RBW was a small hamburger chain established in the UK in the early 2000’s. Despite a significant financial investment, professional management, the use of branding consultants, and extensive media coverage, the business did not prove to be viable and closed within a few years.
The original perceptual map for the iPhone, as presented by Steve Jobs at the 2007 iPhone launch, is presented for student discussion, in terms of strategy, positioning, and innovation.
This student exercise uses a YouTube video that shows Steve Jobs announcing the iTunes phone in 2005, two years before the iPhone. It introduces students to strategic alliances, competitive strategy, capabilities, and the new product process.
A role play version for a New Coke case study, where students assume the role of key participants in the decision. An interesting challenge for marketing students.
In this video-based activity, students will review an overview of a marketing launch of a chocolate bar that has been reintroduced into the market in the UK. The video provides a good overview of the launch campaign.
This case study provides students with an interesting insight into PepsiCo’s new product process and some of the challenging decisions that they faced along the way.
In this video-based mini-case, students will review the repositioning efforts of Coca-Cola in Australia with their energy drink branded “Mother Energy”.
This mini case study profiles the successful launch of a new photo printing firm, which has successfully tapped into the new internet and digital world, with an innovated Facebook related photo product.
In this activity, students need to review the recent new product launch results across different firms from a financial perspective and assess how well that their respective launches went.
In 2005, Coca-Cola introduced Coke Zero, a zero calorie version of their flagship product. This product did extraordinary well, but what launch and implementation challenges did they face?
