

Traveler's Choice entered 2026 with an ambitious goal: grow Amazon revenue 45% YoY.
Reaching that target required more than increasing advertising investment. Before media could scale effectively, Nectar identified several foundational issues across the account, including aged inventory, high return rates, and PDP content that needed stronger information to drive conversion.
With Prime Day moving roughly two weeks earlier than the previous year, the window to address those issues became even tighter. Nectar's Advertising and Brand Management teams worked together to strengthen the retail foundation, align media with inventory priorities, and use AMC audiences to capture more high-intent demand.
Traveler's Choice needed to pursue aggressive YoY growth while strengthening the operational foundation supporting its Amazon business.
The team needed to reduce friction contributing to returns, improve PDP content, support sell-through of aged inventory, and ensure advertising was concentrated behind the products with the greatest business impact.
At the same time, Nectar needed to prepare the account for an earlier Prime Day and build an advertising strategy capable of reaching high-intent shoppers before, during, and after the event.
Nectar approached growth as a combination of retail readiness and media execution.
Voice of Customer data helped identify why shoppers were returning products. PDP content and imagery were then updated to set clearer expectations around internal luggage dimensions.
At the same time, advertising investment was aligned with aged inventory and top-selling ASINs, while AMC audiences gave the team a way to reengage high-intent shoppers who had already demonstrated purchase consideration.
Used Voice of Customer data to address returns
Nectar analyzed customer feedback and identified internal luggage dimensions as the primary reason for returns. Feedback indicated that product quality was satisfactory, but some shoppers found the available interior space did not meet their needs.
The team worked with Traveler's Choice to create product imagery that clearly demonstrated internal sizing, giving customers more information before purchase and reducing surprises once products arrived.
Strengthened PDP content
Beyond imagery, Nectar optimized PDP content to make internal sizing clearer throughout the shopping experience.
According to the account team, the resulting Traveler's Choice PDPs became a benchmark Amazon used for informative content within the luggage category.
Aligned advertising with inventory priorities
Traveler's Choice carried aged inventory across several top-selling ASINs. Nectar aligned advertising support behind these products to continue driving top-line revenue while supporting inventory movement and protecting future Purchase Orders from Amazon.
Built AMC audiences around abandoned carts
Nectar used Amazon Marketing Cloud audiences across Sponsored Ads and DSP to reengage shoppers who had added Traveler's Choice products to their carts during the Prime Day lead-in.
Those audiences remained a priority during the event and in the following week, giving the brand another opportunity to convert shoppers who had demonstrated high purchase intent but had not yet completed an order.
Performance was evaluated across both Prime Day and the broader year-to-date period.
For Prime Day 2026, Nectar compared June 23 through June 26 with the corresponding 2025 Prime Day event. For year-to-date performance, results from January 1 through July 31, 2026 were compared with the same period in 2025.
The broader YTD results showed that Amazon revenue increased 42%, units increased 22%, and media revenue increased 55%. ROAS also improved 4% YoY.
“Traveler’s Choice took a strategic, data-driven approach to enhancing PDP content, strengthening consumer confidence at the point of purchase while improving sell-through and reducing return rates across top-selling ASINs. By strategically aligning advertising investment with priority products and ASINs carrying elevated aged inventory, we have accelerated growth and improved inventory productivity—driving a 42% increase in top-line revenue through the first seven months of 2026, including a 38% revenue lift during Prime Week. I’m very excited to see this momentum continue to build and carry us through the end of the year.” – Matt Goff, Sr. Advertising Manager
Stat Grid. YTD 2026 vs. Same Period 2025
Amazon Revenue: +42%
Media Revenue: +55%
ROAS: +4%
Units Sold: +22%
Traveler's Choice entered the year targeting 45% YoY revenue growth. By July 31, the account had already reached 42% YTD revenue growth, placing the brand close to its full-year growth target with five months remaining.
Paid media also continued to scale. Media revenue increased 55% YoY, outpacing the account's 49% increase in ad spend, while ROAS improved 4%.
Prime Day provided another proof point for the broader strategy. Total revenue increased 38% YoY, units increased 22%, and media revenue increased 31% during the event.
The results showed that Traveler's Choice was able to scale its Amazon business while simultaneously addressing foundational retail issues and maintaining strong advertising performance.
Aggressive Amazon growth goals cannot be solved through advertising alone.
Retail readiness, PDP quality, inventory health, audience strategy, and media execution all influence how effectively additional investment turns into revenue.
By connecting Voice of Customer insights with content optimization, inventory priorities, AMC audience targeting, and full-funnel advertising, brands can create a stronger foundation for sustainable marketplace growth.