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Petco and Bark Box lead the pack with strong performances in both email and ad strategies. Petco's email score stands at 80.26%, with 119 ads across multiple platforms. Bark Box is not far behind with 81.22% in email and 95.87% in ads. Petco also boasts over 3.4 million organic visits, making it the dominant brand. Their domain rating of 81 and extensive backlinks further solidify their top position. Bark Box's 78 domain rating and 106k organic traffic highlight their marketing success.

Brands like Petlab Co., Pets at Home, and PetPlate also perform well, but slightly trail the leaders. Petlab Co. has strong ad performance, with a 92.47% score, driven by their 73 ads, mostly video. PetPlate maintains a balanced approach, performing well in both email (78.54%) and organic traffic (33k). Meanwhile, Pets at Home ranks high in ads (96.08%), thanks to their large organic traffic of 1.68 million and a solid domain rating of 73.

In contrast, brands like Pets Corner, West & Willow, and Incredible Pets are lagging behind. Pets Corner, with a 23.98% email score and nearly non-existent ad strategy, struggles to compete. West & Willow shows minimal ad presence and limited organic traffic, while Incredible Pets posts a zero ad score and low organic traffic, indicating a weak overall strategy. These brands need to improve both email and ad campaigns to catch up with the leaders.

Just Food For Dogs leads the pack, excelling in email performance with a +62.33% growth score and a spam score of -0.1. Its organic traffic is the highest at 149,872, and with 50 ads detected across different networks, it’s clear this brand is pushing hard in both SEO and ad spending. PetPlate is another strong contender, boasting a +52.03% growth and high email success with a 77.48% score. Its ad volume is also solid at 93 ads detected, positioning it right behind Just Food For Dogs.

Native Pet and Smalls are strong competitors too. Native Pet's growth score of +43.07% shows it's moving up fast, despite weaker performance in ads. However, its organic traffic of 82,478 puts it among the best in SEO. Smalls, while lower on email performance at 12.75%, shines in ad spending, with a significant +79.16% ad score, and is pushing a heavy presence with 45 ads detected. Both brands are well-positioned but need more consistency across email and SEO to compete with the leaders.

Brands like Cat Person and Maev lag behind, with growth scores below 15% and weaker ad performances. Maev, despite a decent ad score of 49.43%, suffers from low organic traffic at just 3,669. Similarly, Cat Person shows almost no ad presence and low growth of +4.16%, leaving it vulnerable. Sundays and Made by Nacho are also struggling, with email and ad scores below average, making them less competitive in this space.

Email Marketing Performance: PetPlate leads the pack in email marketing performance, demonstrating consistent engagement with 16 emails sent, coupled with a good email scoring despite a fair percentage of promotions, indicating effective content delivery and customer interaction strategies. Native Pet closely follows with 15 emails sent, boasting a good email scoring and a high percentage of promotions, showcasing strong engagement and promotional activities. Just Food For Dogs exhibits commendable email marketing performance with 13 emails sent, albeit with a fair email scoring and a high percentage of promotions, suggesting potential areas for optimization in content delivery and promotional strategies.

Email Deliverability and Spam Scores: Ziggy showcases improved email deliverability with a good spam score, although with poor email size performance, indicating potential challenges in content optimization and inbox placement. Jinx demonstrates mixed results in email deliverability, displaying a fair spam score and email size, suggesting areas for improvement in email content and management practices. Smalls exhibits poor email deliverability, which may impact inbox placement and content optimization, necessitating potential improvements in email marketing practices.

Advertising Impact and Diversity: Sundays stands out in advertising impact and diversity, with 113 impactful ads demonstrating both volume and variety in content, highlighting its robust market presence in the pet food brands industry. Cat Person closely follows with 107 impactful ads, showcasing a strong advertising presence and engagement diversity, effectively positioning itself in the competitive market. Butternut Box maintains a solid advertising impact with 37 impactful ads, although with limited diversity in new images, suggesting potential areas for content variation and innovation.

