Teaching Note for product 9B16A015.

In 2014, Kraft Foods Canada was working on an action plan for Kraft Singles, the company’s brand of processed cheese slices. Although the product had been targeted at Canadian families for decades, Kraft Singles needed to be repositioned toward Canadian millennial moms (those born between 1980 and 2000). The company faced three dilemmas. How should Kraft Canada make the brand messaging of Kraft Singles compelling to Canadian millennial moms? What .....more

More than a decade after its launch, DonorsChoose.org is a successful, well-known and well-regarded charitable organization that supports U.S. public schools. Yet in the years since the organization’s inception, the charity environment has changed, leading the organization’s chief marketing officer to investigate how to further clarify the brand in a shifting space. The case centres on findings delivered by a branding agency regarding a possible change .....more

Teaching note for product 9B15A050.

Teaching note for product 9B15A032.

NJOY, Inc., an electronic-cigarettes enterprise based in Phoenix, Arizona, conducted some Experiential Concept Tests (ETCs) on a sample size of 215 panelists. The sample included a mix of gender, age, education and income. It also included a mix of users and non-users of electronic cigarettes. In light of the consumer insights gained from the ETCs, NJOY Inc. wants to leverage the results to resolve three particular issues and pave the company’s way .....more

The case explores the use and importance of corporate sponsorships, specifically how these relationships are formed with the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. The associate director of National Corporate Programs at the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (the Foundation) needs to determine the Foundation's direction regarding its corporate sponsorship program. Due to the slowdown in the economic environment, a major sponsor of the Foundation, .....more

3M Canada (3M) has been a corporate sponsor of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (CBCF or the Foundation) since 2005. In support of the CBCF, 3M has produced and sold "pink products" (i.e., products that bear the pink ribbon, such as Post-it Notes, Flag pens, Nexcare bandages and Scotch-Brite sponges), with a contribution of each sale benefiting the CBCF.<br><br>This case examines the corporate sponsorship relationship , .....more

Teaching Note for 9B10A019.

The Canadian Pillsbury ready-baked goods cookie line is experiencing disappointing performance, and the marketing manager at General Mills Canada Corporation is under pressure to make strategic decisions that will help turn around the segment. The marketing manager has engaged the help of the consumer insight team to conduct market research studies that will shed light on consumers and their attitudes, behaviours, and preferences towards the product. .....more