Emails and Thoughts From The Past Week : Ralph Lauren, Banana Republic, Minnesota Vikings, plus more - September 8th to September 14th, 2009

Below are some NOTEWORTHY EMAILS from my inbox this past week. Enjoy!

Home Shopping Network, like many retailers, is sending NFL football related emails with specific messaging and products related to the Minnesota Vikings. Jumping on the Brett Favre bandwagon, while he is still hot and in the news, is a great idea to move some Favre and Vikings related product. Hopefully Favre will stay on the team and all of this product will not go to waste. We would hate to see something similar to the Matt "Vick" Leinart doll...

Banana Republic does a nice job with a 09/09/09 related email. Using this unique date to create a unique email is a great idea. They had a 9 hour only sale that ended at 9 PM. In the email version they sent the date displayed using an animated.gif. NICE!

Ralph Lauren does something unique in the image below thier main image. They promote the payment methods they excpet including what International Credit Cards.
Clicking the image links you to the Frequently Asked Questions, Payment Methods page Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 . You are then able to view all the Countries who credit cards they accept. This is a great touch for those traveling internatianly and would like to visit a Ralph Lauren store, or for those from another country who would like to purchase in the U.S. Sometimes it is little things that this that can make a big difference.
This is the second week in a row that I have seen a retailer use a faux newspaer image in an email. Last week R0adrunner Sports did this. This week we see this from Tiger Direct. It is engaging and interesting.

The subject line for this email is: Just Arrived: New Intel Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs & First Ever Core i5 PC Kit...Full Story Inside