This activity uses KFC’s fried‑chicken–flavored toothpaste (launched in 2025) to explore how novelty products can generate viral buzz, earned media, and support brand positioning. This task helps students with identifying the marketing objectives, consumer behavior triggers, and success behind the use of novelty product brand extensions.
KFC Toothpaste Case Study Review the Teaching Activity
This is a mini case study of brand repositioning using Jaguar’s 2024 strategy. It is a shorter version of the full case study also on this website, Students will analyze their promotional video and their overall rebranding and repositioning strategy. Therefore, this mini case is more suitable for an in-class discussion task, especially around brand and positioning topics.
Jaguar Rebranding Mini Case Study Review the Teaching Activity
In this activity, students consider the tactic of shrinkflation as a suitable and ethical approach to managing price increases. A short news video helps provide several good examples.
Is Shrinkflation a Good Approach to Pricing? Review the Teaching Activity
Do your students agree with KFC’s decision to extend their brand into chicken flavored nail polish? Why/why not?
KFC Edible Nail Polish: Brand Extension Review the Teaching Activity
This task is based on an excerpt from a study on Millennials (Gen Y) – and their view of marketing communication from banks – so how can we reach them?
Communicating to Gen Y Review the Teaching Activity
For this exercise, which is based on Sports Direct (a major UK sports retailer) and the impact of its attractive staff bonus on sales, profitability, and marketing results.
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Staff Bonuses and Internal Marketing Review the Teaching Activity
In this mini-case, students review the efforts of the J.C. Penney department store to more efficiently compete on price, primarily underpinned by a cost-cutting program. But is this the best approach?
J.C. Penney’s Cost-cutting Transformation Review the Teaching Activity
In this exercise, students review the key trends impacting of online retailing on traditional shopping centers and retailers. The challenge is to determine the best way forward for these traditional retailers.
From Bricks and Mortar to Online Retailing Review the Teaching Activity
The student task is to review survey results of attitudes towards moving to a cashless society and identify how retailers will be able to benefit from this emerging opportunity.
Assessing the Impact of Environmental Change Review the Teaching Activity