Marketing Currents is a weekly current events news service that highlights unique and relevant business and marketing campaigns throughout the school year. The questions provided for student discussion will help to create a bridge between industry strategies/trends and the topics you are covering in class.
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Elon Musk has finally closed his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, leaving employees and users wondering what he plans to do with the social media platform. Click here to read the story at businessinsider.com. Discussion Questions: What is entrepreneurship? What do you think makes Elon Musk a successful entrepreneur? Read more…
Panda Express’ orange chicken, the quintessential American Chinese invention that helped bolster a nationwide craze for Chinese takeout, turns 35 on Friday. The ubiquitous restaurant offering, while deceptively simple, marries a host of Chinese regional flavors with American ingredients. Click here to read the story at nbcnews.com. Discussion Questions: What Read more…
Over the past year, Coca-Cola has experimented with bizarre, limited-time flavors and immersive online experiences. Now, it’s setting its sights on adding more varieties of cans, bottles and value packs to offer cash-strapped consumers more options — even if that ultimately means paying more for less. Click here to read the story at cnn.com. Discussion Read more…
Oscar Mayer’s World Vegan Day approach is a less-than conventional means of extending a hand to the vegan population and the growing number of consumers who prioritize sustainability, but it may ironically prove to resonate. Click here to read the story at marketingdive.com. Discussion Questions: What is market segmentation? What Read more…
It seems Uber just isn’t content with letting users travel in peace and awkward silence during their point-to-point trips. The ride-hailing company now plans to advertise to users at every point of a trip from the moment you open the app. Click here to read the story at gizmodo.com. Discussion Read more…
The Toronto Transit Commission’s (TTC) Bloor-Yonge subway station is covered with Alberta is Calling posters, displaying messages about better affordability and job opportunities and strongly encouraging Torontonians to move out west. Click here to read the story at toronto.citynews.ca. Discussion Questions: Why might the Province of Alberta want to encourage Toronto residents Read more…
With consumers increasingly taking to audio content like podcasts, Tostitos developed a sonic brand in an attempt to cut through the noise. Click here to read the story at marketingdive.com. Discussion Questions: What is a brand? What is branding? How would you describe the Frito-Lay brand? What is brand recall? Read more…
In the app, you literally gas people up. That’s why it’s called “Gas.” The social networking app, which was released in August 2022, allows you to compliment your friends in a series of polls, and it is the No. 1 social networking app (as of press time) on Apple’s App Store Read more…
In a mega-deal that could have a huge impact on grocery shopping in America, Kroger and Albertsons announced Friday plans to merge. Click here to read the story at cnn.com. Discussion Questions: What is price as it relates to the marketing mix? Why is price such an important function of Read more…