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In the fall of 2011, Bank of America announced a plan to begin charging customers $5 per month on debit card accounts. The announcement met with sharp public outrage. Due to the backlash, Bank of America was faced with a difficult dilemma:...
Kickstarter, a brand leader in the crowdfunding market, is facing certain challenges as it negotiates the uncertain waters of competition. To date, Kickstarter has experienced stellar growth, despite offering no formal protection to its...
Progressive Insurance faced a widespread public relations crisis when Matt Fisher took to his personal Tumblr site to post a scathing account of his family’s experience with the company who insured his deceased sister. The blog entry went “...
Infant formula producer Mead Johnson Nutrition Company needs to determine what its response should be when its flagship product, Enfamil, is linked to an infant’s death from Cronobacter sakazakii. Despite no hard evidence of contamination,...
Following Chipotle’s meteoric rise to prominence in the Quick Service Restaurant sector, management now faces a threat to their longstanding brand of “food with integrity.” Executives must decide how to respond to government probes into their...
On Friday, January 13, 2012, around 9:40 p.m. local time, the Costa Concordia, a luxury cruise ship carrying 4,200 passengers, punctured its hull off the coast of Italy. What followed the collision was a chaotic evacuation, irresponsible...
Bank of America experienced significant backlash in late 2009 regarding excessively high credit card interest rates and overwhelming late fees. This backlash came in the form of YouTube videos and a “debtors’ revolt” started by a former...
On January 15, 2012, Zappos, an Amazon subsidiary, was the victim of a purposeful hacking attack. CEO Tony Hsieh sent out a tweet, alerting customers that the systems had been penetrated and directing them to a letter with incident details and...
On January 16, 2013, Boeing had its newest and most advanced aircraft, the 787 Dreamliner, grounded worldwide due to fires that started in the airplane's batteries. The Lithium-Ion technology used in the 787 aircraft was a new feature used in...
A father complains about pregnancy related coupons addressed to his teenage daughter. Target’s predictive analytics had determined his daughter was pregnant and targeted her as a customer before she broke the news to her father. Target must...