance: NO BULL leads the pack in email marketing with 27 emails sent, demonstrating excellent email scoring and a well-balanced promotional strategy. Hoka closely follows with 25 emails, showcasing strong email scoring and minimal reliance on promotions. Vuori exhibits potential with 22 emails but needs to improve its email scoring and promotional diversity for enhanced performance. Brooks Running presents a solid performance with 17 emails, but its email scoring requires improvement for optimal effectiveness.
Email Deliverability and Spam Scores: Sporcks stands out in email deliverability with a positive spam score but needs to address email size management for improved performance, positioning itself as a potential leader in this aspect. Tracksmith demonstrates positive email deliverability with a good spam score but struggles with efficient email size management, indicating room for enhancement. On Running exhibits effective email deliverability with a positive spam score and efficient email size management, positioning itself as a top performer in this aspect.
Advertising Impact and Diversity: Vuori leads in advertising impact with 93 impactful ads, emphasizing both volume and diversity in ad content, reflecting its strong market presence in the running industry. NO BULL closely follows with 65 impactful ads, showcasing a variety of unique copies and a high proportion of image content. SAYSKY demonstrates solid advertising impact with 61 impactful ads, focusing on image content and a balanced proportion of videos. Ten Thousand presents promising advertising strategies with 38 impactful ads, emphasizing a balance between volume and diversity in ad content.
Email Marketing Performance: NO BULL stands out as the top performer in email marketing, sending 27 emails with excellent email scoring and promotional diversity. Billabong follows closely with 23 emails, showcasing good email scoring despite needing improvements in promotional diversity. Born Primitive demonstrates strong email marketing strategies, sending 22 emails with robust email scoring and a diverse promotional mix. SET Active and Senita Athletics present potential but require enhancements in both email scoring and promotional diversity to compete effectively in the activewear industry.
Email Deliverability and Spam Scores: Recess Activewear leads in email deliverability with a positive spam score and efficient email size management, positioning itself as a top performer in the activewear industry. Tracksmith excels in email deliverability with a positive spam score and effective email size management, reflecting its strong market presence. Born Living Yoga struggles in email deliverability, showcasing a negative impact on spam score and inefficient email size management, necessitating strategic adjustments to enhance email deliverability and competitiveness. Billabong demonstrates strong email deliverability with efficient email size management, distinguishing itself as a leader in the industry.
Advertising Performance: Fabletics leads in advertising impact with 124 impactful ads, highlighting both volume and diversity in ad content, reflecting its strong market presence in the activewear industry. Born Living Yoga closely follows with 100 impactful ads, showcasing a variety of unique copies and strong advertising volume. P.E Nation demonstrates strong advertising impact with 84 impactful ads, requiring enhancements in diversity to optimize advertising impact and competitiveness. Billabong and Lorna Jane Active present solid advertising strategies, with 82 and 76 impactful ads, respectively, emphasizing a balance between volume and diversity in ad content. NO BULL faces challenges in advertising diversity, necessitating strategic adjustments to effectively engage consumers and remain competitive.
Email Marketing Overview: Vuori demonstrates email prowess, sending an average of 23 messages with an impressive performance score of 51.3%. On Running follows closely, showcasing a robust performance with 20 emails and a high scoring rate of 69.55%. Ten Thousand maintains a strong presence with a balanced email strategy. Conversely, NO BULL sends 16 emails but requires improvement in performance. Tracksmith, Hoka, and Brooks Running need refining in both volume and performance. Sporcks and Joovv, though active, lag behind in email marketing effectiveness.
Email Deliverability Insights: Vuori excels in deliverability, ensuring their messages reach the audience, despite an increased spam score. On Running strikes a balance between a fair spam score and consistent deliverability. NO BULL exhibits robust deliverability with a good spam score. Brands like Ten Thousand, Joovv, and Supersapiens face challenges in both deliverability and spam scores, requiring focused attention. Sporcks, despite a higher spam score, manages to deliver effectively.
Ads Performance: Vuori dominates in advertising, with 92 new ads showcasing product variety. On Running closely follows with 87 impactful ads, demonstrating a balanced mix of content. Ten Thousand maintains a strong advertising presence, while SAYSKY showcases impactful content. NO BULL and Satisfy Running need enhancement in both volume and diversity, lacking in both images and videos. Vuori stands out in social ad diversity, blending images and videos effectively. On Running and Ten Thousand also exhibit commendable diversity, while Hoka, Brooks Running, and NO BULL lag behind in incorporating video content.
Email Marketing Overview: Billabong leads in email marketing, sending 27 emails with a good performance score of 52.19%. Born Primitive and SET Active closely follow with competitive email volumes and good performance. NO BULL and P.E Nation maintain strong positions with both effective email volumes and well-performing content. Senita Athletics exhibits potential but requires content optimization for a more competitive edge. Struggling with lower performance, Recess Activewear, Tracksmith, and Born Living Yoga need immediate strategy adjustments to enhance their email marketing effectiveness.
