Gen-Z, Millennial Opps: Canada Goose taps first CDO, significantly increases digital spend (Score 73)
Sales Lead: As part of an effort to bolster D2C sales, Canada Goose (CG) selected Matt Blonder as its first-ever CDO, effective April 2023.
- Blonder joined from Wolverine Worldwide, where he served as the global e-Commerce president.
- Now, he will focus on CG's digital innovation and strategy.
- CG's growth plans will also involve doubling its brick-and-mortar footprint, hitting $3b in revenue by 2028, and expanding its product offering.
- D2C sales are the primary focus, though, since they are expected to account for 80% of CG's total revenue by 2028.
- This hire comes not long after CG named Richard Mcleod as its brand SVP in February 2023.
- Kevin Galbraith also joined CG as its marketing director in January 2023.
- The company will likely:
- Implement strategy shifts
- Keep increasing digital spend
- Seek new agency partners
- Target demographic:
- Gen-Z and millennials with a male skew
Additional spending insights:
- Broadcast insights (TV ad creative spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)
- YTD spend: CG hasn't utilized national TV since allocating around $24.6k in 2021.
- 2021 ad programming: Its 2021 commercials targeted male sports enthusiasts watching shows such as NBA Basketball, NBA GameTime, NBA GameTime Live, NBA TV Marquee Matchup, and Game of the Day.
- Digital and social insights (digital ad spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)
- YTD spend: So far this year, the company has spent roughly $818.6k on digital ads, more than double the roughly $353.9k spent by this point last year.
- YTD data: CG has earned an estimated 61.7m digital impressions YTD via YouTube (87%), Facebook (8%), and Instagram (5%) ads.
- Last year: In 2022, the company spent approximately $1.2m on digital ads, less than half of the approximately $2.5m spent in 2021.
- Additional channel insights
- The company sponsors podcasts such as Sound Opinions.
- As you can tell from the video above, CG works with influencers and utilizes cause marketing.
Additional agency insights:
- Opportunity: Agency reviews could easily follow this appointment, so get in touch soon to remain top-of-mind.
- Digital hires are especially likely considering the CDO hire.
- Current agency roster:
- Initiative: Media AOR
- VIRTUE Worldwide: Creative agency partner
Insight Sources: Broadcast insights estimated by iSpot; digital spend insights estimated by Pathmatics; podcast insights by Podchaser.
Note: CG is headquartered in Canada, so you might want to familiarize yourself with its Anti-Spam Law (CASL) before reaching out.