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Astound Commerce | Agency Profile, Contacts, AOR, Client Relationships
Service: digital technology consultancy
- Main Telephone
- (800)-591-4710
Primary Address
1111 Bayhill Drive
Suite 425
San Bruno,
CA
94066
USA
Astound Commerce Contacts
Contacts (3)
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Susana M. | Customer Success Director | CA |
WinmoEdge
Gen-X, Millennial Opps: The North Face taps marketing chief (Score 63)
Sales lead: CMO hires are the number one sign of potential agency reviews, so get in touch soon to secure top priority.
- The North Face (NF) named Sophie Bambuck CMO, effective September 2022.
- Bambuck joins NF from Everlane, where she held the same position.
- This concludes the CMO search we told you about in March.
NF's target demographic: Gen-Xers & millennials
The company is likely to:
- Review the current agency roster
- Revamp marketing strategy
- Experiment with new ad channels
Broadcast insights (TV ad creative spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)
- YTD spend: NF spent around $4.8k on national TV ads YTD, a 33% increase from $3.6k spent in this channel during the same time period of 2021.
- Last year: Full-year spend dropped from $13.8k in 2020 to $3.6k in 2021.
- 2022 ad programming: It placed ads during USA Climbing.
Digital and social insights (digital ad spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)
- YTD spend: NF spent nearly $3m on digital display ads YTD, a 17% decrease from $3.6m spent in this channel during the same time period of 2021.
- YTD data: 355.5m impressions via Instagram (55%), Facebook (24%), desktop video (19%), and desktop display (1%).
- Last year: Full-year spend fell by 22% from $6.7m in 2020 to $5.2m in 2021.
- Ad location: It placed 99% of these ads directly onto sites such as instagram.com, facebook.com, youtube.com, twitter.com, and bustle.com. It placed 1% of these ads indirectly through Google AdX+AdSense onto sites such as tripadvisor.com, fandom.com, neogaf.com, chess.com, and dmv.org.
Additional channel insights:
- NF also utilizes OOH, print, and local broadcast.
Agency analysis: Reviews are likely under the new CMO's leadership.
- Current agency roster:
- In-house: media buying & planning AOR
- Sid Lee: creative AOR
- Astound Commerce: digital
- Essence: digital
- Hawkeye: social & experiential
- United Entertainment Group: PR
Insight Sources: Broadcast insights estimated by Kantar.