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.
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…
IHOP has been offering pancakes and other breakfast favorites since the restaurant chain opened back in 1958, and that has never changed. Click here to read the story at tastingtable.com. Discussion Questions: How do you think the pandemic impacted the restaurant business? How did the pandemic impact decisions made at Read more…
Critics are calling out Coca-Cola and climate activism event COP27 in Egypt for a branded partnership that it deems is counterintuitive to the meeting’s mission, and meant to “greenwash” Coca-Cola’s reputation for being a major source of plastic waste. Click here to read the story at magazine.promomarketing.com. Discussion Questions: What Read more…
Delta Air Lines, which has watched competitors map future plans with electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft startups, is joining the growing list of airlines looking to make short trips to and from airports faster and easier. Click here to read the story at cnbc.com. Discussion Questions: What is Read more…
Kraft is looking to add its Mac & Cheese to the infamous Big Mac, and the brand has launched a nationwide call-to-action in order to make its way onto the McDonald’s menu. Click here to read the story at thrillist.com. Discussion Questions: What is a marketing stunt? Why would Kraft say they want Read more…
Hollister introduced Share2Pay, a payment solution that lets customers send their shopping carts to other people via SMS text, per the Wall Street Journal. Click here to read the story at insiderintelligence.com. Discussion Questions: What is consumer behavior? Why is it important for businesses and brands to understand consumer behavior? What Read more…
Taco Bell is launching a multi-city breakfast tour as part of its “apology” for creations of breakfast menus past. As part of this campaign, Taco Bell has enlisted Pete Davidson for “The Apology” ad video. In it, Davidson, of Saturday Night Live and celebrity dating bingo fame, eats a Taco Bell Breakfast Crunchwrap. Click here Read more…
The past few years have been tough for Burger King. Missteps during the pandemic caused the chain to lag behind competitors. Click here to read the story at cnn.com. Discussion Questions: What is competition? What is the difference between direct and indirect competition? Who might represent direct competition to Burger King? Who Read more…
Everyone’s favorite Leprechaun-themed breakfast cereal Lucky Charms has partnered with augmented reality (AR) specialists Niantic to launch Journey to the Gems, a new AR mobile game that has you scouring real-world parks in search of “magically delicious charms” hidden throughout the environment. Click here to read the story at vrscout.com. Discussion Questions: Read more…
Some allegedly insider information has set the internet ablaze with ’90s kid nostalgia for an old McDonald’s Halloween promotion—it doesn’t take much to get us all way too excited to start reminiscing about the past, does it? Click here to read the story at thetakeout.com. Discussion Questions: What are marketing trends? What Read more…