Play-Doh Grows Up (Again) — A Segmentation Case Study
Hasbro is taking another run at adult Play-Doh, and this time it’s betting on flowers instead of lattes (see “Hasbro’s ‘Aging Up’ Strategy Continues With…

Hasbro is taking another run at adult Play-Doh, and this time it’s betting on flowers instead of lattes (see “Hasbro’s ‘Aging Up’ Strategy Continues With…

Morning Consult is a marketing research firm and I am on its email list. A recent email (May 6, 2026), “Our Best Intel: Google Gemini,”…

Price can feel like a dry topic, especially when it comes to determining the best price. But price has so many interesting angles, we just…

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…

I’ve just released a free eBook, Teaching Marketing in the Age of AI, written for college instructors who are wrestling with the same questions I…

One of the features in the Essentials of Marketing Instructor’s Manual is our YouTube Video Links. These were previously called YouTube PowerPoints because each link…

In early February 2026, McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski posted a short video to his Instagram account showing himself tasting the chain’s new Big Arch burger….

This article from the BBC, “How UK plush toy Jellycat conquered China” (January 3, 2026) is worth a little playing around. When I first discovered…

Let’s catch up on some marketing news. As you might guess, I tend to scan a lot of news sources. I collect a lot of…