Female Millennial, Gen-Z Opps: Alexander Wang hires new top marketer (Score 47)

Sales lead: Contact the new CMO for more information about her future plans. 

  • Alexander Wang (AW) lost its chief brand marketing officer, Maisie Willoughby, to Timberland in October 2023.
  • It has already hired Dominique Lagleva as CMO to replace Willoughby. 
  • Lagleva most recently served as global marketing VP of Moose Knuckles Canada. 
  • She now leads all of AW's marketing operations. 

Target demographic: Gen-Z & millennial women

The company will likely:

  • Continue increasing digital spend
  • Diversify digital ad placement
  • Build out the agency roster/review the current roster

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

  • YTD spend: AW spent about $27.8k on digital display ads YTD, up from $8.1k spent in this channel during the same time period of 2022. 
  • YTD data: 3.9m impressions via Instagram (46%), Facebook (31%), YouTube (21%), and desktop display (2%). 
  • 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend fell by 7% from $12.8k in 2021 to $11.9k in 2022. 
  • Ad location: It placed 98% of these ads directly onto sites such as instagram.com, facebook.com, and youtube.com. It placed 2% of these ads indirectly through The Trade Desk onto sites such as mlb.com, weather.com, jezebel.com, and nypost.com. 

Agency analysis:

  • Opportunity: Reach out to the new CMO now to be top-of-mind. 
  • Current roster:

Insight Sources: Digital spend insights estimated by Pathmatics