Fossil promotes rebrand with ad campaign (Score 60)

Sales lead: Get in touch now to help this company promote the rebrand. 

  • Fossil just launched a campaign called "Made For This" to promote its recent rebrand.
  • This includes a new brand image and creative direction. 
  • The campaign includes digital, print, streaming, and OOH ads. 
  • Fossil worked with Mekanism on the campaign. 
  • It also expanded its influencer program to include over 1k influencers.

Target demographic: Millennials

The company will likely:

  • Increase ad spend throughout H2
  • Experiment with new ad channels
  • Ramp up promotional activity

Digital and social insights (digital ad spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)

  • YTD spend: Fossil spent about $3.3m on digital display ads YTD, a slight decrease from $3.6m spent in this channel during the same time period of 2022. 
  • YTD data: 498.2m impressions via Instagram (55%), Facebook (38%), YouTube (3%), desktop video (2%), and desktop display (2%). 
  • 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend equaled 6.9m in 2021 and $6.5m in 2022. 
  • Ad location: It placed 98% of these ads directly onto sites such as instagram.com, facebook.com, youtube.com, twitch.tv, and merriam-webster.com. It placed 2% of these ads indirectly through Amazon DSP and Criteo onto sites such as tmz.com, ebay.com, yahoo.com, instyle.com, and byrdie.com.  

Additional channel insights  

  • Top podcasts sponsored: The Howie Carr Radio Network, Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast, The KVJ Show, and Plumbing the Death Star. 

Agency analysis:

  • Opportunity: You will likely have the best shot of picking up digital or media work. 
  • Current roster:

Insight Sources: Digital spend insights estimated by Pathmatics; podcast insights estimated by Podchaser