Vintage Frames Company: Growth Retainer.

Paid media was driving topline gains — but the engine wasn’t tuned for margin, scale, or signal. By starting with a diagnostic audit and shifting into a full-growth retainer, VFC turned spend into an asset that did more than sell glasses — it powered strategic growth.

Client

Vintage Frames Company

Role

Media Audit, Media Strategy, Media Planning, Buying & Optimization

Media Health Check

Growth Retainer

Paid Media Campaign

Key Takeaway

An obsession with ROAS was hiding the real story. While Vintage Frames was chasing metrics, broken tracking meant nobody actually knew what was really working. We diagnosed the problem, fixed the fundamentals. and unlocked growth hiding in plain sight.

Context

Running hot, missing signals.

Sometimes success can mask bigger problems. In 2024, Vintage Frames was running hot on paper — but the numbers weren't adding up to real results.

The luxury brand faced a perfect storm: post-COVID consumer spending pullback, record inflation, and a site migration that crushed organic traffic.

The natural response? Pump up paid media spend. But without reliable measurement, they were flying blind.

That's where Moving Parade came in with our Media Health Check. Think of it as an X-ray for your marketing spend — showing exactly where value leaks and where it compounds.

Approach

Understanding why growth stalled.

Measurement misalignment

Your data is only as good as your tracking. Multiple attribution windows, double-counted conversions, and inconsistent UTMs meant VFC’s ROAS numbers were more fiction than fact.

Measurement misalignment

Your data is only as good as your tracking. Multiple attribution windows, double-counted conversions, and inconsistent UTMs meant VFC’s ROAS numbers were more fiction than fact.

Measurement misalignment

Your data is only as good as your tracking. Multiple attribution windows, double-counted conversions, and inconsistent UTMs meant VFC’s ROAS numbers were more fiction than fact.

Audience saturation

When 78% of revenue comes from men but your targeting isn't segmented — that’s a recipe for ad fatigue. VFC’s core audiences were seeing the same messages on repeat.

Audience saturation

When 78% of revenue comes from men but your targeting isn't segmented — that’s a recipe for ad fatigue. VFC’s core audiences were seeing the same messages on repeat.

Audience saturation

When 78% of revenue comes from men but your targeting isn't segmented — that’s a recipe for ad fatigue. VFC’s core audiences were seeing the same messages on repeat.

Hidden growth levers

Despite headwinds, our analysis showed a clear correlation between spend and sales. The opportunity? Stop chasing ROAS from existing customers and start building new audiences with real incrementality.

Hidden growth levers

Despite headwinds, our analysis showed a clear correlation between spend and sales. The opportunity? Stop chasing ROAS from existing customers and start building new audiences with real incrementality.

Hidden growth levers

Despite headwinds, our analysis showed a clear correlation between spend and sales. The opportunity? Stop chasing ROAS from existing customers and start building new audiences with real incrementality.

Solution

This is what a Growth Retainer looks like in motion

Signal Repair

Rebuilt attribution logic, unified UTMs, and launched a BigQuery dashboard to expose real ROI patterns across channels.

Signal Repair

Rebuilt attribution logic, unified UTMs, and launched a BigQuery dashboard to expose real ROI patterns across channels.

Signal Repair

Rebuilt attribution logic, unified UTMs, and launched a BigQuery dashboard to expose real ROI patterns across channels.

Planning Engine

Recut the calendar, dialed in creative and bid timing, and rebalanced prospecting vs. retargeting to match seasonal demand curves.

Planning Engine

Recut the calendar, dialed in creative and bid timing, and rebalanced prospecting vs. retargeting to match seasonal demand curves.

Planning Engine

Recut the calendar, dialed in creative and bid timing, and rebalanced prospecting vs. retargeting to match seasonal demand curves.

Creative Optimization

Tested format, product, and model combinations to isolate what actually drove lift — then deployed it market by market.

Creative Optimization

Tested format, product, and model combinations to isolate what actually drove lift — then deployed it market by market.

Creative Optimization

Tested format, product, and model combinations to isolate what actually drove lift — then deployed it market by market.

Cross-Channel Strategy

Segmented PMax, tuned Meta budgets using ASC+BAU, and identified Canada as an underinvested high-ROAS market.

Cross-Channel Strategy

Segmented PMax, tuned Meta budgets using ASC+BAU, and identified Canada as an underinvested high-ROAS market.

Cross-Channel Strategy

Segmented PMax, tuned Meta budgets using ASC+BAU, and identified Canada as an underinvested high-ROAS market.

Results

Quick wins set the foundation for lasting growth — in weeks, not months.

This is what value creation though marketing looks like.

This is what value creation though marketing looks like.

This is what value creation though marketing looks like.

This is what value creation though marketing looks like.

Media spend became a precision lever — not just a growth driver

Media spend became a precision lever — not just a growth driver

Media spend became a precision lever — not just a growth driver

Greater efficiency freed up working capital to reinvest into acquisition without raising CAC

Greater efficiency freed up working capital to reinvest into acquisition without raising CAC

Greater efficiency freed up working capital to reinvest into acquisition without raising CAC

+51%

Search ROAS YoY

+23%

Attributed paid social revenue QoQ

+17%

First-time buyers QoQ

Unlock value
creation.

Let's build a machine that moves as fast as your market.

Unlock value
creation.

Let's build a machine that moves as fast as your market.

Unlock value
creation.

Let's build a machine that moves as fast as your market.

Unlock value
creation.

Let's build a machine that moves as fast as your market.