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.
McDonald’s is giving customers early access to its new chicken sandwich set to make its national debut next week, but there’s a catch: You have to win something of a lottery. The company will start selling a limited-edition “capsule” starting at noon ET on Thursday on CHKNDrop.com. Click here to read Read more…
P&G’s plan to open a barbershop inspired by Old Spice is a way to directly engage consumers with the men’s grooming brand, while also marking a return of experiential marketing efforts that had been suspended during the pandemic’s earlier days. Many barbershops closed temporarily last year amid concerns about the transmission of Read more…
When Francis Davidson was wrapping up his first year of college at McGill University in 2012, the then 19-year-old philosophy and economics major wanted to make some extra cash, so he rented out his apartment for the summer. Click here to read the story at cnbc.com. Discussion Questions: What is Read more…
Krispy Kreme is commemorating the historic landing of NASA’s Perseverance Rover on Mars with a special doughnut. The Mars Doughnut looks like the red planet and will only be available Thursday, while supplies last. It’s filled with chocolate creme, dipped in caramel icing with a red swirl and has chocolate cookie crumbs Read more…
Bitcoin has suddenly rocketed higher, climbing almost 5% over the last 24 hours to highs of $53,750 on the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange. The latest bitcoin price rise, coming just days after the cryptocurrency broke through the closely-watched $50,000 level, means the combined value of the 18.6 million bitcoin tokens in circulation Read more…
DoorDash and Shake Shack are pooling their resources for a nostalgia-themed campaign as couples celebrate the first Valentine’s Day of the COVID-19 pandemic era. Millions of people are avoiding restaurants and bars, many of which are operating at limited capacity because of local restrictions, making Valentine’s Day a homebound occasion Read more…
Loneliness among the elderly is on the rise, with one in three suffering from it. Age U.K. finds that a million older people go a month or more without speaking to anyone, and isolation has only gotten worse since Covid-19. Microsoft’s Xbox is seeing what it can do to help. Read more…
Visit Orlando has unveiled a $2.2 million marketing campaign called, “The Wonder Remains.” Instead of targeting visitors worldwide, the campaign is aimed at the southeastern United States, specifically states within driving distance of Florida. Click here to read the story at orlandosentintel.com. Discussion Questions: Who is Visit Orlando? Why is Read more…
Valentine’s Day celebrates those who fill our hearts with sweet feelings. This year, at a time when many are apart from family and friends, Krispy Kreme is helping fans share love and appreciation for friends, neighbors, teachers, BFFs and others with heart-filled “Dough-Notes.” Krispy Kreme’s new “Dough-Notes” are a custom Valentine’s Day dozen box Read more…
Scrapped shoots, delayed launches, ever-shifting budgets, Zoom this, Zoom that. These challenges have really pushed marketers creatively, leading to some incredible work on Twitter. From epic watch parties to crucial campaign pivots, marketers brought all the feels and really got to the heart of what Twitter’s all about – connecting Read more…