Email Marketing Performance: Petco emerges as the leader in email marketing, demonstrating exceptional performance by sending 21 emails with a high email scoring and a significant percentage of promotions, showcasing effective email campaign management and engagement strategies. Bark Box closely follows with 22 emails sent, boasting a good email scoring, although with a fair percentage of promotions, suggesting potential optimizations for promotional content. Incredible Pets showcases strong email marketing performance with 19 emails sent, displaying a good email scoring despite a fair percentage of promotions, indicating effective content delivery and engagement strategies.

Email Deliverability and Spam Scores: Wild One exhibits poor email deliverability with a large email size, suggesting potential challenges in content optimization and inbox placement. West & Willow displays mixed results in email deliverability, showcasing a fair spam score and email size, suggesting potential areas for improvement in email content and management practices. Maxbone demonstrates subpar email deliverability with a fair spam score and a large email size, indicating potential challenges in content optimization and inbox placement.

Advertising Impact and Diversity: Petco stands out in advertising impact and diversity, with 96 impactful ads demonstrating both volume and variety in content, highlighting its robust market presence in the pet brands industry. Bark Box closely follows with 49 impactful ads, showcasing a strong advertising presence and engagement diversity, effectively positioning itself in the competitive market. Petcube maintains a solid advertising impact with 41 impactful ads, although with limited diversity in new images, suggesting potential areas for content variation and innovation.

Email Marketing Performance: Native Pet leads the industry with 14 emails, showcasing a good performance score of 60.71% and maintaining a balanced promotion ratio (7%). PetPlate follows closely with 13 emails, demonstrating strong performance but needing improvement in promotion strategies. Just Food For Dogs and Butternut Box exhibit potential in email marketing but require adjustments in both performance and promotion ratios to compete effectively. Ziggy, Smalls, Cat Person, Jinx, Sundays, A Pup Above, Made by Nacho, and Maev face challenges in email marketing performance and promotion strategies, needing significant enhancements to effectively engage consumers and remain competitive.

Email Deliverability and Spam Scores: Ziggy leads in email deliverability with a positive spam score and efficient email size management. Jinx exhibits positive spam scores but faces challenges in email size management. Native Pet, Cat Person, Sundays, and Made by Nacho demonstrate effective email deliverability with positive spam scores and efficient email size management. PetPlate and A Pup Above show promise in spam scores but require improvements in email size management for optimal deliverability. Smalls, Maev, Nom Nom, Butternut Box, Just Food For Dogs, and Kabo face challenges in both spam scores and email size management, necessitating strategic adjustments to optimize email deliverability.

Advertising Performance: Cat Person leads in advertising with 105 impactful ads, emphasizing both volume and diversity in ad content. Sundays closely follows with 87 impactful ads, showcasing a variety of unique copies and strong advertising volume. Butternut Box, Jinx, and Just Food For Dogs exhibit potential in advertising but require enhancements in both volume and diversity to optimize advertising impact and competitiveness in the Pet Food Brands industry. Smalls, Nom Nom, PetPlate, Ziggy, Native Pet, Maev, Made by Nacho, and Dandy struggle with advertising impact and diversity, needing significant improvements to effectively engage consumers.

Email Marketing Performance: Bark Box leads the industry with 29 emails, boasting a good performance score of 59.83% while maintaining a balanced promotion ratio (6%). Petco closely follows with 28 emails, exhibiting strong performance and effective promotion strategies (78%). Ren's Pets, Native Pet, and PetPlate show promise in email marketing but need adjustments in both performance and promotion ratios to compete effectively. Maxbone, Fable Pets, PETKIT, Petlab Co., Pets Corner, Petcube, Incredible Pets, Pets at Home, West & Willow, and Wild One face challenges in email marketing performance and promotion strategies, requiring significant enhancements to effectively engage consumers and remain competitive.

