Retail Ads
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Retail Ads
RETAIL ENGAGEMENT A GfK MRI Starch analysis of Retail Advertising in Magazines © GfK 2013 | Digital Starch applications and analyses 1 Purpose and Methodology This analysis investigates the usage of print magazines by retail advertisers, and explores the dynamics that can impact advertising engagement. Methodology • Analysis includes all ads measured by GfK MRI Starch in 2013, except where noted. • Includes retail product categories V31-V63, which includes online retailers and wholesale clubs. Retailers with multiple product lines are counted individually, ie Macy’s Household is counted as a separate advertiser from Macy’s Men’s Apparel. © GfK 2013 | Digital Starch applications and analyses 2 2013 Ad Effectiveness • In 2013, Starch measured 6,868 retail ads, representing almost 1300 retailers.* • Overall ad effectiveness scores for retailers are on par with the average for all ads. 2013 Topline Retail 63 53 All Ads* 61 52 16 Noted % Actions Taken (net)% 13 Visit Website % 17 25 27 16 Looked for more info % 10 Purchase/Consider Purchase % 10 Saved Ad % 10 10 Use Coupon *105,418 ads * Includes online retailers and wholesale clubs © GfK 2013 | Digital Starch applications and analyses 3 Monthly Tracking • • Despite the increased advertising in the Spring and Fall Fashion issues, and holiday months, the monthly tracking of key starch metrics remains consistent month over month. The data suggest that shopping is a year-round endeavor; readers are always in a shopping mode for something, which may be one of the primary draws to magazines. 2013 Retailer Ad Tracking 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Noted % Actions Taken% Visit Website Looked for more info January February March (375) (394) (792) 53 62 16 18 © GfK 2013 | Digital Starch applications and analyses 53 62 17 17 53 62 16 17 April (689) May (649) June (553) July (411) 54 63 16 17 54 64 17 17 53 65 18 18 51 66 17 18 August Septemb October Novemb Decemb (367) er (719) (616) er (590) er (713) 53 66 17 18 51 63 16 17 52 64 16 17 53 63 16 17 53 61 16 16 4 Retailer Advertising Trend • Ad effectiveness scores have remained very consistent over the past four years, with average Noting dipping slightly. Yearly Trend 70 60 63 61 63 62 53 54 56 56 2013 (6868 ads) 50 40 2012 (7984 ads) 30 2011 (8194 ads) 20 16 16 17 16 17 16 17 16 Visit Website Look for more info 2010 (7524 ads) 10 0 Noted % Actions Taken% © GfK 2013 | Digital Starch applications and analyses 5 Top Retail Advertisers • The table below lists the most active retailers in print, as measured by Starch. • The coupon that appears in almost all of Bed Bath & Beyond’s print ads helped propel it to the top of the list for recall, driving action, and purchasing the product among this list. • The highest score for Purchase goes to Harbor Freight Tools, not because they ran the most ads, but because their ads showcase an average of 30 products, each displayed as if it were a coupon. In addition, a 20% off coupon is included in every ad. (More on this later.) Retailer Category Average Harbor Freight Tools Target Macy's Walmart GNC Home Depot IKEA Sephora Lumber Liquidators Bloomingdales JC Penney Bed Bath Beyond # of Ads Noted Index Actions Taken Index Visit Website Index 6868 308 290 238 184 178 129 106 100 81 68 63 62 53% 117 111 117 109 87 111 117 102 102 109 111 136 63% 113 98 103 98 94 102 95 105 92 100 97 135 16% 113 88 106 69 81 88 113 100 94 113 94 75 Looked Consider for info Purchase Purchase Index Index Index 17% 100 82 94 82 100 94 88 100 106 94 82 59 20% 130 115 115 120 105 110 95 140 105 110 110 105 7% 214 129 129 186 114 114 71 129 86 86 114 171 Indexed to Retailer Category Average © GfK 2013 | Digital Starch applications and analyses 6 Relationship of In-Market Shoppers to Ad Engagement • Are readers who are in-market for a product more likely to engage with a retailer ad? • Starch’s battery of brand influence questions can help answer that question. Asked at the beginning of the survey, the Brand Influence questions measure respondents’ pre-existing opinion of the brands whose advertisements were present in the issue. The brand disposition questions do not reference an ad but rather ask the respondent about the brand itself. There are four possible response options: • • • • • I would recommend it I plan to buy it soon I bought it in the past two weeks None of these By looking at the difference in scores between Noters and Non-Noters of an ad, we can gain some insight into the relationship between in-market readers and ad engagement. © GfK 2013 | Digital