Email Deliverability Insights: Recess Activewear faces challenges in email deliverability, showcasing a decreased spam score and larger email sizes. Born Living Yoga demonstrates good deliverability but with larger email sizes, indicating room for improvement. Billabong, Tracksmith, and P.E Nation maintain good deliverability with varied spam scores and email sizes. Brands like Fabletics and POPFLEX Active struggle with both spam scores and larger email sizes, requiring strategic adjustments for competitive marketing.
Ads Performance: Fabletics emerges as a leader in advertising, demonstrating 113 impactful ads and a diverse range of 15 unique copies. P.E Nation, Born Primitive, and Lorna Jane Active maintain strong advertising strategies, combining substantial ad volumes with engaging content. NO BULL and Senita Athletics show competitive advertising impact. Struggling with both volume and content diversity, Recess Activewear, WAA Ultra, and Ryderwear need strategic adjustments for competitive advertising. PollyPark and SET Active, with no detected ads, should focus on developing effective advertising strategies.
Email Marketing Summary: In the Running industry, Hoka and Brooks Running are the top performers in email marketing. Hoka stands out with the highest email scoring and a significant number of emails sent, while Brooks Running maintains a good balance between email quantity and quality. On Running is another notable brand with a fair email marketing performance. However, brands like Sporcks and Satisfy Running need to enhance their email marketing efforts, as they have low email scoring and send fewer emails.
Email Deliverability Summary: Tracksmith leads in email deliverability with the lowest average spam score and optimized email size. Hoka, Satisfy Running, and Joovv also perform well in email deliverability. However, brands like Janji and SAYSKY need to improve their email deliverability due to high email sizes and less optimized emails.
Ads Performance Summary: In advertising, Sporcks and On Running are the leaders, with a high number of ads published and a variety of unique ad copies. Ten Thousand also performs well in advertising. However, brands like ciele and Joovv lag behind with fewer new ads detected and limited ad diversity.
Social Ads Diversity Summary: On Running excels in social ad diversity, particularly with a high proportion of video content in their ads. Hoka and Brooks Running also perform well in this aspect. In contrast, brands like Satisfy Running and Supersapiens have limited social ad diversity due to a lack of video content in their ads.
Email Marketing Summary: In the Activewear industry, email marketing is generally strong but with room for improvement. Born Primitive leads with a good volume of emails sent and high email scoring, minimizing promotions. NO BULL follows closely with good email practices but needs to reduce promotions further. Billabong maintains a robust presence with good email practices but lacks email scoring. P.E Nation demonstrates good email practices but should work on improving email scoring and promotions. SET Active, Senita Athletics, POPFLEX Active, and Recess Activewear exhibit potential, while Ryderwear and Lorna Jane Active have a substantial email volume but should improve email scoring and promotions. Tracksmith, Born Living Yoga, WAA Ultra, PollyPark, and Fabletics need to enhance their email marketing strategies.
Email Deliverability Summary: Recess Activewear stands out with good email deliverability, exhibiting an excellent spam score and reasonable email size. Tracksmith follows with excellent spam scores and email sizes. Born Living Yoga maintains a robust presence in email deliverability, with a good spam score but should reduce email size. Billabong demonstrates potential in email deliverability. Lorna Jane Active, WAA Ultra, and Senita Athletics exhibit room for improvement but maintain reasonable email sizes. Fabletics, POPFLEX Active, P.E Nation, and SET Active need to work on both spam scores and email sizes. Ryderwear and NO BULL lag in email deliverability.
Ads Performance Summary: Fabletics leads in advertising performance with the highest number of new ads detected and a wide variety of unique copies. Billabong follows closely with strong advertising performance, including numerous new ads and unique copies. Born Living Yoga also excels in both new ads and unique copies. NO BULL demonstrates good advertising performance. Senita Athletics and WAA Ultra show potential in this category. P.E Nation, Lorna Jane Active, POPFLEX Active, and Recess Activewear need to enhance their advertising strategies. Born Primitive, Ryderwear, SET Active, and Tracksmith lag behind in advertising performance.
In July, NO BULL claimed the first position in emails (37), while Ten Thousand secured the second position with 25 emails.
In terms of ads, the top brands included On Running, Vuori, and Brooks Running. On Running generated 136 new ads with the highest number of ad copies (59) this month. Vuori and Brooks Running secured the second position with 101 new ads each.
Regarding ad strategy, On Running, Vuori, and Brooks Running gave preference to images in their ads this month. On Running used 81 images compared to 51 videos, Vuori used 94 images versus 7 videos, and Brooks Running used 66 images versus 35 videos.
In August, NO BULL maintained its leadership in emails, sending a total of 34. Born Primitive secured the second position with 24 emails.
Shifting to advertising, Born Primitive once again took the lead by creating 150 new ads. Fabletics followed with 90 new ads introduced this month.
In terms of ad strategy, both Born Primitive and Fabletics favored images in their approach this month. Born Primitive utilized 128 images and 22 videos, while Fabletics opted for 56 images and 34 videos.
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.
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.
Email Marketing Summary: In the activewear industry, NO BULL leads in email marketing with a good email score and a low promotion percentage. Born Primitive also performs well with a good email score and promotion balance. Brands like Ryderwear and PollyPark lag behind in email marketing.
