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Germany Takes Action Against Hate Speech Across Social Media

Users of social media platforms have really started to lose faith in social media platforms. The country of Germany is taking serious action against bullies on social media. They have implemented a new law that regulates social media platforms, ensuring that hate speech has been removed after receiving notice in a set period of time. […]

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Global Marketing Intelligence

Marketing Intelligence is a strategy that is used by many organizations in order to predict the market trends in the future as well as the ones going on. It is becoming quite popular nowadays and every company is employing this tool to analyze different business areas such as competition, products, customer insights and other market […]

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Will the Generation Born into the Age of Social Media be the End of it?

As a millennial, I often hear from older generations that the world was so much better when young people weren’t so absorbed with their phones. In addition to killing chain casual dining, napkins, and cereal (see Business Insider for a comprehensive list) millennials are also said to have killed intimate conversations and eye-contact. To Generation Z, […]

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Reaching Consumers of Different Generations

The other day I came across an interesting article about how different age groups react to different types of marketing strategies. I belong to the millennial generation and personally, I find all my information and advertisements through social media and sometimes, the television. I thought I would do some more research and share the information […]

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Instagram Shopping Available to 8 New International Markets

In 2016 Instagram, a photo, video & story sharing platform, tested a feature which allowed business accounts to upload a photo and then tag the photo so users could click to access the product. The feature didn’t officially launch to businesses in the US till 2017 and now Instagram’s Shopping feature has been made available […]

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New Creative Director Changes Burberry

Burberry has been a brand well known around the world as a high end designer brand. For the past 17 years, Christopher Bailey had been the creative director. However, effective March 31, 2018, Bailey will no longer be the creative director. Burberry took this as a window for more opportunity to improve their megabrand globally […]

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Why aren’t Chinese Car Companies coming to the US?

AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE As an American with a view of the US car market filled with brands from around the world, the most noticeable absences from this market is a major Chinese brand. The vehicles sold in the US coming from the US market our held with high value, quality, and prestige. The ability for Chinese car […]

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Bringing Netflix to South Africa – Challenges with Consumer Adaption

Netflix is revolutionizing the way that people around the world view television. As part of the entertainment industry, Netflix provides users with unlimited access to a variety of shows and movies, including their own original content. Since its origins in the U.S. in 1997, the market has become highly saturated and cannot sustain continued growth. […]