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.
Ocean Spray is giving back after a TikTok video featuring one of their products exploded online. The video, posted by Nathan Apodaca — perhaps better known to some as 420doggface208 — was as simple as it comes: He rides a long board down the road, drinking Ocean Spray, while lip-syncing Read more…
This is a story about a tough decision at Southwest Airlines, and how it differs from the path American Airlines and United Airlines followed. It’s also about what your business can learn from the whole thing. Click here to read the story from inc.com. Discussion Questions: What is competition? Who Read more…
Months of the pandemic have tossed teen brand preferences into a blender, with Piper Sandler’s new “Taking Stock With Teens” report detecting major shifts in how Gen Z feels about brands. Even as Nike and Nike’s Jordan brands continue to reign, newcomers like TikTok, Shein and CeraVe are rising. Click Read more…
Though this year’s Halloween celebrations will be very different, candy companies’ Halloween aspirations aren’t crushed, with candy consumption expected to increase despite a decrease in trick-or-treating, per Numerator. For marketers, there are still opportunities to advertise candy, but campaigns will likely look and feel different this year as consumer behaviors Read more…
Justin Bieber may be the next celebrity to put out a collaboration with Crocs. The pop star shared a photo of a pair of Crocs floating in a swimming pool with the caption “Soon” on Thursday. The Colorado-based footwear maker replied to the post with a green heart emoji. Click Read more…
COVID-19 has changed the way we shop. Even with much of the U.S. back open for business, online sales were still up 40% in August versus the year prior. And Americans have spent $107 billion more online than they had last year by this point. The days of lazily strolling Read more…
Everyone’s gotten germ-conscious these days, which has certainly benefited big soapmaker Procter & Gamble. On Thursday it announced a partnership with Lyft to provide cleaning and disinfection products for drivers as part of the rideshare company’s health and safety program. Click here to read the story from mediapost.com. Discussion Questions: What is Read more…
The Covid-19 pandemic has decimated the tourism industry and recovery will take time, as mass international travel will not return in any significant way any time soon. The pandemic has also irrevocably changed consumer behaviour and spending patterns. This means it is crucial that countries like Singapore work closely with Read more…
There is perhaps nothing more quintessentially American than the fish stick. Where else but in this nation could one freeze processed whitefish into a brick, cut it up into deep-friable strips, and ship it to a landlocked region like Kansas for immediate consumption? Click here to read the story at Read more…
As people seek the comforts of childhood amid a stressful 2020, General Mills is reviving its former cereal formulas and hosting a presentation of the Saturday morning cartoons of yesteryear. Gen Xers and millennials that have now reached middle age are most likely to remember Saturday mornings when programming blocks Read more…