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Ronald McDonald at the launch of the new McDonald's restaurant in the Athlete's Village in Homebush, Sydney, Australia.
Social Justice

What Is With All the Bad Corporate Tweets?

Burger King is depressed, Netflix is horny, and Chase is mocking its customers for being broke. Why?

The draw of loyalty programs is based on faulty logic: We see how many points we need to reach a reward, not how much money we'll have to spend in order to get there.
Economics

There's a Name for Why We Love Reward Points

It's called medium maximization.

Cleared trees in a forest located in the concession of Karya Makmur Abadi, which is being developed for a palm oil plantation in Indonesia.
Environment

Despite Promises, Major Brands Continue to Obtain Palm Oil From Rainforest Destroyers

A new report from Greenpeace shows that brands and their suppliers are not abiding by their own pledges to only buy from sustainable producers of palm oil.

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Economics

We Should Use Brands, Not Love Them

Your faceless microwave food corporation doesn't love you back.

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Environment

When Crowdfunding Sites Host Killer Cop Campaigns

Platforms that bill themselves as revolutionary are learning what that really means.

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Economics

Making Advertisements Splash in a Saturated World

Sometimes, the best stuff shocks its audience, but brands are still figuring out the smartest way to navigate the scrum of the viral age.

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Social Justice

World’s Weird America: How Our Most Popular Products Are Seen Overseas

Why David Hasselhoff and Baywatch hit it big in Germany, Mister Donut took off in Japan, and the ritual of Slurpee-filling is so different in Taiwan than in your local 7-Eleven.