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Soda Wars Summer

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The Ad Age story notes that it will also be supported by TV advertising, social media efforts and a summer-long “experiential” tour. The app will also allow users to record a 15-second “digital lip-sync video” that can be shared on social media using the hashtag #ShareaCoke, the brand told Ad Age.

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The Curious Case For Breaking Up Tech Giants

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And that we should do that not because they’re tax evaders or evil — all things he said they, like all of us, are. That Apple uses its closed ecosystem and the power of its brand to disadvantage others by denying access or imposing frictions on competing services like Spotify. In 2004 in the U.S.,

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11 Lessons From Startup Chapter 11s

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The marketplace blended crowdsourcing and social media to create hype around new inventions; help inventors find partners, funding, and manufacturing resources; and sell their gadgets to major nationwide retailers such as Home Depot and Target. — Ben Kaufman, founder, Quirky. This would be Munchery’s downfall.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

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For Google’s part, it kept releasing its own branded phones under the Nexus brand, partnering with Samsung, Asus, and LG to manufacture these devices, and further eroding the value of the Motorola acquisition. When you’re a powerhouse brand, it can be hard to see that the times are changing. Sears and Kmart.

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When Corporate Innovation Goes Bad — The 116 Biggest Product Failures Of All Time

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Product innovation is one way that large corporations stay competitive in a rapidly changing marketplace, but it doesn’t always work out when big brands attempt innovation. While still in operation, Google+ is hardly anybody’s favorite social network. SPOT Watches, Microsoft (2004). Crystal Pepsi, Pepsi (1992).