Cracker Barrel’s bold 2025 logo redesign sparked a wave of backlash, investor concern, and a rapid return to its traditional “Old Timer.” This case study explores what happens when heritage branding collides with modernization. Perfect for sparking student discussion about brand ownership, nostalgia, and the risks of rebranding.
Cracker Barrel Logo Change Case Study Review the Teaching Activity
This classic case study – the “Run Like a Girl” campaign – provides students with insights into how authentic storytelling and social advocacy can transform brand communication. They will explore how brands can successfully shift from product-focused messaging to engaging with social issues by using authentic storytelling.
Classic Case Study: Run Like a Girl Review the Teaching Activity
This is a MINI case study version of the Classic Case Study Run Like a Girl campaign, also available on Great Ideas. This one is more suitable for shorter in-class use and focuses more on the marketing and brand aspects of the campaign.
Run Like a Girl Mini Case Study Review the Teaching Activity
In this activity, students will explore the concept of demarketing and its application to managing overtourism in popular destinations. Students will analyze real-world examples of strategies used by governments, tourism boards, and local communities to limit tourist numbers and their impacts.
Using Demarketing for Overtourism Review the Teaching Activity
In this task, students review, discuss, and/or debate mini ethical and social dilemmas relating to common marketing practices. Great for in-class discussions and debates, as well as exploring marketing ethical challenges in a practical manner.
More Marketing Ethics Debate Topics Review the Teaching Activity
This activity challenges students to evaluate whether a pet food company should limit its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts to internal operations or actively promote them as part of its brand identity, by considering the potential risks, rewards, and alignment with target market preferences. Students will analyze arguments presented in a manager’s meeting and weigh the pros and cons before making a recommendation.
Is DEI a Brand Management Issue? Review the Teaching Activity
In this activity, students work in groups to create tailored fundraising campaigns designed to appeal to one specific donor profile. Each campaign will look to address the unique motivations and behaviors of the market segment while seeking to maximize engagement and, of course, long-term donations. and ongoing support.
Targeting Charity Donation Segments Review the Teaching Activity
This debate activity explores whether a humorous anti-drink-driving campaign can lead to meaningful behavior change or if it primarily generates attention. Students will review the case study and a focus group discussion to understand differing perspectives before forming groups to debate the topic. It is a variation of another teaching activity of Using Humor Appeals for a Social Marketing Cause.
Debate: Using Humor Appeals for Behavioral Change Review the Teaching Activity
This activity examines a hypothetical drink driving campaign that sought to use humor to create awareness and modify behavior, rather than using a traditional fear appeal associated with anti drink and drive messaging. Your students will evaluate the campaign’s likely effectiveness and the ethical considerations of using a humor appeal for a serious social change message.
Using Humor Appeals for a Social Marketing Cause 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