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For many modern consumers, the only cable they want to worry about is the one that connects their wireless router …
26 Saturday Jan 2013
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For many modern consumers, the only cable they want to worry about is the one that connects their wireless router …
06 Tuesday Nov 2012
If you and a friend visit your local Safeway store—same day, same time, same store—you may be surprised by something …
05 Monday Mar 2012
Posted in Chapter 01: Overview of Marketing, Chapter 02: Developing Marketing Strategies, Chapter 06: Consumer Behavior, Chapter 09: Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning, Chapter 11: Product Branding and Packaging Decisions, Chapter 12: Developing New Products, Chapter 14: Pricing Concepts for Establishing Value
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Customers are ready! Proctor & Gamble is confident that consumers will embrace a new innovation in laundry detergent—even though previous …
01 Wednesday Feb 2012
Jim Sinegal, Costco’s 76 year old CEO, announced that he is retiring in January and will be replaced with Costco …
17 Tuesday Jan 2012
The economy is not the only thing that is fragile right now, so is the consumer. Economists say that consumers …
16 Monday Jan 2012
Posted in Chapter 03: Social and Mobile Marketing, Chapter 11: Product Branding and Packaging Decisions, Chapter 13: Services: The Intangible Product, Chapter 14: Pricing Concepts for Establishing Value, Chapter 15: Strategic Pricing Concepts, Chapter 19: Advertising, Public Relations and Sales Promotions
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Brick-and-mortar retailers that compete directly with online retailers face a couple of key challenges. First they have to find …
15 Sunday Jan 2012
Posted in Chapter 04: Conscious Marketing, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Ethics, Chapter 05: Analyzing the Marketing Environment, Chapter 06: Consumer Behavior, Chapter 07: Business-to-Business Marketing, Chapter 14: Pricing Concepts for Establishing Value, Chapter 15: Strategic Pricing Concepts, Chapter 16: Supply Chain Management
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It seems like everyone is doing it—buying an e-reader, that is. The market has grown so much and so fast …
04 Friday Nov 2011
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CPG, economy, layaway, Private label, recession, trade down, Walmart
In the heart of the recent recession, no one was surprised when consumers chose more lower priced alternatives, especially for …
04 Tuesday Oct 2011
Apparel and accessories accounted for 20 percent of Target’s annual sales last year. Unlike many other big box and discount …
02 Sunday Oct 2011