From green ketchup to Colgate lasagna: Companies’ biggest product failures
It is always fun to show students product failures. Especially like those shown here. I think intuition alone would tell most of us that these…
It is always fun to show students product failures. Especially like those shown here. I think intuition alone would tell most of us that these…
As we point out in Chapter 3, marketing context, including the broader cultural and social environment can bring about threats or opportunities. As Millennials (those born…
We generally focus posts on clever, interesting, and/or effective marketing news but this post is all about marketing failures. Marketing Dive recently posted an article…
Tom Fishburn recently ran this Marketoonist comic which hits close to home, particularly during holiday season. We teach students the importance of making market-based decisions…
Americans are crazy about Halloween and that works out great for costume companies, candy manufacturers, decoration providers, and of course the retailers that carry those…
Brick-and-mortar retailers like Target, Wal-Mart, and Best Buy have been struggling to find ways to stay relevant in the new Amazon age. After trying to…
Luxury goods can facilitate good discussions when talking about consumers and their buying behavior. If you’re looking for a current topic to use when talking…
Amazon is a retail juggernaut. Last year the company was responsible for 5% of total US retail sales (online and offline). Their growth and expansion…
Brands partner with other brands all the time for various reasons. One motivator is to help improve your brand preference. By associating with another brand…