Nielsen Media Research Spend Trend: Apparel

Dailies and TV neck-and-neck in race for fashion dollars

Except for 2003 when TV grabbed more than twice as many ad dollars as the dailies, the two media have pretty much shared the lead in the apparel category. Magazines have also been strong in this category over the past several years, particularly in 2005 with nearly 24% of the ad spend pie.

Dailies and TV neck-and-neck in race for fashion dollars

Except for 2003 when TV grabbed more than twice as many ad dollars as the dailies, the two media have pretty much shared the lead in the apparel category. Magazines have also been strong in this category over the past several years, particularly in 2005 with nearly 24% of the ad spend pie.

Annual National Advertising Spend – Q2 – Apparel

Q2 2002 Q2 2003 Q2 2004 Q2 2005
Apparel mfg. & assoc. $797,477 1,780,317 656,639 967,914
Children’s wear $32,232 45,254 92,884 152,600
Coats & jackets $46,819 40,594 60,751 151,170
Department stores clothing departments $1,689,503 6,535,567 3,718,752 3,041,199
Department stores footwear departments $150,962 103,908 59,633 54,643
Jeans $514,171 588,531 320,434 1,163,435
Leisure & loungewear, men & women $735,166 2,945,921 835,966 1,510,092
Men’s wear $1,286,059 1,530,104 1,299,091 936,306
Shoe stores $4,984,916 5,380,010 5,369,733 5,182,935
Total $10,237,305 $18,950,206 $12,413,883 $13,160,294

National Q2 Total Spend by Medium

2002

Dailies $3,002,407 (29.3%)
Magazines: $1,881,287 (18.4%)
Out of Home: $2,262,480 (22.1%)
Radio: $143,357 (1.4%)
Total TV: $2,947,774 (28.8%)

2003

Dailies $4,110,558 (21.7%)
Magazines: $2,680,939 (14.1%)
Out of Home: $2,744,237 (14.5%)
Radio: $196,479 (1.0%)
Total TV: $9,217,993 (48.6%)

2004

Dailies $4,174,198 (33.6%)
Magazines: $2,155,484 (17.4%)
Out of Home: $1,355,224 (10.9%)
Radio: $446,291 (3.6%)
Total TV: $4,282,686 (34.5%)

2005

Dailies $4,091,702 (31.1%)
Magazines: $3,106,004 (23.6%)
Out of Home: $1,620,816 (12.3%)
Radio: $379,296 (2.9%)
Total TV: $3,962,476 (30.1%)

National Q2 2005 – Top 5 Spenders, Apparel

1) Payless ShoeSource Inc. – Payless ShoeSource Shoe Stores (Shoe stores)
2) Levi Strauss & Co. – Levi Jeans (Jeans)
3) Wal-Mart Stores Inc. – Wal-Mart Ladies Clothing Dept. (Department stores clothing departments)
4) Aldo Group Inc. – Aldo Shoe Stores (Shoe stores)
5) Sears Canada Inc. – Sears Mens Clothing Dept. (Department stores clothing departments)

The preceding data is from the Nielsen Media Research, AdExpenditures. For more information, please contact Andrea Beach, business manager, andrea.beach@nielsenmedia.com.

All data courtesy of Nielsen Media Research.