Male Gen-Z, Millennial Opps: Abercrombie & Fitch ramps up ad spend to attract more consumers (Score 69)

Sales lead: Reach out to offer ad space & to see if you can provide agency assitance. 

  • Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) disclosed during its recent Q3 earnings report that it is focused on expanding its consumer base.
  • The company currently does well with Gen-Z and millennial women, but it is working to attract more men. 
  • To accomplish this, the company will continue ramping up digital spend and roll out new products.
  • A&E will also utilize influencers and collaborations more.

Target demographic: Gen-Zers & millennials

The company will likely:

  • Diversify digital ad placement
  • Seek agency partners that can help it reach additional consumers
  • Partner with more influences

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

  • YTD spend: A&F spent almost $29.9m on digital display ads YTD, a huge jump from $11.4m spent in this channel during the same time period of 2022. 
  • YTD data: 4b impressions via Instagram (49%), Facebook (34%), and YouTube (17%). 
  • 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend equaled $14.3m in 2021 and $14.7m in 2022. 
  • Ad location: It placed 100% of these ads directly onto instagram.com, facebook.com, and youtube.com. 

Additional channel insights  

  • Top podcasts sponsored: Up First, The Dan Bongino Show, The Fighter & The Kid, VOA Learning English Podcast, and No Agenda. 

Agency analysis:

  • Opportunity: Get in touch now if you can help A&E attract more male shoppers. 
  • Current roster:
    • In-house: creative
    • iProspect: digital
    • PMG: media buying & planning
    • 160over90: social & PR AOR (Hollister)

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