Wednesday, July 25, 2012

AM Inbox: Sportsman's Guide email redesign

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The Retail Email Blog monitors the email marketing campaigns of more than 100 top online retailers. Here are highlights from my inbox this morning:

Sportsman’s Guide, 7/24 — Your Free Shipping Coupon Expires Today! Top Sellers from The Guide
The Sportsman’s Guide has redesigned their email template, with most of the improvements coming in the header and footer areas. For years, they’ve had the simplest template among the retailers I track, so the updates add some much needed polish. They created a new header that really anchors the email and it includes links to their pages on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The Sportsman’s Guide has also added a navigation bar, which are used by nearly every major retailer. Their product grid is only slightly different, with the product name now positioned over the product image. But the footer contains big changes, with them adding a recovery module and using tables with background colors to give the footer more structure, which makes it easier to find things.

Here’s the new design (left) and the previous design from a July 22 email:

July 24, 2012 Sportsman’s Guide email July 22, 2012 Sportsman’s Guide email

Backcountry.com, 7/24 — Free Shipping on All Kayak or Stand-Up Paddle Boards Now
The color wheel-inspired dial-a-boat graphic in this email is very eye-catching and sets up the dial image on the landing page.

July 24, 2012 Backcountry.com email

SUBJECTIVITY SCANNER: Select noteworthy subject lines
Blair, 7/24 — Merry Christmas in July! Our gift: free shipping.
Linens-N-Things, 7/24 — Christmas in July Deals | Up to 60% Off
Buy.com, 7/24 — Back to School 101
Cooking.com, 7/24 — Be the First to Own These New Colors from Cuisinart
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