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Maple Leaf Foods – The Blog? Not Really
While researching a post about recovering from high profile upsets in companies, I was searching for a very obvious candidate: Maple Leaf Foods. With massive recalls due to listeriosis in many of their meat products, Maple Leaf Foods is no doubt battling to maintain their brand image of wholesome Canadian company.
One of the ways [...]
Retailers Gone Social: Future Shop Canada and Best Buy USA
Future Shop Canada is now on Twitter. Surprising, as usually brick and mortar retailers are slow to adopt innovative marketing strategies, especially where digital channels are concerned, and especially in Canada. Their first tweet was on June 4 which was a week ago.
Barry Judge, Best Buy USA’s CMO, has plunged in with both feet. [...]