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Leather Handbags

A growing leather handbags brand with no ad channel diversification or creative strategy

Performance MarketingCreative SystemsRetention Marketing
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The Situation

Demand was there. But the channel mix was one channel deep

The brand was scaling entirely on Google PMax. No Meta, no creative identity, no testing framework underneath the spend. The demand engine had stalled - Meta wasn't optional, it was overdue

Single-channel growth has a ceiling. They'd hit it.

01 — WHAT WE BUILT

A Meta ad channel built on a creative piepline and testing framework that works

  1. 01

    Meta channel built from zero - account structure, creative audit, tracking setup, reporting

  2. 02

    4-stage campaign architecture: product testing → audience testing → creative testing → scaling

  3. 03

    Full creative operating system: concepts, hooks, formats, seasonal campaigns, UGC pipeline

  4. 04

    AI-assisted content production to scale output without scaling cost

  5. 05

    6–8 new creative concepts monthly across static, video, carousel, demand gen

  6. 06

    Measurement layer - attribution, incrementality, blended ROAS tracking

01

Meta channel built from zero - account structure, creative audit, tracking setup, reporting

02

4-stage campaign architecture: product testing → audience testing → creative testing → scaling

03

Full creative operating system: concepts, hooks, formats, seasonal campaigns, UGC pipeline

04

AI-assisted content production to scale output without scaling cost

05

6–8 new creative concepts monthly across static, video, carousel, demand gen

06

Measurement layer - attribution, incrementality, blended ROAS tracking

02 — THE SYSTEM

The testing framework is the asset. The ads are just outputs.

Most brands optimise ads. Brand B got an engine: a repeatable four-stage testing architecture that surfaces winning creative consistently, and a creative pipeline that feeds it.

A Full Creative OS

Scalable research, AI driven production and structured testing framework

0 -1 Campaign Architecture

To drive high-intent traffic with minimal wastage

Conversion Optimization Experiements

Constant product landing page experiments to improve CVR

A Full Creative OS

Scalable research, AI driven production and structured testing framework

0 -1 Campaign Architecture

To drive high-intent traffic with minimal wastage

Conversion Optimization Experiements

Constant product landing page experiments to improve CVR

A Full Creative OS

Scalable research, AI driven production and structured testing framework

0 -1 Campaign Architecture

To drive high-intent traffic with minimal wastage

Conversion Optimization Experiements

Constant product landing page experiments to improve CVR

03 — THE RESULT

Strongest channel in the portfolio, by a long stretch.

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MetricResultContext
Spend Scaled13x£10/day to £130/day peak
Blended ROAS3.5–4xHeld throughout the scaling phase
Online Revenue Share30→50%Strongest channel in the portfolio
New Concepts / Month6–8Across formats, fuelled by AI
Spend Scaled13x

£10/day to £130/day peak

Blended ROAS3.5–4x

Held throughout the scaling phase

Online Revenue Share30→50%

Strongest channel in the portfolio

New Concepts / Month6–8

Across formats, fuelled by AI

The brand didn't need more spend. It needed a system to spend better.

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