Email Deliverability and Spam Scores: Maxbone and Fable Pets exhibit positive spam scores, showcasing good email deliverability despite challenges in email size management. Petco, Petcube, Pets Corner, PETKIT, and Native Pet demonstrate effective email deliverability with positive spam scores and efficient email size management. PetPlate, Ren's Pets, and Petlab Co. show promise in spam scores but require improvements in email size management for optimal deliverability. Incredible Pets, Bark Box, and Wild One face challenges in both spam scores and email size management, necessitating strategic adjustments to optimize email deliverability.

Advertising Performance: Petco leads in advertising with 272 impactful ads, emphasizing both volume and diversity in ad content. Petlab Co., Bark Box, and Pets at Home closely follow, showcasing a variety of unique copies and strong advertising volume. PETKIT, Fable Pets, Maxbone, PetPlate, Wild One, Petcube, West & Willow, Native Pet, Ren's Pets, and Pets Corner exhibit potential in advertising but require enhancements in both volume and diversity to optimize advertising impact and competitiveness in the Pet Brands industry. Incredible Pets struggles with advertising impact and diversity, needing significant improvements to effectively engage consumers.

Email Marketing Overview: In the past month, the Pet Food industry witnessed a notable uptick in email activity, averaging 7.27 emails per brand. Just Food For Dogs and PetPlate lead with 19 and 15 emails, respectively. However, PetPlate struggles with promotions, signaling a potential improvement area. Cat Person's performance stands out with a stellar 66.75% scoring, positioning it as a strong performer. A Pup Above and Ziggy, while showing potential, need refinements in promotions and engagement strategies to compete effectively.

Email Deliverability Insights: Deliverability, a critical aspect, faces varied challenges. While Cat Person and Ziggy demonstrate excellent spam scores, Butternut Box faces challenges with a high spam score and substantial email size. PetPlate shines with good deliverability but should address email size concerns. Executives should prioritize refining deliverability for brands facing challenges to ensure consistent, reliable communication.

Ads Performance: Advertising, a cornerstone for brand visibility, averaged 25.93 ads per brand. Cat Person and Just Food For Dogs dominate with 81 and 77 ads, respectively, showcasing both volume and diversity. Sundays performs well with a balanced mix of images and videos. In contrast, Dandy lags behind with no advertising presence. Executives are urged to prioritize a diverse advertising strategy to maintain a competitive edge in the Pet Food market.

Email Marketing Overview: In the dynamic Pet industry, the past month witnessed a substantial email uptick, averaging 17.67 per brand. Petco takes the lead, sending a remarkable 73 emails with exceptional performance and promotions. Ren's Pets follows with commendable engagement, but struggles with promotions, presenting an area for improvement. Wild One's strategy, although frequent, lacks desired engagement and promotions, putting it in a fair performance category. Executives are advised to focus on refining email content for optimal engagement and promotions to maximize impact.

Email Deliverability Insights: Deliverability remains robust across the industry, with notable variations. Petco leads with an impressive -9.1 spam score, coupled with an efficient email size strategy. PETKIT also stands out, excelling in spam score, though facing challenges with email size. Wild One's deliverability is compromised with a suboptimal spam score and large email size. Executives should prioritize enhancing deliverability for brands facing challenges to ensure consistent, reliable communication with customers.

Ads Performance: Advertising in the Pet sector surged, averaging 37.93 ads per brand. Bark Box dominates with a staggering 127 ads and a diverse mix of images and videos, securing a leading position in advertising diversity. Petlab Co. follows closely, excelling in both volume and variety. Conversely, Pets Corner struggles, lacking in both ad volume and diversity. Executives are urged to diversify advertising content and volume to maintain a competitive edge in the bustling Pet industry.

Email Marketing Summary: PetPlate leads the Pet Food industry with a balanced email strategy, sending an average of 4.2 emails with a good performance score of 56.62%. Native Pet and Ziggy follow, but Ziggy needs to manage its promotions better. Brands like Nom Nom and Butternut Box, while active, have room for improvement in email scoring and promotional content.

Email Deliverability Summary: Ziggy excels in deliverability with a minimal spam score and optimized email size. In contrast, Jinx and Smalls struggle, needing improvements in spam scores and email size optimization. A Pup Above and Made by Nacho maintain good deliverability with optimized email sizes, contributing to their overall performance.

