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Redefining Activewear: How Quilt.AI Helped Decode Sports Bra Market Trends

Discourse

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Client

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Challenge

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Insight & Impact

Challenge

Unlocking market leadership in the evolving sports bra category

As competition intensifies among activewear giants, a leading brand sought to understand evolving consumer demands for sports bras, spanning functionality, fashion, and inclusivity. The objective was to leverage cutting-edge AI to decode digital behavior and inform strategies to solidify market leadership while expanding its appeal to diverse consumer needs.

Approach

Comprehensive AI-driven market analysis
Using Quilt.AI’s proprietary tools, we extracted search queries and analyzed 2,000+ social media posts across key competitors. Employing AI-powered clustering and sentiment analysis, we identified consumer triggers, barriers, and themes, mapping them to the marketing funnel—awareness, consideration, and purchase. Additionally, we evaluated product reviews and brand messaging to provide a comprehensive view of the competitive landscape.

Impact

Enhancing brand strategies through actionable intelligence
Our insights equipped the client with precise strategies to align products and messaging with consumer expectations. By addressing unmet needs such as inclusivity, comfort, and durability, the brand is poised to enhance conversion rates and strengthen its position in the competitive activewear market.

Insights

Evolving demand and strategic positioning

As consumer preferences shift, key themes have emerged that define the evolving landscape of sports bras, highlighting opportunities for targeted engagement:

  • Versatile Fashion Meets Functionality: Consumers favor stylish yet functional sports bras for both workouts and casual wear, with multi-use designs dominating social discourse.
  • Size Inclusivity as a Priority: Advocacy for diverse sizing and adaptive features is reshaping consumer expectations, making inclusivity a competitive advantage.
  • Brand Differentiation in Messaging: Competitors employed distinct strategies—one focused on versatility and empowerment, another on mysticism and adventure, while a third emphasized size inclusivity and premium quality.

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Sentiment

“If you have only daughters in the house, people will talk about it saying “these people don’t have a son, who will carry on the family name?”. Relatives and neighbors talk about it in a very negative way. They will not allow the parents to live in peace.”

Tweet from Nepal

“Actually daughters are fine as well, but a sense of security a safety can only be provided by a son, no?”

Tweet from China

Gen Z Next Door

This community minded segment enjoys a sense of belonging. As such, they care about how they are perceived by others, and try their hardest to fit in and uphold duties. They are most likely to follow trends and respect influential figures.

😎  Informality
👤 Individualism
🚀 Improvement

Idealists

Driven by a sense of purpose and responsibility, Idealists want to do good in the world. They put in the work to drive positive change and impact. However, there’s also an undertone of realism, as they know that action is limited.

👓  Ideology
🪞 Introspection
👤 Individualism

Explorers

Characterised by their expressiveness and independence, Explorers pride themselves on having a different approach or mindset to life. This includes spirituality enthusiasts, solo travelers, and freelancers, among others. They seek to live life on their own terms.

😎  Informality
👤 Individualism
🚀 Improvement

Forgers

This segment comprises of highly ambitious goal-getters. Their goals are not always conventional ones (i.e. graduating at the top of their class), but rather tend to be about finding their passion and excelling at it. They look for opportunities at every corner and strive to leave a lasting impression.

🪞 Introspection
🚀 Improvement
👓  Ideology

Signallers

Driven by a need to prove themselves to the world, signallers are hard-working and practical individuals. To them, success is about financial stability and external validation. As such, traditional status symbols are important to them.

📚 Information
👓  Ideology
🚀 Improvement

Passive Rebels

This passive segment are merely observers of the world: they don’t take things too seriously, they aren’t concerned with other people’s opinions on them, nor do they hold any strong opinions themselves. They are “here for a good time” and enjoy a nihilistic sense of humor.

📚 Information
🪞 Introspection
👤 Individualism

Orthodox Fanatics

Protective of traditions; Afraid of shame; Influenced by social norms.

🙅 Deniers

Natural Order Keepers

Protective of traditions; Afraid of shame; Influenced by social norms.

🙅 Deniers

Armchair Activists

Agrees with ideas of reducing meat intake when convenient.

😶 Passives

Early Eco-Switchers

Motivated by environmental challenges: making diet transitions.

💪 Actives

Animal Sympatizers

Believe in preservation of animal rights  and welfare

💪 Actives📢 Advocates

Holistic Seekers

Progressively incorporating lifestyle beliefs of wellness.

📢 Advocates

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Highlighting inspiring stories of people
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