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The North Face achieves long-term ad ROI with optimized product feeds

Optimize your product feeds to boost ad performance and reduce manual work, thanks to responsive support

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The North Face

From the moment it was founded in 1966, The North Face® has been on a mission to shape the future of how humans engage with the natural world. The brand not only provides an extensive collection of outdoor clothing and gear, but has been a role model for sustainable manufacturing by repurposing surplus materials and advocating for wilderness preservation.

Thanks to its outstanding reputation and high-quality products, The North Face has continued to expand to hundreds of retail and partner locations across North America.

The Challenge

The North Face opera in un mercato altamente competitivo, soprattutto in un contesto in cui sempre più consumatori scelgono di fare acquisti online. Il successo del brand dipende dalla sua visibilità nel momento in cui i clienti target cercano il loro prossimo acquisto. Canali di marketing digitale come Google Shopping Ads sono ideali per mantenere alta la notorietà del marchio, ma richiedono feed di prodotto estremamente accurati e costantemente aggiornati.

Come molte aziende, The North Face si affida a partner strategici come PHD Media, la propria agenzia media, che gestisce le campagne pubblicitarie digitali e cerca costantemente nuove opportunità per migliorare performance, risultati e ritorno sull’investimento (ROI). PHD Media si è posta l’obiettivo di rendere The North Face un brand ancora più forte, non solo in Nord America, ma anche in Europa.

The Solution

PHD chose to collaborate with Highstreet.io to enrich The North Face’s product feeds with performance data from Google Merchant Center as well as the brand’s own eCommerce data. Highstreet.io synchronized the data into single feed that would allowed PHD Media to dynamically assign values to a subset of The North Face’s products within their Google Shopping feed.

This subset of products was updated automatically based on price competitiveness and sales data, which meant the North Face was marketing products that have a higher likelihood of converting to sales based on their popularity and competitive price.

The Results

After initially using Highstreet.io’s updated performance feeds, The North Face’s Google Shopping campaigns saw:

  • Un +20% di aumento del valore medio degli ordini (AOV)
  • Un +127% di spesa pubblicitaria accompagnato da un +163% di crescita dei ricavi
  • Un +16% complessivo del ROAS (ritorno sulla spesa pubblicitaria) su base annua

And as time went by, the benefits increased.

Significant increases in clicks and impressions

Nei mercati come Germania, Spagna e Polonia, The North Face ha ottenuto un aumento notevole in termini di visibilità:

  • In Poland, le impression sono aumentate di oltre il 546%, con un incremento dei clic del 438%
  • In Spagna, impression in crescita del 380% e clic in aumento del 75%
  • In Germany, le impression sono cresciute del 72% e i clic del 17%

Increased interest in key product categories

Il feed ottimizzato ha portato a un aumento dei clic non solo in generale, ma anche su categorie specifiche in diversi mercati:

  • In the U.K., for example, clicks for Home and Garden products rose 278%
  • For Luggage and Bags product pages were up 8.4%
  • In France, where Home and Garden clicks rose 431% and Luggage and Bags rose 28%.
  • Clothing and Accessories clicks, meanwhile, skyrocketed to 412% in Poland, 73% in Spain and more than 15% in Germany

Reduced manual effort for PHD and responsive service

Traditionally, the team at PHD Media had to be very hands-on in terms of updating product feeds to run The North Face’s Google Shopping campaigns. Working with Highstreet.io’s managed services feed up those employees to focus on other areas. When feed issues arise, meanwhile, PHD Media has celebrated Highstreet.io for being quick to reply and minimize disruptions when updates need to be made.

“Consiglierei vivamente di lavorare con Highstreet.io per la gestione dei feed di prodotto. Sono stati rapidi e precisi nel configurare i feed e hanno partecipato attivamente alle discussioni su come strutturarli per ottenere i risultati desiderati. È sembrata una vera partnership, con l’obiettivo comune di ottenere i migliori risultati possibili su Google Shopping per The North Face.”

Alex Martin De Nicolas
Direttore globale Activator presso PHD Media

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