Ads Performance Summary: Butternut Box dominates in advertising, demonstrating a high ad velocity with diverse content. Sundays and Cat Person also perform well, showcasing good diversity in their ads. Smalls and Ziggy need to boost their advertising efforts, while PetPlate is currently not engaging in this aspect.

Email Marketing Summary: Petco takes the lead in the Pet industry, excelling in both email volume and performance. Bark Box and Ren's Pets are competitive but need improvement in reducing promotional content. Brands like Wild One and Petlab Co. struggle, particularly in email scoring, and should refine their strategies for better engagement.

Email Deliverability Summary: Petco showcases exceptional deliverability with a remarkably low spam score and optimized email sizes. Wild One, West & Willow, and Maxbone face challenges in this area, requiring attention to enhance their email deliverability. Pets At Home, although performing well, can improve its email size optimization.

Ads Performance Summary: Petco dominates in advertising, with a high number of ads and diverse content. Bark Box and Petlab Co. follow closely, maintaining a good balance of ad velocity and variety. Native Pet, Ren's Pets, and Maxbone need to ramp up their advertising efforts, while PetPlate and Incredible Pets are currently not active in this space.

Email Marketing Summary: Made by Nacho and Smalls lead the pet food industry in email marketing. Made by Nacho consistently sends well-performing emails with a good score and promotions. Smalls, while sending fewer emails, maintains a strong performance with high scoring and promotions. Ziggy, A Pup Above, and Jinx display potential but need to improve scoring and promotions. Brands like Butternut Box, Cat Person, and Dandy face challenges with poor scoring and promotions and should focus on enhancement. PetPlate needs improvement in scoring despite decent promotions, while Just Food For Dogs, Nom Nom, Sundays, and Maev have room for progress in both quantity and quality of emails.

Email Deliverability Summary: Ziggy excels in email deliverability, combining a good spam score with optimal email size. Jinx and Made by Nacho also show promising deliverability, focusing on good spam scores and appropriate email sizes. Native Pet, Kabo, and PetPlate need improvements in both spam scores and email sizes. Butternut Box, Just Food For Dogs, A Pup Above, Smalls, and Maev face challenges and should enhance both spam scores and email sizes for better deliverability.

Ads Performance Summary: Cat Person leads in ads performance, demonstrating high velocity and a diverse range of unique copies. Just Food For Dogs, Nom Nom, and Sundays also maintain commendable ad strategies. Ziggy and Jinx show potential but need improvements. Smalls, Maev, A Pup Above, Made by Nacho, Kabo, PetPlate, Dandy, Native Pet, Butternut Box, and Sundas face challenges and need to enhance their ads strategies for better overall performance.

Email Marketing Summary: Petco leads the Pet Industry in email marketing, sending the most emails with excellent scoring and promotions. Bark Box closely follows with good email practices and a substantial quantity. Ren's Pets and Maxbone exhibit strong performances, but Ren's Pets needs to address promotions. Fable Pets, Native Pet, and PETKIT show potential but need improvements, especially in scoring and promotions. Petlab Co., West & Willow, Pets At Home, Petcube, Wild One, and Incredible Pets need significant enhancements in both quantity and quality of emails.

Email Deliverability Summary: Wild One excels in email deliverability, combining a good spam score with optimal email size. Petco, Petlab Co., PetPlate, and Pets At Home also demonstrate strong deliverability. Fable Pets and Petcube maintain good spam scores but need improvements in email size. Ren's Pets, Maxbone, Native Pet, and Incredible Pets face challenges and should focus on improving both spam scores and email size for better deliverability.

Ads Performance Summary: Petlab Co. dominates the Pet Industry in ads performance, demonstrating high velocity and a diverse range of unique copies. Fable Pets, Petco, West & Willow, Pets At Home, and Bark Box also maintain commendable ad strategies. Ren's Pets, Maxbone, Native Pet, Wild One, Petcube, PETKIT, and Incredible Pets face challenges and need to enhance their ads strategies for better overall performance.

