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.
Gearing up for a resurgence in travel, Seattle-based Expedia Group is refreshing its flagship Expedia brand with updated features across the company’s mobile app and more than 70 websites. As more people plan and book flights and hotel stays as COVID-19 vaccination rates increase, Expedia wants to be part of Read more…
Marking the second Earth Day to fall during a global pandemic, similarly to last year activations have shifted online in lieu of physical gatherings. The past 12 months have put the environment under tighter focus, with people learning to live more sustainably under Covid-19. And with the pandemic underlining the importance of Read more…
French luxury house Chanel has lost a trademark fight with Huawei Technologies claiming alike brandings. A top European court ruled that their logos do not bear similarities to each other. Click here to read the story at designtaxi.com. Discussion Questions: What is a brand? What is a logo? How do companies protect their Read more…
Gaming can be competitive, but above all it’s emotional. And nothing stirs the hottest, most primitive emotions in gaming like laggy internet. It can make the split-second difference between success and failure. Rage quits are real. The hardware casualties sacrificed to this monster of grief are … incalculable. Click here to Read more…
Subway has worked with vegan grime artists to create a song that uses sounds emitted by plants to celebrate Earth Day. P Money and producers Star.One collected sounds at an urban farm from plants that are used in Subway’s plant-based menu, via PlantWave technology, which detects electrical variations through electrodes Read more…
Patagonia announced that it is “transitioning away” from adding corporate logos to its products. The company has long been a popular choice for high-end corporate apparel. The famous mountain logo is synonymous with a certain level of quality and brand-name recognition. Click here to read the story at magazine.promomarketing.com. Discussion Read more…
Anyone — or anything — can speak on Clubhouse now. Even meat. IHOP is making its debut on the audio-only app by serving up the sounds of bacon cooking all day long on Tuesday via @IHOPofficial on Clubhouse. Click here to read the story at campaignlive.com. Discussion Questions: What is Read more…
Walmart is investing in Cruise, General Motors’ majority-owned self-driving vehicle subsidiary, as part of a new $2.75 billion funding round for the company. The decision to invest comes about five months after the companies started developing a pilot program to use Cruise self-driving vehicles for deliveries in Scottsdale, Arizona. Click here to read the story Read more…
Cheap-chic retailers H&M and Old Navy are moving into Earth Week with a fun take on fashion’s future, following two very different roads. Working with 11-year-old recycling consultant Ryan Hickman, Old Navy is selecting 51 young GoFundMe innovators to back. Click here to read the story at mediapost.com. Discussion Questions: Read more…
In a bid to stand out in a crowded streaming landscape, one of the pioneers has refreshed its design and the way it invites viewers and advertisers to engage with it. Hulu, long a joint venture among multiple media companies but controlled by Disney since 2019, said it was ushering in “One Hulu,” a Read more…