FedEx Enters Same-Day Delivery War

Amazing stuff! It is getting crowded! 😊 How many delivery trucks will show up daily in your neighborhood?

Competition is good, more competition is better!

"FedEx Enters Same-Day Delivery War

FedEx is jumping into the same-day delivery war, launching a service to rival Amazon and Walmart as major retailers battle over who can get packages to doorsteps fastest.

The new FedEx SameDay Local, built with last-mile partner OneRail, will offer shoppers two-hour or end-of-day delivery options directly at checkout. OneRail’s platform covers nearly 99% of the country and plugs into retailers’ existing store networks without requiring new infrastructure.

The move comes a week after Amazon rolled out one-hour and three-hour shipping windows in hundreds of U.S. cities, while Walmart already offers three-hour delivery reaching 95% of U.S. households.

FedEx says it’s betting on demand: 80% of customers surveyed want same-day shipping, and nearly half say they’re more likely to complete a purchase if it’s included."

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Amazon adds 1-hour and 3-hour delivery options in 2000 US cities

Good news! How many drones will it take? Busy skies ahead! 😊

"The e-commerce giant is making more than 90,000 items available via this new delivery system. If an item can be delivered to a user within one or three hours, they'll see a label saying so next to that item on the Amazon app."

Techcrunch

Chinese air purifier sales rise in India as clean air becomes a luxury. Western air purifiers too expensive

What is the Prime Minister Modi doing about air pollution in Delhi?

Marketing might be a major study subject at prestigious Western business schools, but what do they teach?

 

Chinese air purifier sales rise in India as clean air becomes a luxury - Nikkei Asia "Delhi consumers seek affordability in market dominated by high-end Western brands"

Air purifiers have become essential for upper- and middle-income households in New Delhi.

IKEA comes to Best Buy

What a combination! Their logos are similar too! 😊

"IKEA is launching mini pop-up stores inside Best Buy locations in Texas and Florida this fall, combining furniture and appliances in a new in-store shopping experience."

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English for trippers: The influenza of influencers

What a confluence! Very contagious! 

It is the IIV/Acquired influence pandemic (IIV stands for Influenza Influence Virus). Caution: parody.

Where can I get a long lasting shot against it? Just kidding!

Grocery store chain in the US is sending out personalized coupons per email to customers

Nice try, but they expire too fast for my taste (no pun intended)! I am too busy for this game! 😊

Image of the day

Will he make America great again or will he fade away as a legend? Merchandise can be tricky business when offered at the wrong time! 😊

Arizona has 6 of the 50 best cities for golfers in the U.S. Really!

What is wrong with this headline? So every state can have at least one city! What genius came up with this marketing strategy?

This summer was very hot: From July to September the high temperatures were above 40C every day.

Arizona has 6 of the 50 best cities for golfers in the U.S. - AZ Big Media Which U.S. cities are like a second home to the avid golfer? To mark National Golf Lover’s Day on Oct. 4, LawnStarter ranked 2023’s Best Cities for Golfers. And Arizona has six of the 50 Best Cities for Golfers:

The Secret of the Barbie Movie’s Marketing Success as explained by Yale University. Really!

Some skepticism would be healthy! Dolls are not real life! And girls or women are not dolls!

How subtle can indoctrination be? 

"... Barbie is the number-one girls’ brand in the world, and has been for most of her 50-year lifespan. When I worked as a brand manager on Barbie, we were selling a Barbie doll every second, and girls received, on average, five Barbie dolls per year. Mattel reports that more than 90% of girls own a Barbie. Their long-term marketing investment had built up a $700 million brand valuation before the movie released, and this brand has an emotional engagement that translates really well to a film. Many girls play with Barbies every day, telling stories and imagining themselves as Barbie. I can think of no other brand that approaches this level of reach and depth of engagement. The core movie audience is anyone who used to play with Barbie—90% of women and our teenage daughters. ...
Then America Ferrera nails the landing with her un-brainwashing speech, “It is literally impossible to be a woman.” We relate to everything she says. ...
Ferrera’s words work like a magic spell on the Barbies, waking them from the fog of patriarchy. ..."

The Secret of the Barbie Movie’s Marketing Success | Yale Insights Barbie is a genuine phenomenon, reaching $1 billion in worldwide box office in only three weeks on the strength of legions of pink-clad moviegoers. We asked Yale SOM’s Zoe Chance, a former Mattel brand manager, about the movie’s marketing and message.

What are the chances? Barbie doll or Zoe Chance, Assistant Professor of Marketing at Yale University (this low quality image is retrieved from her profile page on Yale University's website)

Apple's new Vision Pro headset with a $3,499 price tag

I bet, this does not sell very well especially not in inflationary times. 

There may be many devotees and fanatics for Apple products, but that is a stiff price.

I think, the CEO of Apple cooked up a price and miscalculated!

Aufgedeckt: Influencerin verstrickt sich in Widersprüche

Sehr empfehlenswert! Trifft vieles genau auf den Punkt! Z.B. das Black Lives Matter Aktivisten eigentlich agitatorische Rassisten sind!

An Influencers Deluge Is Upon Us

According to the Wall Street Journal: "China's influencer economy goes live. A 21st-century version of the infomercial has become the hot way to sell stuff in the country's vast market. Moms, farmers and even a dog are among the estimated 21 million influencers livestreaming product demos to sell consumer goods."

Will this trend in China spread to or drive similar trends in Western countries? An influenza of influencers

Samsung And Delilah

Today, I woke up to the surprising news that Samsung entered the dating market with a dating app. What a clever marketing move for an electronics company. You wish Siemens or GE would come up with something like it.

Not only that, Samsung created a website called https://www.refrigerdating.com/. Sounds a bit chilly or? In the German language there is a well known adage “Liebe geht durch den Magen” (Love comes from your stomach). I would almost bet that e.g. Italians or French have similar sayings. Wonder, what expressions the Koreans might have? Or is it just a variation of you are what you eat.

 

Sources:

1. NEUE DATING-APP : Liebe geht durch den Kühlschrank