August Email YoY
Hyde & Hare
Data to 19 Aug 2026
EMAIL PERFORMANCE REVIEW

August email:
this year vs last year

Every Klaviyo campaign sent in August 2026 against the same window in 2025, plus what is still booked for the rest of the month. Like-for-like windows are 1-19 August in both years so the comparison is fair.

DATA SOURCES Klaviyo Klaviyo campaign & flow values reports Shopify Shopify daily orders

THE HEADLINE

Email is doing more sending for less return. In the same 19 days you mailed +56.8% more people than last August across 7 campaigns instead of 5, and campaign revenue came in £20,445 against £24,158 last year, -15.4%. Per person mailed that is £0.198 versus £0.367, a -46.0% drop. The flows more than cover it, £24,496 against £12,464, so total Klaviyo revenue is actually up +22.7% to £44,942. The live issue is the tail: last year the final 3 sends of August produced £10,784, and this year the calendar has one brand story on 22 August and then nothing, while the SUMMER sale is still running with no closing date announced.

The scoreboard, 1-19 August Klaviyo Klaviyo

Campaign email only. Same 19-day window in both years.

Campaign revenue
£20,445
-15.4% vs £24,158 LY
Revenue per recipient
£0.198
-46.0% vs £0.367 LY
the honest efficiency read
Orders
120
-4.0% vs 125 LY
Campaigns sent
7
+40.0% vs 5 LY
more sends, less per send
Emails delivered
102,811
+56.8% vs 65,562 LY
volume, not an outcome
Average order value
£170
-11.8% vs £193 LY
Open rate
47.2%
-2.82pt vs 50.1% LY
Click rate
1.77%
-0.56pt vs 2.33% LY
Unsubscribe rate
0.28%
-0.32pt vs 0.60% LY
lower is better
Flow revenue
£24,496
+96.5% vs £12,464 LY
automated, always on
Flow orders
140
+137.3% vs 59 LY
Total Klaviyo revenue
£44,942
+22.7% vs £36,623 LY
campaigns + flows

Revenue is Klaviyo attributed against the Placed Order metric, on Klaviyo's default attribution window. Both years pulled on the same basis so the comparison holds even if the absolute numbers differ from Shopify.

The two calendars, side by side

Every send in August, both years. Circle size is revenue. Solid blue is a content or brand send, cyan is a sale send, the dashed outline is scheduled but not yet sent.

SALE LIVE 8-27 AUG2025£3,350£8,898£2,288£4,436£5,186£8,460SALE LIVE SINCE 1 AUG - DAY 21, NO END DATE SET2026£10,857£2,020£4,209NOTHING BOOKED 23-31 AUG161116212631DAY OF AUGUST
Sale send Content / brand send Scheduled, not yet sent Empty calendar

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LAST YEAR'S SHAPE

The sale opened on 8 August and closed on 27 August. It was bookended: a launch email, then content through the middle, then a "Final Hours to Save 15%" send on 25 August that did £8,460 on its own, plus a resend the next day. August finished with a brand story on the 29th.

THIS YEAR'S SHAPE

The sale opened 1 August, a week earlier, got a reminder on 10 August, and has had no closing email at all. The SUMMER code is still being redeemed as of 21 August, day 21 of the sale. After 22 August the calendar is empty.

This year, send by send Klaviyo Klaviyo

1-19 August 2026, in send order.

SentCampaign / subject lineTypeRecipientsOpenClickUnsubOrdersRevenue£ / recip
01 Aug
Summer Sale 1 - Now Live
Our Summer Sale is Now Live!
Sale 18,504 48.8% 3.18% 49 44 £10,857 £0.587
06 Aug
Little H&H Socials Launch
We've Been Keeping a Secret...🤫
Content 4,985 66.7% 6.89% 32 10 £2,020 £0.405
10 Aug
Summer Sale 2 - Reminder
A little something off 🌱
Sale 18,451 47.9% 1.93% 33 37 £4,209 £0.228
13 Aug
Interiors - Beanbag Highlight (clone)
The Best Seat in The House ✨
Content 19,126 45.6% 0.59% 52 6 £729 £0.038
14 Aug
New Cowhides July 2025 (clone)
One of a Kind Cowhides 🍃
Content 398 50.6% 3.31% 0 0 £0 £0.000
16 Aug
Interiors - Cushion Edit (clone)
The Cushion Edit: Elevate Your Everyday Comfort
Content 22,378 44.7% 1.00% 66 15 £1,950 £0.087
19 Aug
3 Ways to Style Rug in Living room
3 Ways to Style A Sheepskin Rug
Content 19,314 44.7% 0.97% 57 8 £682 £0.035
Total, 7 sends 103,15647.2%1.77% 289120£20,445£0.198

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Last year, send by send Klaviyo Klaviyo

All of August 2025. The last three rows are the tail this year has not booked yet.

