Shopping During COVID-19 Accelerates Changes in Retail
The brick-and-mortar retail business has struggled through the pandemic. With many retailers closed or shoppers simply avoiding them, online retailers benefitted. That has also created…

The brick-and-mortar retail business has struggled through the pandemic. With many retailers closed or shoppers simply avoiding them, online retailers benefitted. That has also created…

Several product categories have seen costs spike during the pandemic. While supply chains get plenty of well-deserved blame, there are more reasons than that. These…

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…

Over the last year, many of us have had conversations with our students about how the pandemic might permanently change consumer behavior. While the short-run…

As regular readers of this blog know, the recently published 17th edition of Essentials of Marketing includes several examples each chapter of companies, brands, or…

It seems like we talk about Amazon a lot here at Teach the 4 Ps. For several reasons Amazon is a great class example. First, it…

As regular readers know, through this blog and the forthcoming 17th edition of Essentials of Marketing (publishing in February 2020) we have taken on the…

Students don’t often think about how Place and choice of distribution channel can differentiate a product or deliver value (often through convenience). And not too…

It’s the start of a new semester and the newest freshman at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA is Pepsi’s new Snackbot. Developed…