Marketing

A man packs groceries separated from the cashier by a plastic sheet

How people around the world are filling their pantries

COVID-19

Leaders around the world have promised their citizens that grocery stores will stay open, even in the places most impacted by the novel coronavirus pandemic. But people are still making sure they have essentials on hand. What does “stocking up” look like for people around the world?

A woman takes tampon boxes out of a supermarket shelf in Buenos Aires January 16, 2015.  

Period apps share your fertility data with Facebook

A glowing Facebook sign hangs above a man in a suit

Facebook is a persuasion platform that’s changing the advertising rulebook

Confederate Flag

Is there a way to ‘re-brand’ the American South for the 21st Century?

Culture
The World

Why We Watch: Television Viewing Hits Record High

A TV plays a soccer match

Why TV audience measurement remains stuck in an analog age

Culture

Our habits are more well-known than ever before: What websites we visit, what products we buy from Amazon, what videos we watched on the Internet. But what we watch on TV remains somewhat of a mystery, with Nielsen ratings the only window into Americans’ viewing habits.

The World

Proctor & Gamble look for rising ‘Tide’ of dry cleaners

Louise Story tells us about Tide-branded dry cleaners will soon be popping up, right next door to your neighborhood mom and pop cleaners…and why the notion of a national dry cleaning chain has never taken off before.

Cadbury chocolate bars

Court says Cadbury can’t keep competitors away from its signature purple color

Cadbury has staked its identity on the color purple. For years, it’s tried to keep competitors from using purple on their wrappers. But no longer. A UK court says Cadbury doesn’t have an exclusive right to the color when it comes to chocolate.

VIDEO: More Limbaugh advertisers cut support, while some businesses get caught in crossfire

Global Politics

A growing number of advertisers on Rush Limbaugh’s syndicated, conservative talk-radio show have pulled the plug. At last count, 11 businesses have decided not to air ads on his program in the wake of his calling Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke a slut.

‘Cash Mobs’ profit locally owned stores

A new phenomenon, called “Cash Mobs,” is spreading across the country, changing the way people view local businesses. Similar to flash mobs, Cash Mobs organize customers to spend money at struggling locally owned businesses to support their community.