Here is a good article that helps drive home a fundamental marketing concept—differentiation. “How Weird Wins” (Fast Company, November 11, 2025) argues that in today’s…
We all enjoy teaching new-product development (NPD). There is a good framework to present and there are many interesting examples. This brief post is just…
As AI becomes more ubiquitous, what skills now matter to employers? This is an important question for those of us teaching and for our students….
This Sherwood News article, “The ‘kidulting’ economy is still booming as more grown-ups yearn for playtime,” (September 24, 2025), highlights the surging success of brands…
“OpenAI Wants Brands to Allow Their Mascots to Appear in Gen AI Videos” (The Wall Street Journal, November 4, 2025) should they? OpenAI’s new Sora…
There has been a lot of activity around using AI to help people shop. This space is still emerging, so it could be ripe for…
Here is another brand that many of our students frequent, Taco Bell. AI offers promise for the fast-food industry, which is always looking for ways…
Here are a couple of articles recently published in The Wall Street Journal, that describe travel businesses creating value for customers–and charging them more in…
Athletic apparel and technology resonate with many of our students. Thus, this article from the Wall Street Journal, “The Evolution of the Running Shoe and…