TJ Maxx’s stores have been popular in the pandemic with shoppers looking to score bargains on designer brands — but it’s been raising prices on some of those upscale products. Click here to read the story at cnn.com. Discussion Questions: What is pricing? Why is pricing an important component of Read more…
That classic Fisher-Price toy rotary phone is getting a modern upgrade. The toy company announced Tuesday it will launch a version of its Chatter Telephone capable of taking real phone calls. The phone is available for pre-order at BestBuy.com while supplies last for $60, about six times more than the Read more…
Playtime has been moving online for years now. In January 2020, the CDC reported the following screen time statistics: US children between 8-10 spend an average of 6 hours per day in front of a screen US children between 11-14 spend an average of 9 hours per day in front Read more…
Over the past couple of months, Allison, a wife and mother of a toddler and teenager in Chicago, says she’s been spending about $50 more each week on groceries to feed her family — and that’s at a discount supermarket chain, Aldi’s. Click here to read the story at nypost.com. Read more…
Dollar Tree, the last of the big dollar-store chains selling items for $1 or less, on Tuesday said it was officially “breaking the buck” by adding $1.25 and $1.50 price points in some stores. Click here to read the story at insider.com. Discussion Questions: What is pricing? Why is pricing Read more…
“Alexa, ask Astro to come in here.” I’m sitting on a couch in a simulated living room at Amazon’s Lab126 product R&D lab in Sunnyvale, California. Amazon VP of products Charlie Tritschler, who has been describing the company’s new home robot to me, is summoning the bot from another room, Read more…
While most companies struggled early in the pandemic, Peloton was increasing its forecasts. Now, the connected-fitness pioneer is doing the opposite. In its Q4 earnings call, the company posted a $313.2m loss, and a lower-than-expected forecast for Q1 2022. So what happened? Click here to read the story at thehustle.co Read more…
End your family’s summer in a legendary way with a stay at the NERF House on Vrbo! Hasbro, Inc. and the iconic NERF brand join forces with Vrbo to bring the world of NERF to life in an action-packed lake house, available for a lucky family to score starting Sept. Read more…
With vaccines promising a soon-coming return to normal travel and office commutes, telehealth company Ro, parent company of direct-to-consumer men’s health brand Roman, has started reinvesting in subway ads. Like most brands at the beginning of pandemic lockdown, Ro paused out-of-home advertising for months. Click here to read the story Read more…
If it feels like you’ve seen the Starbucks Iced Brown Sugar Oat Milk Shaken Espresso drink everywhere lately, even though it came out months ago, it isn’t without reason. It turns out the coffee chain is trying to push its newer, fancier iced drinks onto customers in order to make up for Read more…