Primark and Next prove to be the favourites with Mother’s Day social media performance

Maybe* recently anlaysed leading fashion retailers social media activity over the Mother's Day shopping period. The data showed that Primark delivered the most engaging social media content among major fashion retailers in the lead-up to Mother’s Day this year.

Next was also very active on Instagram in the run-up to Mother’s Day sharing outfit and gift ideas, with all of their posts receiving more than 100 likes and more than 4000 engagements in total.

John Lewis’s Mother’s Day content included gift idea reels, promoting a range of different brands, yielding them an average of 392 engagements per day on each of their posts.

Hobbs shared two posts promoting items and using the #mothersday, their engagement however was quite low at 128 engagements per post, and whilst Very was active in sharing content about Mother’s Day, their decision to not use any hashtags to help promote the content left their engagement levels low at 55.

“The retailers with the most engaging content ahead of Mother’s Day were those that recognised the power of video, on whichever platform. However, too many have still failed to recognise the opportunity that occasion-based gifting represents as a way of engaging with an audience on social media and how the use of hashtags can drive potential customers to your social media feeds and then in-store or online to buy

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Polly Barnfield, OBE

CEO & Founder of Maybe*

Primark Takes the Lead in Mother’s Day Social Media Engagement Among Fashion Retailers

"According to a recent analysis by social media specialists Maybe*, Primark delivered the most engaging social media content among major fashion retailers in the lead up to Mother’s Day this year. The analysis found that Primark’s influencer-driven posts promoting items from the brand and its Instagram reel showcasing gift ideas received 614,000 views, contributing to the retailer’s over 63,000 post engagements."