Signal Report · #VS-310418 Apr – 20 Apr 2026

Northbound Denim

Built Better. Made to Last.

[ Executive Summary ]

Verdict · Profitable

Strong demand signal for Northbound Denim — the heritage 'Built to Last' angle drove a 4.8% CTR and a healthy buy-intent rate. Unit economics clear with room to scale.

48h sprint·£200 spend·5,840 impressions·UK · 25–45 · interested in craft menswear, raw denim & slow fashion
Headline stat
3.4%
Click-through rate

[ Intent Funnel ]

Where attention turned into intent

Step 01
5,840
Impressions
baseline
Step 02
198
Clicks
3.4% of prev
Step 03
23
Buy clicks
11.6% of prev
Step 04
14
Waitlist
60.9% of prev

[ The Hook ]

Which messaging actually resonated

Variant 1 ad creative
Variant 1

Lifestyle: model leaning, 'Premium Denim. For the Long Haul.'

CTR
3.2%
Buy
9.4%
CPC
£1.06
Variant 2 ad creative
Variant 2

Tailored lifestyle: 'High quality jeans for people who care about quality.'

CTR
2.6%
Buy
7.1%
CPC
£1.22
Variant 3 ad creative
Variant 3

Product hero: folded selvedge, 'Built to Last. Built for More.'

CTR
3.8%
Buy
11.2%
CPC
£0.94
Variant 4 ad creative
Variant 4

Editorial lifestyle, light CTA chip

CTR
2.9%
Buy
8.0%
CPC
£1.11
Winning hook
Variant 5 ad creative
Variant 5

Pain-point: 'Built to Last. Not to Fall Apart.'

CTR
4.8%
Buy
14.6%
CPC
£0.71

Variant 5 outperformed the field — emotional, pain-point copy beat feature-led copy by a wide margin. Lead with this angle in any follow-up sprint.

// Live preview

The landing page

The exact page real users saw after clicking the winning ad. Scroll and click around — it's fully interactive.

Buy-button clicks
23
out of 198 landing page visitors
11.6%buy-intent rate

A meaningful share of visitors clicked through to buy — strong signal that the offer, price and positioning resonated, not just the ad creative.

northbound-denim.com

Live preview — scroll and click inside the frame

[ Unit Economics ]

What a single sale is actually worth

Per-sale ledger
Retail Price+£189.00
COGS−£62.00
Gross Margin£127.00
Customer Acquisition Cost−£21.00
Net Margin per Sale+£106.00
£0.94
CPC
£21.00
CAC
56%
Margin

At current CAC, every sale yields £106.00 net — economics work IF buy-intent can be lifted.

[ Recommendation ]

The sprint surfaced clear top-of-funnel interest and meaningful buying intent for Northbound Denim, with the heritage durability angle ('built to last') consistently outperforming lifestyle and product-led framings as the most resonant message with the target audience. Recommended next step: scale spend behind the winning hook and move to a small first production run.