Starch applications and analyses 7 Ad Engagement and Purchase Behavior In-Market shoppers can be defined as readers who either recently Purchased a Product or those who Plan to Buy soon. By looking at the difference between Noters and Non-Noters of ads, we can gain some insight into how previous purchase behavior or purchase intent can influence ad recall. In the example for Sephora, the difference between Noters and Non-Noters for Bought and Plan to Buy is +4 points and +6 points respectively. In other words, 9% of Noters had purchased a product at Sephora within the past 2 weeks, whereas only 5% of Non-Noters had purchased a product. Plan to buy soon-NonNoters (%) Bought within past 2 Bought within past 2 Plan to buy wks-Noters (%) wks-Non-Noters (%) soon-Noters (%) Sephora 100 Ads 9 5 16 10 The table below highlights the difference in percentage points between Noters and Non-Noters of in-market shoppers for the most active retail advertisers. In every case, the percentage of in-Market readers was higher among Noters vs Non-Noters. (The positive score means that Noters were higher than Non-Noters.) Although these differences look small, they can add up to big dollars. For example, the difference for Macy’s equates to over 300,000 potential shoppers. If each of those shoppers spends an average of $50, Macy’s is losing out on roughly $15M dollars of incremental revenue. These data strongly suggest that readers who engaged with store ads are more likely to have shopped or plan to shop at those stores than those who did not. Noters vs Non-Noters Retail Category Harbor Freight BloomingJC Penney dales Macy's Sephora Bed Bath GNC Target Walmart 2 7 6 4 6 4 5 5 4 4 3 5 4 6 4 5 3 2 3 3 5 12 10 10 10 9 8 7 7 7 Point Difference: Bought in past 2 weeks Point Difference: Plan to Buy Soon Combined Difference © GfK 2013 | Digital Starch applications and analyses 8 The Impact of Coupons • In 2013*, there was a total of 621 retailer ads with coupons. As the chart below illustrates, coupons are highly effective at generating reader action, notably in Purchase and Purchase Consideration. • Who is King of the coupon? Harbor Freight Tools ran a total of 287 coupons last year. More familiar to the non-tool enthusiast are the 20% off Bed Bath & Beyond coupons, which came in a distant second with 57 ads. Retail Ads Non-Coupons (6526) Avg Noted: 62% Coupon Ads (604) 52 Noted Actions Taken (Net): 71% Use Coupon: 15% 60 62 Actions Taken 73 16 16 Visited Website 20 Consider Purchase 7 Purchased Product Use Coupon Harbor Freight Tools 0 12 25 Bed Bath & Beyond Avg Noted: 73% 18 Actions Taken (Net): 86% Use Coupon: 32% *November 2012-October 2013 © GfK 2013 | Digital Starch applications and analyses 9 Trend Spotting: More Multi-Product Ads • A comparison of retailer ads in 2012 and 2013 reveals a greater number of multiproduct ads. In 2012, 55% of retailer ads were multi-product; in 2013, that percentage increased to 66%. • This strategy allows for promotion of many products within a single unit and creates the feel of catalog shopping for readers. • The data below suggest that multi-product ads may make a retailer ad more memorable. % Average Noting Multi-Product 54 Single Product 55 52 51 2013 © GfK 2013 | Digital Starch applications and analyses 2012 10 Spotlight on • Last year Macy’s ran a total of 238 ads across 188 issues. Within the company brand name, there were 31 brand campaigns. The largest ones were Women’s apparel (60 ads) and Men’s apparel (39 ads). • Four of the five highlighted ads feature multiple products within a spread unit. As stated earlier, this strategy allows for promotion of many products within a single unit and creates the feel of catalog shopping for readers. Also, not surprisingly, the highest scoring ads for Noting and Visit website occurred in December issues, capturing readers’ interest in ideas for Holiday gifts. • Over the past two years, Macy’s ran more multi-product ads within their total ad mix. In 2011, 63% of Macy’s ads were multi-product, whereas in 2013, 73% were multi-product. Highest Drive to Website Macy’s Multi-products In Style – December 2013 Highest Noted Visited Website – 36% Index: 211 Macy’s Multi-products New York Mag – Dec. 23 Avg Noted: 90% Index: 145 Highest Claimed purchase Highest Purchase Consideration Macy’s Women’s Apparel Latina – May 2013 Highest Actions Taken Purchased product: 20% Index: 222 Macy’s Corporate Promo Elle – June 2013 Avg Actions Taken : 83% Index: 128 Macy’s Kitchen Products Texas Monthly – July 2013 Purchased product: 16% © GfK 2013 | Digital Starch applications and analyses Index: 178 11 Online Retailers © GfK 