How Sports Direct increased conversion rates by 61% while reducing campaign costs.

The Sports Direct brand

Sports Direct is Europe’s largest retailer of sports and fitness footwear, clothing, and equipment. What began as a UK high-street store has grown into a leading international retailer serving millions of customers every week across 24 countries.

Driven by its mission to champion the legend in everybody, Sports Direct offers products across football, running, training, cycling, swimming, and other sports, helping customers perform at their best.

+61%

Conversion Rate

-33%

CPA

-28%

CPC

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Sports Direct
Challenge Improving campaign efficiency by incorporating margin and stock data.

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Sports Direct had strong data-driven Meta campaigns, but they weren't factoring in product margin or stock availability, real signals that affect profitability.

02

Without first-party business data built into their existing product segments, Sports Direct risked wasting spend on inventory that wasn't worth promoting.

Approach Refining product segments with margin, stock, and cross-channel performance data.
Revenue
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Traffic
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Conversion
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Price
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Availability™
Connect margin and stock data to the catalog
Combine margin and stock information with product-level performance data across advertising and analytics channels in ROI Hunter.
Refine Best Sellers and Hidden Gems segments
Exclude selected brands, require margins of at least 35%, and remove products with out-of-stock variants.
Direct budget toward profitable, available products
Focus spend on inventory with strong sales potential and healthy margin.

The insights and level of support provided by ROI Hunter have been first-class, and a large part of our improved performance is due to the team’s knowledge of the platform and understanding of our objectives.

Ross Pepper

Performance Marketing Manager at Sports Direct

+61%

Conversion Rate

-33%

CPA

-28%

CPC

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