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.
Few people love car dealerships. They’re stressful and sprawling, and it’s hard to shake the feeling that someone is getting a raw deal. Click here to read the story at wired.com. Discussion Questions: What is this news story about? Why is place an important component of the marketing mix? How might this Read more…
Popeyes might have created the crispiest print campaign ever in magazine spreads that replicate the distinctive crunch of the chain’s fried chicken. Click here to read the story at musebycl.io. Discussion Questions: What is OOH advertising? Why do companies spend money on OOH advertising? What are benefits to OOH advertising? Read more…
Many a time, you’ll find a lone bottle cap lying around. This is litter Coca-Cola wishes to clear from streets and shorelines, so it’s revamped its plastic bottles in the UK to have lids that adhere to the packaging—enabling the entire unit to be recyclable in one piece. Click here to Read more…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A major international company is leveraging its tech platform and the data it has amassed on consumers to drive revenue for advertisers. Click here to read the story at costar.com. Discussion Questions: What is advertising? What is data as it relates to Read more…
At some point during the past two-plus years, it seems like all of us dipped our toes (or nos orteils or le dita dei piedi) into Duolingo, the free language app that allows you to learn more than 40 different languages, and periodically disappoint its cartoon owl mascot in the process. Click here to read Read more…
Old Navy set out to make clothes shopping more inclusive for women of all body types. It ended up with too many extra-small and extra-large items and too few of the rest, a mismatch that frustrated customers and contributed to falling sales and a management shake-up. Click here to read Read more…
Jimmy John’s on Tuesday became the latest restaurant chain to invite guests to interact with the brand in the metaverse. Click here to read the story at nrn.com. Discussion Questions: What is the metaverse? Why are brands interested in the metaverse? Can you think of any other examples of brands Read more…
In what CEO Brian Chesky calls “the biggest change to Airbnb in a decade,” the home rental company introduced a sitewide makeover Wednesday that makes it easier to find offbeat and niche properties. Click here to read the story at axios.com. Discussion Questions: Why is summer an important time of Read more…
Feeling a bit cheated when you look down at your plate? It’s not just a figment of your imagination—portions at U.S. restaurants are indeed getting smaller. Call it shrinkflation: when sizes shrink, but you’re paying the same price, or sometimes even more, for the meal or product. Click here to read Read more…
Disney added 7.9 million new subscribers to its Disney Plus streaming service during the first three months of 2022, the company announced in its Q2 earnings report on Wednesday. Click here to read the story at theverge.com. Discussion Questions: What is competition? What is the difference between direct and indirect competition? Read more…