In June, Petco took the lead with 19 emails sent, while Bark Box and Maxbone secured the second position with 15 emails each.

In terms of ads, Petlab Co. stood out by creating 110 new ads during June, followed closely by Petco with 99 new ads. Additionally, Petco utilized the highest number of unique ad copies with a total of 53 in their new ads of this month.

Turning to ad strategy, Petlab Co. prioritized videos over images, utilizing 98 videos and only 12 images in their ads. On the other hand, Petco adopted a balanced approach, using an equal number of 46 images and 46 videos in their ads.

During June, pet brands had a relatively low volume of emails. The top spot for emails goes again to Made by Nacho, with a total of 13 emails sent. In the second position, both Sundays and PetPlate sent 9 emails each.

Shifting to ads, Cat Person takes the lead with 109 new ads created, closely followed by Sundays with 63 new ads.

When examining the ad media used in their new ads, both Cat Person and Sundays leaned towards videos rather than images. Cat Person utilized 88 videos and 19 images, while Sundays relied more on videos with 61 videos and only 2 images.

During July, Bark Box took the lead in emails with 20 sent, while Petco followed closely with 17 emails.

As for advertising, the top brand remains unchanged, with Petlab Co. in the first position creating 112 new ads, and Petco in the second position with 90 new ads and the highest number of ad copies (47) among all the brands in the benchmark.

In terms of ad strategy, Petlab Co. solely utilized videos (112), while Petco employed a combination of 51 images and 35 videos.

In July, the top leaders in emails have changed from the previous month. Native Pet took the lead with 13 emails, followed by PetPlate with 11 emails.

Regarding advertising, Cat Person remained at the top with 69 new ads created. However, Just Food For Dogs secured the second position with 62 new ads.

In terms of ad media strategy, Cat Person emphasized videos (56) over images (13), while Just Food For Dogs utilized more images (47) than videos (13).

In August, Petco led the way in emails with 27, while Ren's Pets secured the second position with 16 promotional emails.

Shifting to advertising, Petlab Co. and Petco continued to dominate, creating 106 and 86 new ads respectively this month. Notably, Petlab Co. utilized the highest number of ad copies (64) compared to all the benchmark brands.

Regarding media usage in their new ads, both Petlab Co. and Petco emphasized videos over images. Petlab Co. featured 101 videos alongside a single image, while Petco employed 45 videos in contrast to 33 images.

In August, Made by Nacho claimed the top spot in emails with 14, closely followed by Native Pet with 12 emails.

Shifting focus to advertising, Cat Person and Just Food For Dogs once again took the lead this month, creating 101 and 73 new ads respectively.

Examining their ad strategy, Cat Person gave prominence to videos, whereas Just Food For Dogs leaned towards images over videos. Cat Person utilized 75 videos alongside 26 images, while Just Food For Dogs employed 46 images in comparison to 25 videos.

Email Marketing Summary: Made by Nacho is the leader in the Pet Food industry for email marketing. It sends the most emails with good email scoring, keeping promotions low. Native Pet also performs well in email marketing with a good email score but has some room for improvement in promotions. Other brands like A Pup Above and Sundays have decent email scores but need to work on reducing promotions.

Email Deliverability Summary: Ziggy leads in email deliverability with a good spam score and optimized email size. Jinx and Smalls also perform well in email deliverability with good spam scores and balanced email sizes. Maev needs to work on its email deliverability, with a fair spam score and large email size.

Ads Performance Summary: Cat Person excels in advertising with the highest number of new ads detected and good unique copy performance. Sundays and Butternut Box also perform well in advertising. Brands like Made by Nacho and A Pup Above need to focus more on their advertising efforts.

In summary, Made by Nacho leads in email marketing, while Ziggy excels in email deliverability. Cat Person dominates advertising, with Sundays and Butternut Box also performing well. Brands like Maev need to improve both email deliverability and advertising efforts.

