Product/Brand Development
Continue development of your product or brand in your Learning Teams.
Research a brand that recently faced a crisis. For example: issues related to labor relations, competition, litigation, minimum wage, bankruptcy, financial constraints, generational marketing, etc.
Examples of companies/brands that faced crises in the past few years and/or continue to face a branding crisis include but are not limited to the following:
.1C Penney The Gap Best Buy Sears Sony NFL K-mart Wal-Mart Prepare a 350- to 525-word paper summarizing the crisis and discuss how the situation should have been handled.
Analyze the crisis and discuss how your company will avoid a similar situation with your product or brand.