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Email Lifecycle Revenue Growth

How a strategic email lifecycle system transformed an underutilised channel into the brand's most important revenue driver: growing attributed revenue to £134K over the last 12 months, up 88.9% year on year.

Context

The brand (a UK premium food e-commerce brand) had strong customer demand but email marketing was significantly underutilised.

Despite a growing customer base, lifecycle automation was limited and most email revenue came from occasional campaign sends rather than structured retention flows.

The opportunity was clear: build a full lifecycle email system capable of increasing repeat purchases, improving customer engagement, and turning email into a predictable revenue driver.

Strategy

Full Lifecycle Buildout

Designed and implemented a complete lifecycle email system including welcome flows, browse abandonment, checkout recovery, post-purchase nurturing, replenishment reminders, win-back campaigns, and customer segmentation flows.

Advanced Segmentation

Created behaviour-based and purchase-based segments including high-value customers, repeat buyers, and product-specific audiences to deliver more relevant messaging and offers.

Campaign Cadence & Content

Established a consistent campaign strategy combining promotional emails, product education, and brand storytelling to maintain engagement and drive repeat purchases.

Continuous Optimisation

Regular performance reviews were implemented to optimise subject lines, send times, segmentation, and flow triggers based on engagement and revenue performance.

Results

£134K

Attributed Revenue

Last 12 months · +88.9% YoY

£86.1K

Campaign Revenue

+92.6% YoY

£48.3K

Flow Revenue

+82.5% YoY

50.4%

Campaign Open Rate

78th percentile benchmark

7.27%

Flow Click Rate

Automated flows

Full Lifecycle System

Built in Klaviyo

Key Impact

Over the last 12 months email attributed £134K in revenue, up 88.9% year on year: split between £86.1K from campaigns (+92.6%) and £48.3K from automated flows (+82.5%).

The gains held on engagement as well as revenue: a 50.4% average campaign open rate (78th percentile against the industry benchmark) and a 7.27% flow click rate over the 12-month window (9.14% across the 2024 calendar year).

Seen over the full engagement, email-attributed revenue grew from £33K in 2021 to £134K in 2025: a 4x increase, and a channel turned into a scalable, predictable growth driver.

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