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Tag: Brand Management
Chipotle’s Biggest Marketing Campaign to Come in 2017
A little over a year after its food safety crisis, Chipotle Mexican Grill is launching its biggest marketing campaign ever in April 2017.
P&G Revamps Its Marketing Strategy Following Major Brand Divestitures
Having sold over 100 of its brands in just over two years, P&G works to improve its marketing strategy.
Facebook and Google Make Changes Against Fake News: How They’ll Affect Brands and Consumers
Facebook and Google make advertising rule changes to combat fake news.
Marketing Experiences and What it Means for Car Brands
Automobile consumers are now valuing access over ownership, and are especially interested in the experience that cars can provide them with.
Burritos and Beer: Taco Bell to Open First U.S. Location with Alcohol this Summer
As a means to compete with its rivals in the fast casual market, Taco Bell announced earlier this week that it will begin serving alcohol in one of its Chicago locations.
Bud Light Takes its “Up for Whatever” Campaign Too Far
Anheuser-Busch InBev is swarming in criticism stemming from part of its “Up for Whatever” campaign, by BBDO. The company has published 140 scroll messages on its bottles since the campaign’s inception two years ago. One of the messages came under fire last week, “the perfect beer for removing ‘no’ from your vocabulary,” which has been linked to rape culture.
Hulu CEO Announces Strategy for More Focused and Competitive Brand
Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins presented to 2,000 attendees at its NewFront presentation last week. The company announced its plans to created a more focused and competitive brand. Among them are to drop the “Plus” from “Hulu Plus,” stream all nine seasons of Seinfeld, and produce an array of original series in an attempt to join the ranks of its competitors Netflix and Amazon.
A Series of Lawsuits Prompts SeaWorld to Launch Marketing Campaign Emphasizing Killer Whale Care
SeaWorld has faced intense criticism following the 2013 release of Blackfish, a documentary on the controversial captivity on killer whales. More recently, the company is faced with three class action lawsuits in as many weeks, causing SeaWorld to launch a marketing campaign focusing on the care of its killer whales.
“Scent Branding” Makes it Way to Federal Trademark Officials
The Wall Street Journal recently published an interesting article on companies that have tried to trademark aromas, some successfully and others not. In an increasingly cluttered and competitive environment, companies are doing whatever they can […]
