The Battle for Your Toilet Paper Is On

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Description: Pandemic shortages gave eco-friendly toilet paper brands a boost. One reason it may last: They’re figuring out softness. (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Mar 29, 2022 Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2022-03-29/the-battle-for-your-toilet-paper-is-on-video Questions for discussion: How does the report characterize the competitors in this industry? What are the advantages and disadvantages related to eco-friendly toilet… Read more »

Apple reportedly cuts production of its new iPhone SE by 20%

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Description: Apple is scaling back production of its new budget iPhone SE due to weaker-than-expected demand, Nikkei Asia reported Monday. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Mar 28, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/28/apple-reduce-production-budget-iphone-se-china.html Questions for discussion: What are the possible explanations presented in this report that explains the reduction in output? Which are the marketing issues and what should the firm be… Read more »

A Plastic Bag’s 2,000-Mile Journey Shows the Messy Truth About Recycling

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Description: When the British supermarket chain Tesco Plc first started ­collecting plastic bags and wrappers from customers to be recycled in March 2021, Caroline Ragueneau was thrilled. She was working as a retail assistant at a Tesco store in southwest England when the first white deposit boxes appeared, promising to turn what’s typically discarded back… Read more »

How a combined HBO Max and Discovery+ will change the AVOD landscape

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Description: As Disney+ prepares to open its platform to ads, Warner Bros. Discovery’s new offering will immediately become one of the bigger players in the growing OTT market. Source: MarketingDive.com Date: Mar 16, 2022 Link: https://www.marketingdive.com/news/how-a-combined-hbo-max-and-discovery-will-change-the-avod-landscape/620440/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%20Weekly%20Roundup:%20Marketing%20Dive:%20Daily%20Dive%2003-19-2022&utm_term=Marketing%20Dive%20Weekender Questions for discussion: What is happening in the streaming business, as reported in the article? What does this mean… 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 »

Nike sees signs of recovery in China, which could be a good omen for other retailers

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Description: Glimmers of hope for Nike in China could be good news for other retailers with big business in the region, as companies contend with a prolonged pandemic recovery and global unrest. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Mar 22, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/22/nike-recovers-in-china-potential-good-omen-for-retailers.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.Mail Questions for discussion: What does the report suggest is happening and why is it… 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 »

Warehouses Transform N.Y.C. Neighborhoods as E-Commerce Booms

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Description: The region is home to the largest concentration of online shoppers in the country. The facilities, key to delivering packages on time, are reshaping neighborhoods. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Mar 16, 2022 Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/nyregion/ecommerce-warehouses-nyc.html? Questions for discussion: What is happening in the NYC area and why? What are the benefits and drawbacks? Are there alternatives… Read more »

These strawberries were grown in a New Jersey warehouse — and they may revolutionize how Americans eat

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Description: KEARNY, New Jersey — Inside of a warehouse in this factory town neighboring Newark, thousands of strawberries grow in rows beneath bright lights. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Mar 15, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/15/bowerys-vertical-farming-strawberries-go-on-sale-in-new-york-.html Questions for discussion: What are the competitive advantages and disadvantages for this type of agriculture? What sort of customers would… Read more »

Tesla bull says approval of Berlin Gigafactory removes major overhang on the stock

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Description: A “major overhang” on Tesla’s stock has been removed after German authorities said the carmaker could start production at a new factory in Berlin, according to Wedbush analyst Dan Ives. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Mar 07, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/07/tesla-berlin-gigafactory-approval-removes-major-overhang-on-the-stock.html Questions for discussion: What is so significant about this announcement for the company production plans and the… Read more »