CM Weekly August 29, 2021 To promote financial literacy among middle school-aged students, Ally Financial recently teamed up with rapper Big Sean and popular computer game Minecraft to create “Fintropolis,” a world within the game that weaves financial lessons into the experience as players navigate through it. And as of this week, it surpassed one…
CM Weekly August 22, 2021 The rumors are true: The print version of the Ikea catalog is no more. The furnishings retailer will publish what it’s describing as a tribute to the iconic book in the fall to commemorate the catalog’s 70th anniversary, but other than that, it has terminated what had been one of…
CM Weekly August 15, 2021 Salesforce released its State of Marketing report this week, featuring insights and trends culled from a survey of 8,200 marketing leaders across the globe. Not surprisingly, digital transformation accelerated by the pandemic factored heavily into the research. But the extent to which the transformation occurred was surprising to the report’s…
CM Weekly August 8, 2021 Popeyes may have started the chicken wars back in the summer of 2019, but now it means to end them. Sort of. The QSR brand, whose chicken sandwich became a massive sensation when it launched two years ago, dropped a new product last month—chicken nuggets—as a declaration of peace and…
CM Weekly AUGUST 1, 2021 Most are familiar with the consumer side of Panasonic’s business, but not necessarily its thriving B2B enterprise in the manufacturing, retail, entertainment and mobility sectors. Like so many others, the company was not immune to the challenges of keeping its business customers engaged during the pandemic. But the marketing insights…
CM Weekly July 25, 2021 The social commerce market in the U.S. will rise by 35.8 percent in 2021 to $36.62 billion, according to an eMarketer forecast. Moreover, about half of users ages 18 to 34 are expected to make at least one purchase via social platforms this year. That’s compelling data for marketers to…
CM Weekly July 18, 2021 Consider this sobering stat: Gartner’s annual CMO Spend Survey released this week, which polled 400 CMO and marketing leaders in North America, the UK, France and Germany, revealed that marketing budgets fell to 6.4 percent of company revenue in 2021, down from 11 percent in 2020. The study suggests that…
