Kristen Charpentier’s first clue was that the voice was too nice. She pulled into a Dairy Queen drive-thru in Cary, North Carolina, and the speaker…
Inside a test kitchen in Omaha, Conagra executives huddled over plastic trays of microwaved eggs, potatoes and sausage, lifting packets of cheese sauce and pouring…
Getting a product onto a Walmart or Target shelf is the part of Place students almost never see. NPR’s Planet Money just recorded it. For…
One note before the story. This article involves compulsive spending, a drained retirement account, and a marriage that ended over it. Compulsive spending and gambling…
The Daydream app allows shoppers to use natural language to find fashion. You and your students can read about it in “AI shopping is coming…
Why are grocery prices so high? The Daily, the New York Times podcast, spent 40 minutes inside a grocery store answering that question (“Why Are…
I have been vibecoding with Claude. What is vibe coding? It is a way to create software, websites, or apps using everday language that prompts…
Many of our students enjoy eating out, especially at fast food restaurants. Therefore, you can expec YouGov’s Best Bites 2026: U.S. Restaurant Brand Rankings to…
Two recent Wall Street Journal articles offer marketing instructors a timely window into one of the most significant shifts in consumer behavior and retail strategy…