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.
The nation has long been divided as to which is the best condiment: ketchup or mustard. But the country’s number one ketchup brand is about to launch something that may sway mustard lovers to the other side: an eco-friendly paper bottle. Click here to read the story at eat this.com. Discussion Questions: Read more…
Snack makers released Old Bay Goldfish on Monday — for when sprinkling Maryland’s favorite seasoning on actual fish just isn’t enough. Click here to read the story at baltimore.com. Discussion Questions: Why would Goldfish introduce an Old Bay flavor? Why would Old Bay want to be featured as a Goldfish flavor? What Read more…
Facebook is getting into physical retail for the first time, next month opening its own Meta location to offer its VR headsets and glasses directly to potential buyers as it tries to stoke interest in products vital to its metaverse ambitions. Click here to read the story at business insider.com. Discussion Questions: What is retail? Read more…
The makers of brand-name products such as Tide detergent and Kraft Macaroni & Cheese are bolstering their defenses against store-brand rivals like Walmart’s Great Value products as shoppers’ budgets start to show signs of strain due to persistent inflation. Click here to read the story at nbcnews.com. Discussion Questions: What Read more…
Take that, online travel agencies. The world’s largest hotelier not only drove more direct bookings but also saw strong growth in its loyalty program. Click here to read the story at skift.com. Discussion Questions: What is a brand? What is brand loyalty? What are five examples of hotel brands? Why Read more…
There are ancient traditions, such as the one that indicates that the cereal is eaten with milk. It doesn’t matter if they are corn flakes, rice or wheat, what tradition says is that you have to accompany them with milk, right? Tropicana, the North American manufacturer of fruit drinks, challenges that Read more…
Competition between brands is natural, but few rivalries are as ingrained in culture as the long-standing battle between Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Even people who have sworn off soda may hold an opinion on which label they align with. “Are you Coke or Pepsi?” is a question that frequently appears on personality Read more…
Arizona Beverages’ chairman and co-founder Don Vultaggio knows the value of a relationship. This shrewd understanding, he told TODAY Food in an interview, is why despite recently witnessing inflation rates hit a 40-year high, he’s sold his iced tea drinks at the same exact same price for years. Click here to read the Read more…
It’s first-quarter earnings call season, nerds. These calls offer a cornucopia of data for fast food industry obsessives, highlighting the highs, lows, and tragic failures of the industry on a quarterly basis. Click here to read the story at thetakeout.com. Discussion Questions: From a business perspective, what is a quarter? Read more…
Lemon Perfect founder and CEO Yanni Hufnagel didn’t know it yet, but his hydrating lemon water brand was about to go viral in 2020, all thanks to an unexpected appearance of the Dragon Fruit Mango bottle in the door of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter’s limo. Click here to read the story at techcrunch.com. Read more…