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Wendy’s: Capitalizing on Emerging Social Media Trends
Fabrizio Di MuroCase IVEY-9B21A018-ELeadership and People Management, MarketingIn late 2020, Wendy’s was an iconic North American fast-food chain with a history of innovation. The corporation’s inventive approach to its promotions was particularly apparent in its use of social media, even more so in its unique management of the company’s Twitter account. In addition to using Twitter to provide customer support and advertise its products in an online setting – two traditional activities conducted by many a business on Twitte...Starting at €8.20
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In-N-Out: A Different Path to Success
Fabrizio Di MuroCase IVEY-9B20A034-EMarketingIn-N-Out was an iconic burger chain that had changed little since it was founded in 1948. The company remained family-owned and had continually resisted going public. The company was only located in seven US states and grew slowly and deliberately in order to ensure that it could continue to offer a high quality product and experience to its customers at low prices. Current CEO Lynsi Snyder was interested in continued growth for In-N-Out, but not...Starting at €8.20
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McDonald's: Can A Behemoth Lead in the Era of Artificial Intelligence - Teaching Note
Fabrizio Di MuroTeaching Note IVEY-8B20A025-EMarketingTeaching note for product 9B20A025.Starting at €0.00
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Mission Impossible: Measuring Social Media Return on Investment
Miranda R. Goode; Daniel SamoshCase IVEY-9B12A015-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn August 2011, the digital strategist at Online Advertisers, a small digital media company (web development, affiliate marketing, and social media management), was faced with finalizing a value proposition for a new social media marketing division, Online Advertisers Social. Online Advertisers was a creativity-driven company. Data and analytic capabilities were generally not the reason why clients worked with Online Advertisers. Online Advertise...Starting at €8.20
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McDonald's: Can A Behemoth Lead in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
Fabrizio Di MuroCase IVEY-9B20A025-EMarketingIn March 2017, the American fast food giant McDonald’s Corporation (McDonald's) launched an ambitious strategic plan, named the Velocity Growth Plan, with the intention of maintaining its dominance over competitors. As part of this strategy, McDonald’s wanted to retain its current customers, regain lost customers, and convert casual customers into more committed customers. To help accomplish these objectives, McDonald’s introduced delivery and mo...Starting at €8.20
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DOUGH T.O: A Sweet Expansion Opportunity
Miranda R. Goode; Shivani PradhanCase IVEY-9B20A082-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn early 2020, the co-founders of DOUGH T.O, an entrepreneurial venture launched in Toronto, Canada, were evaluating several expansion options. Since its founding in 2017, the brand had expanded its edible cookie dough business from its original pop-up moStarting at €8.20
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All or Nothing Brewhouse: Managing Beer Brands
Miranda R. Goode; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B19A015-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingTwo entrepreneur brothers purchased Trafalgar Ales, Meads and Distillery, a brewery with 19 active individual beer brands, each generating a small amount of sales. The brothers' purchase came at a time when they were transitioning from a contract brewer—a brand that outsources the actual production to another firm—to a production brewer. The challenge for the entrepreneurs was to determine how to manage their stable of brands for the future. Traf...Starting at €8.20
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Mixtape Social: Building Brands for Athletes and Companies
Miranda R. Goode; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B19A012-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn February 2018, the founder of Toronto-based Mixtape Social was wondering how to grow his business. He had spent the past two years bootstrapping the two-pronged business, which offered services to help professional athletes build their personal brands and creative advertising and social media campaigns for corporations and other entities. With a roster of professional athletes, including Mitch Marner, one of the top players for the Toronto Map...Starting at €8.20
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Strategic Planning at Apple Inc.
Kyle Murray; Miranda R. Goode; Fabrizio Di MuroCase IVEY-9B09A026-EMarketing, StrategyApple Inc. is one of the world's most successful and most recognizable companies. Over its 30 year existence, the company had seen a lot of changes in the computer industry. What would the future hold for the computer giant in a rapidly changing world? How should the company allocate resources between its more traditional offerings (computers) and its newer products (iPods, iPhones, Apple TV, etc.) in order to maintain and improve its market posi...Starting at €8.20
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Shake Shack: Can an Enlightened Burger Company Steer Away from Beef
Fabrizio Di MuroCase IVEY-W25357-EMarketingShake Shack was a fast, casual restaurant chain with a strong focus and great efforts on sustainability and corporate responsibility. Despite its stated environmental commitments, however, its core product offering-the hamburger-was extremely taxing on thStarting at €8.20