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The day after Thanksgiving has long been a retailing dream, known widely as Black Friday (to signal the day that …
Is Black Friday Good for Business or Bad for Employees—Or Both?
20 Friday Nov 2015
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No More Smokes at CVS, Part III: The Tobacco Controversy Continues
14 Wednesday Jan 2015
Posted in Chapter 04: Marketing Ethics
When an Online Deal Isn’t Such a Great Deal: Variable Pricing Methods
12 Monday Jan 2015
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Price discrimination sounds terrible, but it is ubiquitous in practice, in the form of coupons, senior discounts, and early bird …
When Marketing Becomes Lobbying, What Rules Apply?
27 Thursday Nov 2014
Posted in Chapter 04: Marketing Ethics
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Lobbying is a common practice in modern electoral politics, and when consumer product companies engage in it, it appears very …
No More Smokes at CVS, Part II: Ensuring that the Drug Store Is Also a Health Care Provider
13 Thursday Nov 2014
Posted in Chapter 04: Marketing Ethics
How a Faulty Gearbox Changed Volkswagen’s Entire Approach to China
09 Thursday Oct 2014
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When China’s central television agency CCTV revealed in an expose that Volkswagen cars being sold in the country contained faulty …
Underwear for Regular Guys, Modeled by Sort-of Regular Guys
13 Friday Sep 2013
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Before he was a well-known, popular actor—even before his short-lived rap career really took off—Mark Wahlberg gained a name for …
Clicking through to a Real Bang: The Sale of Firearms Through Video Game Links
09 Monday Sep 2013
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The introduction of new versions of the hottest video games often rely on a companion website. Perhaps that site provides …
Affirming Trademarks, or Honoring History: The Battle of Borghese Inc. Versus the Borghese Family
26 Monday Aug 2013
A rose by any other name might still smell nice, but when an Italian noble family licenses its name to …
The Other Victims of the Wiretapping Scandal? Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook, YouTube….
26 Monday Aug 2013