Email Deliverability Summary: Recess Activewear excels in email deliverability with a very good spam score and optimized email size. Fabletics and Billabong also perform well in email deliverability. Brands like WAA Ultra and Tracksmith need to improve their email deliverability.
Ads Performance Summary: Ryderwear dominates advertising in the activewear industry with the highest number of new ads detected and good unique copy performance. Fabletics and P.E Nation also perform well in advertising. However, brands like SET Active have minimal advertising presence.
In summary, NO BULL leads in email marketing, Recess Activewear excels in email deliverability, and Ryderwear dominates in advertising within the activewear industry. However, some brands like SET Active and WAA Ultra need to enhance their marketing efforts.
In July, NO BULL and SET Active maintained their positions as the top brands in emails, sending 35 and 18 emails, respectively.
In terms of advertising, Born Primitive takes the lead this month with 150 new ads created, while P.E Nation follows in the second position with 105 new ads.
Regarding ad strategy, both Born Primitive and P.E Nation prioritized images this month. Born Primitive used 88 images compared to 57 videos, and P.E Nation also used 88 images but only 16 videos.
In June, Vuori took the lead in email campaigns with 34 emails, while NO BULL secured the second position with 32 emails.
When it comes to advertising, Brooks Running emerged as the leader with 113 new ads created, closely followed by On Running with 106 new ads. Notably, On Running also utilized the highest number of ad copies, employing 55 variations in their new ads for the month.
In terms of ad strategy, both Brooks Running and On Running emphasized the use of images over videos. Brooks Running incorporated 92 images and 21 videos, while On Running utilized 63 images and 40 videos in their advertising campaigns.
During June, NOBULL once again took the lead in emails with 32 emails sent, followed by SET Active with 17 emails.
In terms of advertising, Fabletics secured the top position with 101 new ads created, while Born Primitive claimed the second position with 93 new ads.
Regarding ad media usage in their ads this month, Fabletics gave priority to images, utilizing 74 images and 26 videos. On the other hand, Born Primitive adopted a balanced approach, using 47 videos and 46 images.
During the month of May, NO BULL leads the email communication with 29 emails sent, followed closely by Vuori with 28 emails. In terms of ads, Satisfy Running takes the lead with 111 new ads, followed by On Running with 107 new ads and NO BULL with 105 new ads. All three brands prioritize images in their new ads during May, with NO BULL strongly emphasizing their preference to mages. Satisfy Running showcases 62 images and 49 videos, On Running features 75 images and 32 videos, and NO BULL presents 90 images and 13 videos.
In May, NOBULL once again emerges as the leader in emails, with a total of 29 emails sent. Senita Athletics follows closely behind, sending 18 emails during the same month.
Turning to advertising, both NOBULL and Lorna Jane Active shine as leaders, each creating an impressive total of 95 new ads. They are closely trailed by Born Primitive with 94 new ads.
When it comes to their ad strategies, NOBULL and Born Primitive prioritize imagery, while Lorna Jane Active places an emphasis on videos. NOBULL utilizes 80 images alongside 13 videos, while Born Primitive employs 74 images in combination with 18 videos. On the other hand, Lorna Jane Active showcases their brand through 58 videos complemented by 35 images.
In April, NO BULL maintained its position at the top of the leaderboard in terms of the number of emails sent, while Vuori continued to dominate the number of ads created.
NO BULL sent a total of 32 emails and closely followed by Vuori with 28 emails sent during April.
Vuori created a total of 60 new ads in April, with SAYSKY coming in second place with 54 new ads created. When it comes to ad strategy, Vuori focused more on using images in its new ads during April, with 44 new images and 16 new videos. SAYSKY, on the other hand, solely used images in their ads, creating a total of 54 new images during April.
In March, NO BULL dominated the email marketing space with 30 emails sent, closely followed by Ten Thousand and Vuori with 24 emails each. Vuori outperformed other brands in terms of advertising with 59 new ads launched and 29 unique ad copies used. In terms of media preference, Vuori favored images with 71% of their media in the form of images, and the remaining as videos. Ten Thousand, on the other hand, relied entirely on images for their advertising campaigns.
In the month of March, NO BULL was the brand that sent the highest number of emails, reaching a good average spam score, with 30 emails. Billabong followed closely behind with 25 emails sent during the same period.
When it comes to new ads created, P.E Nation tops the list with 49 new ads launched, and the brand's advertising strategy is mainly focused on using images with 34 new images compared to only 15 videos in the same period.
In April, NO BULL maintained its lead with 31 emails, followed by Billabong with 28 emails. Meanwhile, P.E Nation remained the top brand in terms of new ads created, but Fabletics also created 60 new ads during the same period, tying with P.E Nation. Ryderwear followed with 54 new ads created. Most of these top brands are focused on using images in their ad campaigns. Ryderwear used 45 new images and 8 new videos, P.E Nation used 39 new images and 20 new videos, and Fabletics used 35 new images and 24 new videos.
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