Tag Archives: customer expectations

What Would YOU Do If You Won $100,000?

Well, this is not like winning a $100 million lottery. However, it is a good sum of money for [most of] us to have to spend. As marketers, we’d like to know if answers to this question differ by age … Continue reading

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KFC: A Limited Play on Nostalgia and a New $5 Fill-Up Meal

One KFC store recently ran a TV advertisement that harkened back to simpler times and cheaper prices. It’s too bad that only one KFC outlet ran this promotion and only for one day. As reported by JWT Intelligence: “Although gas prices have … Continue reading

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Online Retailing Through the Years

As we have reported before (see, for example: 1, 2), online retailing remains strong both in the United States and around the world. Here is an infographic from SnapParcel, an Ireland-based courier service, that looks at the evolution of E-commerce … Continue reading

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