The Ethics of Skin Whitening Products
Skin whitening products are used to lighten people’s skin color. Some of us white folks in the United States may be unaware of the widespread…
Chapter 09
Chapter 08 | Chapter 09 | Legal | Product
Swiss Court Ruling Protects Lindt’s Chocolate Bunnies
Building strong brand preference is the goal of most many marketing managers. Unfortunately, after that happens, competitors may seek to hitch their own brand to…
#M4BW | Chapter 02 | Chapter 03 | Chapter 09 | Chapter 12 | Chapter 19
TrendWatching for Purpose-Driven Innovation
I really enjoy getting my weekly email from Trendwatching. What is TrendWatching, let them answer that question: “TrendWatching is a purpose-driven trend firm, inspiring business professionals to…
It isn’t only Google and Facebook that tracks customers for advertising purposes…
Online music streaming service Spotify believes that it can someday become one of the advertising powerhouses. But like its rivals in the advertising business, Google…
#M4BW | Chapter 01 | Chapter 09 | Chapter 10 | Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 | Chapter 19 | Place | Sustainability | Video
Seattle’s Zero-Emissions Last-Mile Delivery Hub
Earlier this month, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its latest report on the climate. It was not encouraging and clearly points…
World Changing Ideas – New Product Development at Its Finest (#M4BW)
I always enjoy Fast Company‘s innovation issues. This year’s “World Changing Idea Awards honor the businesses and organizations driving change in the world.” There is always…
#M4BW | Chapter 09 | International | Product
“Jugaad” frugal innovation for new product development (#M4BW)
This short article, “Corporate America must learn to innovate frugally to get through the coronavirus crisis,” (Fast Company, March 27, 2020) provides some great tips…
New Produce Development (again)
I heard this great story, “The $100 Million Apple” on the NPR Planet Money podcast (November 25, 2019). The story walks you through new product development…
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…