AI Assistant Showdown: What You and Your Students Should Know
With so many AI assistants flooding the market, it’s tough to keep track of what each one actually does well—and what sets them apart. This…
Year: 2025
- Chapter 08 | Chapter 09 | Chapter 17 | Chapter 18 | Price | Product
Perfect Price Points: How Brands Like PepsiCo and Estée Lauder Are Rewriting Value
This short but informative WSJ article highlights how brands across industries—from cosmetics to snacks to household goods—are rethinking their pricing strategies in response to falling…
A few articles on AI and Marketing
No, it is not your imagination, Teach the 4Ps posts a lot about AI and marketing. There are a couple of reasons for this. First,…
- Chapter 05 | Chapter 07 | Chapter 09 | Consumer behavior | Market research | New-product development | Product
Toothbrush Tech: Creating Customer Value in the Oral Care Market
This WSJ article offers a fascinating look at Colgate-Palmolive’s relentless pursuit of the “perfect toothbrush,” led by Eduardo Jiménez, Director of Technology. With over 239…
AI and Advertising – It’s a “Brand New World”
I have been listening to the new Fast Company podcast “Brand New World.“ It is fascinating. I have long enjoyed the host, Jeff Beer, and…
- Artificial Intelligence | B2B | Chapter 03 | Chapter 06 | Chapter 12 | Chapter 16 | Place | Promotion
B2B Marketing in 2025: What the Latest Data Tells Us
Right now I am revising Essentials of Marketing. During that process, I run across a lot of articles like “The 39 Crucial B2B Marketing Statistics…
Purpose-Driven Marketing: When it Works and When it Backfires
I am pleased to share a recent Harvard Business Review article “Are Your Company’s Purpose Initiatives Working?” which I co-authored with my colleagues Chris Blocker…
- Chapter 03 | Chapter 12 | Chapter 17 | Price
Price and Tariffs – What happens next?
With tariffs in the news–and on-again, off-again application, it seemed like it might be a good time to address this topic in class. Of course,…
- Advertising | Artificial Intelligence | Chapter 11 | Chapter 13 | Chapter 15 | Chapter 16 | Place | Promotion
The AI-Powered Future of Coca-Cola: From Personalized Ads to Smart Inventory
With the growth of AI, it helps to read interviews with leaders. A couple of weeks ago we featured an interview with the digital manager…
