The challenge
The key challenge for River Island was to deliver a results-driven campaign in less than 48 hours – while facing intense competition for traffic from rivals. Because of the short time-frame, it was essential that the campaign benefited from competitive intelligence on campaign performance and competitor behaviour. This is what River Island wanted Adthena to deliver.
The solution
Adthena provided data that quickly identified where bid and copy changes could help improve and maintain high PPC rankings and impressions. This allowed the River Island team to optimise their campaigns and redistribute budgets to where they would deliver the best return. Because Adthena is the only technology that provides insights into competitor behaviour, River Island was better able to outpace its competitors throughout the whole Black Friday campaign.
“Black Friday is the biggest retail event of the year for us. With Adthena’s data as a part of our strategy, we could optimise our campaigns for the SERP and based on competitor activity. Adthena’s invaluable support, enabled us to maintain a strong share of voice and drive increased traffic to our website.”
The insight: River Island stay ahead of competition on the most valuable day of the year
Instant insights to drive success
Because Adthena delivers frequent daily data, River Island can amend and improve its paid search strategies during a critical period, ensuring they stay ahead in a competitive and time-restricted paid search market.
Outperforming previous success
The proof of Adthena’s power rests firmly on the bottom line. With an 82% increase in sales over the previous year, Adthena is fundamental to delivering increased profits.
Maintaining strong brand presence
Powerful paid search campaigns ensure that River Island’s brand is highly visible at times when large numbers of customers are online. Adthena delivers customers that didn’t originally go online to shop with River Island.
Prepared for the busiest sales period
Competitive insights ensure that River Island’s digital marketing team is not only prepared for busy sales periods like Black Friday, but also that they have intelligence that allow them to adjust their strategy as soon as they need to.