2013 | Digital Starch applications and analyses 12 Online Retailers • • In 2013, Starch measured 1,363 ads from 266 online retailers, representing 20% of all retail ads. Overall Noting scores are lower for online retailers, but are higher on action metrics of Website visitation, and Looking for more information. # of Ads Noted % Actions Taken Visit Website Look for info Online Retailers 1363 49% 64% 19% 20% Physical retailers 5505 54% 63% 16% 17% The list of top online retailers is dominated by automotive brands. Total # of Retailer Ads* ROCKAUTO.COM STORE GOOGLE PLAY IBUYPOWER.COM DISCOUNTRAMPS.COM 4 WHEEL PARTS WHOLESALER STORE AMAZON.COM STORE GAMEFLY.COM MUSCLE & FITNESS STORE YEARONE.COM AUTO PARTS CHARLES P. ROGERS BEDS DIRECT STORE JUSTFABULOUS STORE EATMYSHIFT.COM STORE MINTED.COM # of Ads 1363 Avg Noted % 49 80 72 56 32 25 23 22 22 22 21 21 20 20 41 58 51 48 72 59 56 43 63 49 55 44 43 Any action Visited taken Noters website Noters (%) (%) 64 19 62 61 66 66 73 68 68 64 72 58 62 72 59 19 17 22 20 24 27 19 16 24 15 20 22 16 Looked for more info Noters (%) 20 19 19 25 21 24 18 19 23 23 16 17 23 18 *Retailers with 20 or more ads in 2013 © GfK 2013 | Digital Starch applications and analyses 13 Average Noted – Online Retailers • Online retailers with the highest Noted scores tend to be well-known brick-and-mortar stores, such as Gucci, Sephora, David’s Bridal, and Macy’s. • Horchow scores big with very large units, typically running 8 page inserts in decorating titles. Ranked by Average Noted HORCHOW STORE 4 WHEEL PARTS WHOLESALER STORE GUCCI STORE DISNEY BABY STORE SEPHORA.COM DRUG STORE YEARONE.COM AUTO PARTS GAMEFLY VIDEO GAME RENTALS DAVID'S BRIDAL STORE MACYS.COM ERGOMOTION AMAZON.COM STORE # of Ads 7 25 8 5 12 22 15 10 7 6 23 Avg Noted % 72 72 66 64 63 63 62 61 60 59 59 Any action taken Noters (%) 67 73 56 68 64 72 71 73 68 59 68 Visited website Noters (%) 21 24 14 15 20 24 21 23 19 19 27 Looked for more info Noters (%) 19 24 14 19 16 23 21 21 13 21 18 Based on retailers running 5+ ads in 2013 © GfK 2013 | Digital Starch applications and analyses 14 Drive to Website – Online Retailers • Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, has the highest success in driving readers to their website. Other top performers are brands that do a lot of heavy promotional activity in their advertising, such as free shipping and discounting. Ranked by Website Visit AMAZON.COM STORE TACKLEDIRECT STORE ORIGINAL PARTS GROUP STR OVERSTOCK.COM STORE ADAM & EVE ADULT STORE BED BATH & BEYOND YEARONE.COM AUTO PARTS 4 WHEEL PARTS WHOLESALER STORE GOTTASHOW PDTS STORE AMERICANPOWERTRAIN.COM DAVID'S BRIDAL STORE # of Ads 23 10 5 6 6 6 22 25 11 11 10 Avg Noted % 59 52 48 56 45 55 63 72 38 44 61 Any action taken Noters (%) 68 74 74 68 66 79 72 73 72 71 73 Visited website Noters (%) 27 27 27 26 26 26 24 24 23 23 23 Based on retailers running 5+ ads in 2013 © GfK 2013 | Digital Starch applications and analyses 15 Tablet Ad Performance • In 2013, Starch measured 1,450 retailer ads. These ads performed on par with the average for all tablet ads across almost all Starch metrics. • The average Noted score for Retail ads appearing in tablet editions was 53%, which is the same Noting score for Print editions. Ad Effectiveness Retail Ads All Ads 71%70% 53%52% 51%49% 21%18% Noted % Actions Taken (net) % © GfK 2013 | Digital Starch applications and analyses Visit Company Website 27%29% Net Purchase 35%34% 23% 19% Any Accessed Touched for Interactive Website thru Info Action Ad 27%28% Viewed Gallery 16 Digital Attribute Effectiveness • The chart below illustrates the effectiveness of the digital features within Retailer ads. • With the exception of video, digital features do not seem to impact ad effectiveness in a meaningful way. Digital Attribute Effectiveness 65 71 72 74 71 57 53 54 53 52 54 21 18 24 18 Noting Actions Taken © GfK 2013 | Digital Starch applications and analyses Visit Company Website 58 Static (491) Website (1349) 27 28 30 25 Social (13) Video (9) Net Purchase Used IAT 17 Summary • Overall ad effectiveness scores for retailers are on par with the average for all ads. • Monthly tracking of key starch metrics remains consistent month over month, suggesting that shopping is a year-round endeavor; readers are always in a shopping mode for something. Starch’s Brand Influence data strongly suggest that readers who engaged with store ads are more likely to have shopped or plan to shop at those stores than those did not. • Retailers used a greater number of multi-product ads in 2013 vs 2012, 66% vs 55% respectively. © GfK 2013 | Digital Starch applications and analyses 18