Posts Categorized: Relationship Marketing

Baseball Is Dying. The Government Should Take It Over.

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Description: Opening day of the Major League Baseball season, which falls on Thursday after being delayed for a week by a labor dispute, is as good an occasion as any for fans of the game to come to terms with certain hard facts. I am talking, of course, about the inevitable future in which professional… Read more »

Loblaws bringing Frito-Lay chips back to shelves, ending months-long pricing dispute

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Description: Canadian grocery chain cut off in February after it refused to raise costs Source: Loblaws will start restocking Frito-Lay products on Monday, ending a months-long absence due to a pricing dispute between the companies, CBC News has confirmed. Date: Apr 09, 2022 Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/loblaws-fritolay-1.6414736 Questions for discussion: What do you believe were the driving factors that helped… Read more »

Jenny Blake On How To Love Your Work – This Week’s Six Pixels of Separation Podcast

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Description: Time is not money. Time is life force. This is the core of Jenny Blake‘s powerful new book, Free Time – Lose The Busywork, Love Your Business. Jenny is an author and podcaster (and friend) who loves helping people navigate change and free time to do more of their best work. Jenny is the author of… Read more »

She Was a Candidate to Lead Levi’s. Then She Started Tweeting.

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Description: Jennifer Sey left Levi’s after her advocacy against school closures and mask mandates for children gained attention. She says it’s a matter of free speech. The company disagrees. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Mar 29, 2022 Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/25/business/levis-jen-sey.html Questions for discussion: What are the marketing issues related to this story? How has the brand been affected,… Read more »

Traffic is the most important attribute for retail media networks

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Description: Retailers are getting into the digital advertising business at a furious pace. Our first ever US retail media networks benchmark report evaluates digital ad buyers’ perceptions of 11 leading retail media networks and how they perform along 13 attributes. Source: eMarketer.com Date: Mar 14, 2022 Link: https://www.emarketer.com/content/traffic-most-important-attribute-retail-media-networks?ecid=NL1009 Questions for discussion: What does the research say… Read more »

Fortnite owner Epic Games raises $36M to support Ukraine

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Description: The creators of the popular online video game Fortnite have raised more than $36 million US in a single day, after promising to send all the money raised from sales of a new version of the game to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine. Source: CBC.ca Date: Mar 23, 2022 Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/fortnite-ukraine-1.6392384 Questions for discussion:… Read more »

Toronto, the Quietly Booming Tech Town

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Description: For all the excitement around places like Austin and Miami, the biggest tech expansion has been in Canada’s largest city. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Mar 21, 2022 Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/21/technology/toronto-tech-boom.html Questions for discussion: Explain what is happening in Toronto and how the city is managing to draw IT developers. What does this report suggest to other… Read more »

Adidas announces new network that will allow more than 50,000 student-athletes to be paid ambassadors

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Description: Adidas announced Wednesday a new “name, image and likeness” network that will be open to student-athletes at NCAA Division 1 Adidas-sponsored schools.The new program will allow more than 50,000 students across 23 sports at 109 schools the ability to become paid spokespeople for the brand. Source: CNBC.com Date: Mar 23, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/23/adidas-announces-new-network-that-will-allow-more-than-50000-student-athletes-to-be-paid-ambassadors-.html Questions for… Read more »

Macy’s is overhauling its website and retraining employees in a bid to be your personal stylist

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Description: Macy’s is preparing to overhaul its website and train some of its workforce to be personal stylists, in a bid to win more customers searching for the latest fashion trends, the department store chain announced Tuesday. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Mar 15, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/15/macys-overhauls-its-website-and-trains-personal-stylists-.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the key marketing changes… Read more »

Meta finds a fitness pipeline in the Apple ecosystem

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Description: The news: The metaverse will finally meet Apple’s walled garden when Oculus Quest 2 headset users receive an update that lets them send their workout data to Apple’s Health app. Source: eMarketer.com Date: Mar 14, 2022 Link: https://www.emarketer.com/content/meta-finds-fitness-pipeline-apple-ecosystem Questions for discussion: Summarize the highlights in this report. What does this mean for the companies involved? How can marketers used this development?