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luxury shopping during a crisis Luxury Shopping During a Crisis: Why We Buy Status Items When Life Falls Apart Megan found out about the layoff on a Thursday, at three in the afternoon. The email subject line read “Team Structure Changes.” She read it three times. She was looking for the word “termination” between the

green marketing tactics The Green Packaging Truth Emily Carter stood in the cleaning aisle. She held two bottles of dish soap. One had plain plastic packaging and an ordinary label. The other was wrapped in moss colored cardboard. It showed a leaf. It said “Eco Conscious. Made for a Better Planet.” The second bottle cost

A Logo That Never Changed Derek owned a chain of seven appliance stores, inherited from his father. The company logo, the signage font, the brand colors had stayed the same for almost twenty five years. The younger staff in the marketing department kept hinting that the brand looked outdated next to competitors with their minimalist

Idea Theft in the Workplace: A True Intern Story Idea Theft in the Workplace: A True Intern Story Idea theft in the workplace is one of those problems nobody wants to admit happens. Then it happens to them. This is the true story of an intern named Olivia. Her one sentence in a brainstorming session

The Product That Was Saved by an Unhappy Customer’s Complaint A Harsh Email One Week Before Launch Megan led the product development team at a company that made a family budgeting app. For a year and a half, her team had been building a major new version, adding automatic expense categorization, spending forecasts, and shared

The Copywriter Who Accidentally Wrote a Competitor’s Slogan When a Perfect Line Turns Out to Already Exist Ryan had worked as a copywriter at a marketing agency for almost five years and took pride in his ability to find the phrase that hit exactly right. Clients often said it was his wording that made a

Why People Don’t Actually Want More Choices ..Jenna stood in front of the olive oil shelf for almost four minutes, though she usually spent no more than twenty on a single shopping trip. Twenty six varieties. She read label after label, compared prices, countries of origin, the phrase “cold pressed,” a handful of certifications that

The Man Who Sold Air.. Jake Sullivan sold his first bottle of water for three dollars, at a time when everyone else was selling theirs for fifty cents. People laughed at him. Right to his face. Water is water, they said. Tap water, bottled water, what’s the difference. Jake didn’t argue. He just watched. He