Black Friday, Cyber Monday: Ecommerce Vertical Data & Trends

We know Q4 ROAS typically dips then spikes around Black Friday and Cyber Monday. But not all verticals experience the same bump.

The Health and Wellness category remains relatively flat (likely because people don’t necessarily “gift” these items). Whereas Fashion & Apparel performs better than the overall store average. 

In fact, the Fashion & Apparel space maintains close-to-Black-Friday revenue levels for several weeks after BFCM weekend itself. These brands would do well to continue pushing ad spend through December.

Facebook CPMs also vary between verticals: Fashion & Apparel and Food & Beverage show the lowest CPMs in Q4. Health & Wellness and Beauty & Cosmetics round out the higher end.

Offers by Vertical: What Do Holiday Shoppers Expect?

Pulling from our database of offers from 604 of ecommerce’s most successful brands, we broke it down using offer type by category.

For Apparel & Accessories, Sitewide and Select SKUs reigned supreme. Home Goods followed suit with Sitewide, Select SKUs, and None taking prominence. Select SKUs led the Children and Baby vertical. 

Sitewide sales dominated the Beauty, Food & Beverage, and Health & Wellness industries. Although None was just as dominant for the latter industries.

Transitioning from Black Friday to Cyber Monday

What about the shift from Black Friday to Cyber Monday? How do online stores handle the different holidays? How do offers change?

We turned to the data. The majority of brands kept their initial Black Friday offer into Cyber Monday. But plenty experimented with new offer types for the subsequent holiday.

Focusing on Sitewide sales specifically, we looked at how often stores decided to either bump up (or bump down) discounts moving into Cyber Monday.

Many more stores felt comfortable offering No Discount for Cyber Monday after running a Sitewide offer for Black Friday.

Competitive analysis can help alleviate some of the uncertainty of the 2022 holiday season. What will your customers respond to most this year? Contact us to learn more about our data-backed approach to ecommerce growth.

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