SentCampaign / subject lineTypeRecipientsOpenClickUnsubOrdersRevenue£ / recip
06 Aug
Interiors - Beanbag Highlight
NEW Beanbags ✨ The Best Seat in The House
Content 15,740 49.7% 1.57% 110 12 £3,350 £0.213
08 Aug
Summer Sale 2025
We Only Do this Once a Year 🤍
Sale 15,566 49.0% 3.75% 81 60 £8,898 £0.572
11 Aug
Interiors - New Cowhides July 2025
One of a Kind Cowhides 🍃
Content 3,059 53.1% 2.39% 15 6 £2,288 £0.748
12 Aug
H9 Competition
A Home Refresh with House Nine Design x Hyde & Hare
Content 15,754 49.5% 1.50% 110 17 £4,436 £0.282
15 Aug
Interiors - New Rarebreeds July 2025
A Rare Arrival | 50 New Sheepskin Rugs ✨
Content 15,687 51.4% 2.48% 75 30 £5,186 £0.331
25 Aug
Summer Sale 2025 final hours
Final Hours to Save 15%
Sale 15,764 49.4% 1.59% 88 40 £8,460 £0.537
26 Aug
Summer Sale 2025 final hours V2
Final Hours to Save 15%
Sale 9,132 19.0% 0.87% 30 5 £722 £0.079
29 Aug
Greenhouse Dinner
A Slow Summer Supper in the Cotswolds ☀️
Content 16,414 50.6% 0.98% 83 13 £1,601 £0.098
Total, 8 sends 107,11647.4%1.89% 592183£34,942£0.326

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Highlighted rows sent on or after 20 August and are the part of last year's month this year has no equivalent for. They were worth £10,784 between them.

What is actually different

Three things explain almost all of the campaign revenue gap.

1. THE SALE HAS NO CLOSE

Last year the sale ran 20 days and ended with a deadline. "Final Hours to Save 15%" on 25 August produced £8,460 and 40 orders, the second-best email of the month behind the launch, and drove the two biggest order days of the whole back half (44 and 48 orders on 25 and 26 August).

This year the sale opened a week earlier, on 1 August, got one reminder on the 10th, and has run 21 days and counting with no end date communicated. The SUMMER code was still being redeemed on 21 August. A sale with no deadline stops being a reason to buy today.

2. VOLUME WENT UP, RELEVANCE WENT DOWN

The list is bigger, which is good, but the broad content sends are going out near-unsegmented. Three interiors sends this month went to 60,818 people combined and returned £3,361, click rates of 0.59%, 1.00% and 0.97%.

Compare that to the two sends that were aimed at someone specific: the Little H&H launch to a single 4,985-person segment took a 66.7% open and 6.89% click, and the 398-person cowhide send took 50.6% open and 3.31% click. The audience is there, the broad sends are just not earning the reach.

3. ONE GENUINE WIN, THE FLOWS

Flow revenue is £24,496 against £12,464 last year, +96.5%, on 140 orders versus 59. Unsubscribe rate is also less than half last year's, 0.28% against 0.60%. The automated layer and list health are both in better shape than last August. This is why total Klaviyo revenue is up +22.7% even with campaigns down.

The store underneath Shopify Shopify

Context, so the email numbers are not read in isolation. Daily order value, 2025 in grey against 2026 in blue.

0£5k£10k£15k161116212631LY "FINAL HOURS" 25 AUG
August 2025August 2026

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1-20 August: £124,262 across 729 orders this year, against £93,245 across 579 orders last year, +33.3%. The store is well ahead. Last year's 21-31 August then added a further £42,227 on 274 orders, 43.5% of it in the three days around the sale close. Order value is Shopify current total including tax and shipping, net of cancellations.

What is scheduled for the rest of August

Pulled live from Klaviyo. One campaign, no SMS, nothing in draft behind it.

SendsCampaignSubjectAudienceStatus
Sat 22 Aug
09:00
Venetian Pantry SLS
Slow Living Stories, episode 4
Bringing Home into Hosting
With Venetian Pantry | Slow Living Stories Episode 4
7 engaged segments Queued
23-31 Aug Nothing booked. Nine days, including the bank holiday weekend, with no campaign scheduled and no drafts in the account. Empty

Last year the same nine days carried 3 sends worth £10,784 in email revenue and the two strongest order days of the second half of the month.

What to do about it

In priority order, all inside the next ten days.