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.
While there are several ways the ad picture for Super Bowl LV will look different than in previous years, counterprogramming is emerging as a winning tactic, thanks to a growing list of brands that have tapped into interest in the big game without spending big on a TV spot. Click Read more…
Coming into Super Bowl week, the Volvo marketing team is pulling off another trick play. The company has promised to give out $2 million of its Swedish machines if anyone scores a safety in the big ball game Sunday. Safety, of course, is the brand’s north star. The message is Read more…
The Singapore Red Cross has recently given its blood donation mascot, Blood Buddy (BB), a makeover. With a more modern and adorable image, BB aims to reach and appeal to a younger generation of blood donors. The rebranding comes off the back of the growing need to engage and advocate Read more…
Ikea is entering the gaming-accessories market with a new product line launching later this year. The Swedish furniture giant said the gaming range includes over 30 products—”gaming desks and chairs, a drawer unit – and accessories – a mug holder, a mouse bungee, a neck pillow, a ring light and Read more…
After two months of fielding criticism from some of Hollywood’s top filmmakers, WarnerMedia executives finally had something to crow about when AT&T CEO John Stankey revealed Jan. 27 that the much-maligned plan to release its films in theaters and on HBO Max had helped to double the streamer’s audience to Read more…
This Valentine’s Day, Kraft is introducing a new mac and cheese that is sweet to say the least. Forget chocolate or strawberries, Kraft is spreading the love with candy-flavored mac and cheese. Click here to read the story at people.com. Discussion Questions: What is seasonal marketing? How might this story Read more…
Coca-Cola’s launch of its soda with coffee is notable for including drone delivery in a stunt campaign that plays off the name of Coffee County, which is about 180 miles away from the company’s headquarters in Atlanta. The tiny robot aircraft have gained more attention since Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder Read more…
Disgruntled Robinhood users this week slammed past marketing campaigns touting mass public access to the stock market after the embattled retail brokerage firm restricted trades involving GameStop and other surging stocks in response to unprecedented volatility. A resurfaced March 23, 2016 post in which Robinhood said to “let the people Read more…
A few weeks before Christmas, San Tan Ford, a dealership in the Phoenix area, invited car buyers to gawk at the Mustang Mach-E, a highly anticipated electric car that Ford Motor recently started selling. The event drew some 200 people, many driving BMWs, Audis, Subarus and other brands San Tan rarely Read more…
McDonald’s is back on track in the U.S. and other key markets but still seeing a sales drag from coronavirus restrictions in other parts of the world. U.S. same-store sales jumped 5.5% in the October-December period, pumped up by new menu items like spicy Chicken McNuggets and a meal deal Read more…