How Sakura turned strategic content and ad spend into 5X category growth.

The Sakura brand

For over a century, Sakura has been a pioneer in artistic innovation, creating industry staples like Gelly Roll pens, oil pastels, and Pigma Micron fineliners.

26

Products launched

5000+

Pieces of content created

5X

Growth in drawing pens category

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Sakura
Challenge Overcoming barriers to growth

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Measuring ROAS was tough. Tracking return on ad spend accurately got harder even as the demand gen budget grew.

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Content creation at scale was a challenge, especially producing high-quality content that felt authentically Sakura across hundreds of products.

03

Logistics complexity added friction, with high costs and difficulty shipping to fulfillment centers and expanding into new marketplaces.

Approach Building efficient advertising and fulfillment at scale.
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Traffic
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Conversion
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Price
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Availability™
Build a smarter ad spend model
Design an adtech spending model to guide ad spend across placements.
Produce content at scale
Build out photography, video, and product content to authentically represent the brand.
Streamline fulfillment logistics
Set up direct shipping to their warehouse to simplify fulfillment.

We know that our ad spend is winning new customers and we're not paying money on customers we would have gotten anyway. We know that we're truly growing the business and reaching more consumers.

Julia Reed

Director of ecommerce, Sakura

26

Products launched

5000+

Pieces of content created

5X

Growth in drawing pens category

+32%

ROI 2024

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