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Category: Differentiation

The soda market is flat, but not for Dr Pepper

New York (CNN) In the pantheon of sodas, Dr Pepper is the odd one out: It doesn’t have the popularity or sales of Coca-Cola or Pepsi, you can’t use it in a standard cocktail, and it doesn’t fall neatly into a category like cola or root beer.  Click here to read the story at

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Microsoft Teams now has Solitaire and Minesweeper in a games for work push

Microsoft is adding a bunch of casual games to Microsoft Teams today, months after The Verge exclusively revealed the company’s plans. Click here to read the story at theverge.com. Discussion Questions: What is positioning? Why is positioning an important marketing concept? How would you describe Microsoft’s positioning strategy with its “Teams” product?

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Amazon Will Sell A Kitchen Device That Makes Cheetos Dust

Consumers truly cannot get enough Cheetos – scientifically speaking. In 2020, 5.17 million U.S. consumers put away “eight or more bags” by themselves, via Statista. Click here to read the story at tastingtable.com. Discussion Questions: What is branding? How might Cheetos dust provide an example of branding? According to this story,

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