Retail Newsletter Template — Monthly Product Picks

The monthly product-picks newsletter that earns its open rate. A feature-grid hero carries the issue title in warm display type over a coral-orange accent, the body showcases four hand-picked items with prices and one-line descriptions, and a single CTA routes to the full edit. Energetic, scannable, built to drive clicks to product pages — not to sit in the inbox.

Snapshot

• Goal: drive product-page clicks and orders with a curated monthly edit of four items.
• Audience & tone: existing subscribers and past customers. Upbeat, curated, confident — the energy of a buyer who knows their customer and picks accordingly.
• Palette: page #fff7ed · container #ffffff · text #1e293b / #475569 (muted) · accent orange #f97316
• Font: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif
• Artwork: one feature-grid layout hero (a single rasterized image) — grid of colored panels with the issue title. Everything below it is native, selectable, and clickable.

Build recipe

Each step is one block in the flat stack, top to bottom. [native] = a real email block. [layout] = a free-form layout embedded as a single image.

1. [layout] Hero — feature-grid layout template — recolor the grid panels to orange #f97316, coral #fb923c, amber #fbbf24, and warm cream #fff7ed over a #fff7ed backdrop. Overlay copy: eyebrow "THE MONTHLY EDIT · ISSUE 09" orange #f97316 12px Trebuchet MS tracked uppercase, heading "What we're loving this month" text #1e293b 34px Trebuchet MS bold, subline "Four pieces our team can't stop wearing." muted #475569 15px. Text-only artwork — the working CTA is the native button in step 8.
2. [native] Dateline — text. "JULY 2026 · CURATED BY THE BUYING TEAM" fontSize: 12, fontWeight: 700, letterSpacing: 0.08em, color #f97316, left.
3. [native] Pick 1 — text. Product name “The Linen Shirt” fontSize: 16, fontWeight: 700, color #1e293b, left. Below: “Breathable, pre-washed, and gets better every wash. In white, sand, and olive.” fontSize: 13, color #475569, left. Price line $68 in orange #f97316 bold. Items stack + divide — a list, not side-by-side cards.
4. [native] Divider — hairline #fed7aa, medium padding.
5. [native] Pick 2 — text. Product name “The Stretch Chino” fontSize: 16, fontWeight: 700, color #1e293b, left. Below: “The pant that works Monday to Friday. Slim fit, four colors.” fontSize: 13, color #475569, left. Price $78 orange #f97316 bold.
6. [native] Divider — hairline #fed7aa, medium padding.
7. [native] Pick 3 — text. Product name “The Canvas Tote” fontSize: 16, fontWeight: 700, color #1e293b, left. Below: “Holds a laptop, a water bottle, and a paperback — and still looks good.” fontSize: 13, color #475569, left. Price $52 orange #f97316 bold.
8. [native] CTA button — button. Label "Shop the full edit", orange #f97316 fill, white text, rounded corners, center.
9. [native] Member perk — text. "Free shipping on orders over $75 · Free returns through August" fontSize: 13, color #475569, center.
10. [native] Footer — text. "Coral & Co · 120 Market Street, Portland, OR · [email protected] · Unsubscribe" fontSize: 12, color #94a3b8, center. Recolored to the palette.

Make it yours

1. Swap the three products for your actual monthly picks — keep descriptions to one line.
2. Adjust the prices and shipping threshold to your real numbers.
3. Recolor the orange accent to your brand — keep the upbeat, curated energy.