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Pregnancy Pack: Branding with AdWords
Murray, Meghan; Guinee, Meghan; Weinman, EmilyCase DARDEN-M-0875-EMarketingAfter identifying a need in the market for a simpler way to manage prenatal nutrition, three Darden classmates develop an idea for a subscription e-commerce business that provides a monthly box of nutritionist-approved prenatal snacks, recipes, personal care products, and information for expectant mothers. To determine the best name for their product, the women run Google AdWords campaigns and choose the one that performed best. But was this the ...Starting at €8.20
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Stealing Time: America's Disruption of the Swiss Watch Industry
Van Den Steen, Eric; Stark, AaronCase HBS-718500-EStrategyAfter years of growth, the Swiss watch industry faced an existential crisis. Exports to the US, their primary market, had dropped by more than two thirds over the past five years. Swiss watches were being disrupted by high-quality and affordable American products. The Swiss had to figure out how to respond. No matter the outcome, the year 1876 would prove to be pivotal.Starting at €8.20
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Akamai's Edge (A)
Van Den Steen, EricCase HBS-712455-EStrategyTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. In 2009, Paul Sagan, CEO of Akamai, the leading online content delivery network with a 60% market share, needs to decide how to respond to aggressive entry in its market, whether and how to pursue the explosive growth in online video, and whether to stay with its distributed network model or move towards its competitors' more centralized design.Starting at €8.20
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TechPro Automates Auto Sales
Murray, MeghanCase DARDEN-M-0914-EMarketingThomas Murphy put together an early career doing computer coding, graphic design, and writing e-mail newsletters for car dealers, eventually landing a job managing an 11-person digital marketing department for the second-largest auto dealer in Ireland. He built an online tool to publish new car specials conveniently and update pricing without going into the website pages’ backend. In the case, Murphy decides to break out on his own and creat...Starting at €8.20
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Bananas (A)
Van Den Steen, EricCase HBS-712451-EStrategyTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. As owner and CEO, Wim Van der Borght had grown Bananas in 8 years from a 4.5 million euro company into a 40 million euro group of companies with a range of field marketing activities in Belgium and the Netherlands. The core of the group consisted of two companies - Bananas and Demonstrate - which were operationally completely independent and acted as competitors in the marke...Starting at €8.20
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Tesla Motors
Van Den Steen, EricCase HBS-714413-EStrategyIn mid-2013, Tesla Motors was riding a wave of success: It had launched its first really mass-produced car-the model S-to rave reviews; had recently raised first-year production targets; and had started taking orders for its next car, the Model X. Tesla seemed to be on its way to defying the skeptics and becoming the first US company to enter the car industry with a mass-produced car since WWII and the first to successfully launch a fully electri...Starting at €8.20
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Social Media Marketing
Murray, Meghan; Dunklin, I.S.; Loftus, MatthewTechnical Note DARDEN-M-0908-EMarketingThis technical note describes the history and benefits of social media marketing and discusses the ways in which it differs from traditional marketing. Seven major social media platforms-Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Snapchat, and WhatsApp-are covered in detail, and the authors outline the different techniques that companies can use with each one to uniquely engage with their customers. This technical note is used in a Darden ...Starting at €8.20
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Transformation of Marketing at the Ohio Art Company (B)
Farris, Paul W.; Venkatesan, Rajkumar; Murray, Meghan; Moon, DustinCase DARDEN-M-0838-EMarketingOhio Art shifts its advertising and distribution strategy for a new line of construction toys aimed at adults called nanoblock. Distribution focuses on toy and hobby outlets, avoiding mass merchandisers, but Amazon.com is also stocking and selling the nanoblock line. Digital marketing strategies are being developed for both promotion through Amazon.com and social media. While shifting marketing to new media, management is distracted by the media ...Starting at €5.74
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Under Armour’s Willful Digital Moves
Murray, Meghan; Saghian, MinaCase DARDEN-M-0910-EMarketingIn 2013, Under Armour had $2.3 billion in sales yet only $500 million came from its women’s apparel, and the company was ready to expand into the female market segment. The “I Will What I Want” global women’s marketing campaign was the largest Under Armour had ever run. Founder Keven Plank and his team launched the campaign on a multichannel platform, with social media at its core. The campaign’s success surpassed what Plank had imagined, and he ...Starting at €8.20
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The BlackLivesMatter Movement: Balancing Stakeholders at TechTeen
Murray, MeghanCase DARDEN-BC-0276-EKnowledge and CommunicationAlyssa Harris was the CEO of TechTeen, a Washington, DC, nonprofit. Like many organizations during summer 2020, TechTeen issued a statement supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. A valuable board member expressed concern, threatening to resign over the statement, which escalated discussions among staff and volunteers. The case considers how Harris should manage and respond to these issues. Harris must consider each of her stakeholders, how...Starting at €8.20