Miscellaneous Mentionables

I frequently receive email from companies asking me to share news or discounts with my readers. Each week I’ll gather the best requests and share them with you here.

The Ultimate Zappos Challenge

Zappos is launching their ultimate challenge on Polyvor.com. Here you will have access to their dream closet full of Zappos products from dresses, designer jeans, workout wear, great accessories, and of course shoes from hundreds of designer brands. Users are encouraged to mix and match their favorite products and brands to create their own trendy collage. If you think you are the next star stylist, you readers can share your collages via Facebook, on blogs, and more!

Zappos will select three winners and these winning fashionistas will receive a Zappos shopping spree!!! Winners will receive a $500, $300 or $200 Zappos gift card to turn their collaged outfits into a reality. The winners will be chosen by Zappos fashion gurus based on creativity and use of Zappos product. Please let your readers know that the contest runs from November 24 – December 7 – so get styling!

BOX TOPS MARKETPLACE

A ONE-STOP ONLINE SHOP TO FIND HOLIDAY GIFTS AND GIVE BACK

The Box Tops for Education® Online Shopping Mall Makes Gift Selection Easy Through Interest Profiles and Helps Stretch Holiday Dollars by Giving Back to Schools

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., (Nov. 24, 2009) – Box Tops for Education is making this year’s holiday shopping easier and more rewarding through the introduction of its newly enhanced Marketplace (www.btfe.com/marketplace). More than 120 popular online retailers have partnered with the fundraising program to donate a percentage (up to 15 percent) of each purchase made through the Box Tops Marketplace to schools enrolled in Box Tops for Education. Holiday gift selection also is made simpler through the site’s new holiday gift guide, providing gift suggestions for everyone on your list, organized by kid or adult and by hobbies—from the gamer, to the princess, to the book worm.

“With as much joy as the holidays bring, this can be a stressful time for shoppers who are trying to find the perfect gifts, without spending countless hours driving from store to store or scouring malls and Web sites,” said Kimmra Hingher, Box Tops for Education Manager. “The Box Tops Marketplace is a one-stop destination to easily navigate your favorite stores and to find gifts that match your family and friends’ areas of interest. It’s a win/win situation for parents, as every purchase is also a gift for your school to help support your child’s education.”

As shoppers look to stretch their dollars this holiday season, the Box Tops Marketplace provides an opportunity to give back without spending extra. Last year, comScore estimated $846 million was spent in e-commerce purchases on CyberMonday, and experts anticipate that figure will increase this year. “If online shoppers simply shopped where they normally would shop on CyberMonday, but through the Box Tops Marketplace, we could earn millions for our kids’ schools in just one day,” added Hingher. Each participating Box Tops for Education school can earn up to $20,000 per year through the Box Tops Marketplace.

Some of the participating Marketplace retailers include: Target; Walmart; Kmart; Shutterfly; Overstock.com; Nordstrom; The Home Depot; Circuit City; Best Buy; Sears; JC Penney; Victoria’s Secret; Kohl’s; Old Navy; Gap; FAO Schwarz; Disney Store; Barnes & Noble; Harry & David; Lillian Vernon; FTD; The Red Envelope; 1-800-FLOWERS; Crate and Barrel; Under Armour; The Container Store and Avon.

Shoppers can sign up to receive exclusive deals and discounts through a Box Tops Marketplace email. Followers of Box Tops for Education on Twitter (www.twitter.com/btfe) and fans of the program on its Facebook page (www.facebook.com/BoxTopsForEducation) will also have access to special offers throughout the holiday shopping season.

In addition, Box Tops for Education is giving away a gift a day for 30 days, from November 16 to December 15, 2009. Registered users of www.btfe.com can enter each day for a chance to win a gift basket filled with a gift card to use at the Box Tops Markeplace, learning supplies from the new My Class EssentialsTM classroom registry (www.myclassessentials.com) and a selection of favorite Box Tops products.

Stonyfield Yogurt – Special promotion for yogurt fans  – free reusable cup with purchase of 4 quart containers!

We are now rewarding our consumers for buying our yogurt in quarts with a free reusable yogurt cup!

“When consumers buy our quarts instead of single-serving cups, they pay less for their yogurt, but we know that a quart is not as convenient as single-serving cups for on the go consumption,” says our President and CE-Yo Gary HIrshberg. “The reusable yogurt cup gives our quart buyers the convenience of the Stonyfield 6 oz cups by providing a way to create easily transportable single servings for anywhere, anytime.”

Yogurt lovers just have to buy four Stonyfield yogurt quarts through December, and mail in the foil lids (describing this offer), and they’ll receive the reusable, eight-ounce yogurt cup made by Preserve®. Made from 100% recycled plastic, the cup is perfect for yogurt-lovers on the go, the ideal size for breakfast or a snack, with room to stir in fruit or granola. It’s dishwasher safe, BPA-free with a screw-on lid – and it’s made in the US.

Consumers will also get $4.50 worth of Stonyfield and Preserve coupons along with the cup.

Our recycling partner since 2000, Preserve uses innovative methods to turn used materials (including used Stonyfield yogurt cups) into stylish, useful household products like toothbrushes, colanders, cutting boards and tableware. Preserve products are 100% recycled and recyclable too.

Consumers can mail clean foil lids, with name, address and phone number on an index card or 4” x 6” sheet of paper by February 28, 2010 to:

Stonyfield Farm
Reusable Cup Offer
PO Box 4840
Manchester, NH 03108-4840

Cups will be shipped starting in January, 2010 with delivery in 10 to 12 weeks. This offer is good only in the US, while cup supplies last, and is limited to one cup per household (to better spread the love around).

Tags: Box Tops For Education, Stonyfield, Zappos

Category: Announcements, Uncategorized