Millennial Opps: TravisMathew announces new products, expansion plans (Score 67)

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  • TravisMathew announced it is diversifying its product portfolio beyond golf to become a full lifestyle brand. 
  • In 2024, the company is releasing a refreshed footwear line that will focus on casual wear. 
  • Plus, it is bolstering its women's offering by going from about 50 products to over 200.
  • TravisMathew is also expanding with a plan of opening between seven to 10 stores a year.  

Target demographic: Millennials 

The company will likely: 

  • Increase promotional activity for the new products & stores
  • Continue ramping up digital spend 
  • Seek agency assistance

Broadcast insights (TV ad creative spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)

  • YTD spend: TravisMathew spent around $172.5k on national TV ads YTD, a 34% decrease from $261.2k spent in this channel during the same time period of 2022. 
  • 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend jumped from $74.8k in 2021 to $262.2k in 2022. 
  • Ad programming: It placed ads during programming such as GolfGolf Central, College Golf, PGA Tour Golf, and 2023 Senior Open Championship. 

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

  • YTD spend: TravisMathew spent about $2.9m on digital display ads YTD, a significant increase from $1m spent in this channel during the same time period of 2022. 
  • YTD data: 335.4m impressions via YouTube (52%), Facebook (29%), Instagram (14%), and desktop display (5%). 
  • 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend jumped from $618.4k in 2021 to $1.4m in 2022. 
  • Ad location: It placed 97% of these ads directly onto sites such as youtube.com, facebook.com, instagram.com, yahoo.com, and golf.com. It placed 3% of these ads indirectly through Criteo and Google AdX+AdSense onto sites such as football.fantasysports.yahoo.com, yahoo.com, sports.yahoo.com, thedailybeast.com, and cnn.com. 

Agency analysis:

  • Opportunity: Keep reaching out to see if this company needs any assistance.  
    • We have not confirmed any current agency relationships for TravisMathew. 

Insight Sources: Broadcast insights estimated by iSpot; digital spend insights estimated by Pathmatics.