Email Marketing Summary: Petco leads the Pet industry in email marketing, sending the most emails with good email scoring. Bark Box also performs well in email marketing with good email scoring, but it has room for improvement in reducing promotions. Brands like Ren's Pets and Fable Pets have good email scores but need to work on reducing promotions.

Email Deliverability Summary: Wild One excels in email deliverability with a good spam score and optimized email size. Petco, despite leading in email marketing, has room for improvement in email deliverability, especially in email size. On the other hand, brands like West & Willow and PetPlate need to improve both spam scores and email size for better deliverability.

Ads Performance Summary: Petlab Co. dominates advertising in the Pet industry with the highest number of new ads detected and good unique copy performance. Bark Box and Petco also perform well in advertising. Brands like Native Pet and Incredible Pets need to focus more on their advertising efforts.

In summary, Petco leads in email marketing, while Wild One excels in email deliverability. Petlab Co. dominates advertising, with Bark Box and Petco also performing well. Brands like Ren's Pets and Fable Pets have potential in email marketing but need to work on reducing promotions. West & Willow and PetPlate need to improve both email deliverability and advertising efforts.

In the month of May, Ren's Pets maintains its prominent position as the industry leader in emails, delivering a total of 15 of promotional emails. Following closely behind is Petco, with 12 emails.

When it comes to advertisements, Petco takes the lead, creating 82 new ads, accompanied by the highest number of ad copies with a total of 51. Bark Box follows closely with 69 new ads.

In terms of ad strategy, Petco leans towards videos, incorporating 42 videos alongside 34 images. Conversely, Bark Box places a strong emphasis on images with 51 images and only 15 videos.

In May, Made by Nacho took the lead in email marketing, sending a total of 13 impactful emails, closely followed by PetPlate with 10 emails.

When it comes to advertisements, Nom Nom emerges as the frontrunner, creating an impressive collection of 49 new ads in May, while Just Food For Dogs follows closely with 43 new ads.

In terms of ad strategy, Just Food For Dogs places a strong emphasis on images, with 32 images incorporated into their ads alongside 10 videos. On the other hand, Nom Nom focuses on engaging videos, showcasing 29 videos alongside 20 images.

Since the 3rd week of January, there was a remarquable increase in the number of emails sent by pet brands in anticipation of Valentine's Day. During February, Maxbone was the top sender with 27 emails and in terms of advertisements, Petco was the most prolific with 47 new ads, followed by Pets At Home with 43 and Maxbone with 34. These figures indicate a clear effort from these pet brands to capitalize on the Valentine's Day holiday season.

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In the month of February, PetPlate, Made by Nacho, and Ziggy sent nearly an equal number of emails, with 13, 12, and 10 respectively. In terms of the number of ads created, Ziggy surpassed all the others by creating 59 ads, whereas in January they had created none. Cat Person, on the other hand, created 48 ads in February, while they had only created 30 in January. This significant increase in the number of ads could be attributed to the higher importance given to marketing efforts in February where we have Valentine’s Day (Feb 14) and National Love Your Pet Day (Feb 20).

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In April, both Maxbone and Ren's Pets sent the highest number of emails, each sending 17 emails.

As for advertisements, Wilde One sent the most new ads with 81, followed by Pets At Home with 43.

Wilde One prioritizes videos in its ads, with 69 new videos and 11 new images. Pets At Home uses almost equal numbers of videos and images, with 13 new videos and 11 new images in its new ads.

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During April, Kabo sent 15 emails while Made by Nacho sent 14 emails, placing them both in the top ranks for the number of emails sent.

In terms of advertising, Cat Person launched the highest number of new ads with 57, followed by Ziggy and Just Food For Dogs with 44 and 42 respectively. Just Food For Dogs stands out for having used the highest number of ad copies, with 16 unique copies used in its new ads during this period.

Just Food For Dogs' new ads are focused more on images, with 30 new images compared to only 11 new videos, while Cat Person used more videos than images, with 37 new videos compared to 20 new images in its new ads. On the other hand, Ziggy used an equal number of images and videos, with 22 new images and 22 new videos in its new launched ads in this period.

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