True Viral News – We are all in business to solve problems, add value and make a profit — tasks which involve pricing your product or service. But how do you effectively price your product or service to increase sales and make more money with little or no effort?
Robin Coulter
Three Marketing Professors to Retire
School of Business Wishes a Happy Future to Professors Carrafiello, Spiggle and Ross
Kayaking in South Carolina, reading, gardening and tackling new research projects are on the retirement ‘to-do’ lists of three prominent Marketing Department professors.
This year’s three School of Business retirees all hail from the Marketing Department, and include: Continue Reading
Voya Conference: Self-Identity and Marketing
“Identity and the Self in Marketing,” was the theme of this year’s Voya Financial Colloquium on April 7 at the School of Business. Continue Reading
UConn Senior Margo Bailey Awarded Fulbright
Bailey Plans Career Helping Kids Appreciate Foreign Languages, Cultures, People
How do you top a college career that includes two study-abroad trips, internships at international companies, and a three-part honors thesis exploring bilingual advertising and the toy industry?
Margo Bailey, a senior honors student majoring in marketing, did it by earning a Fulbright Scholarship. Continue Reading
Stamford-Based Nestlé Waters Brews New Lines of Nestea
Cinthia B. Satornino Joins Business Faculty
Professor Contributes to White House Agenda on Fostering Success Among Hispanic College Students
Newly hired UConn professor Cinthia Beccacece Satornino hopes to use her expertise as part of a White House educational initiative to assist Hispanic students in completing their college education. Continue Reading
Robin Coulter, Marketing Professor, Receives S. Tamer Cavusgil Award
Robin Coulter, professor of marketing, University of Connecticut, and Yuliya Strizhakova, associate professor of marketing, Rutgers University received the 2015 S. Tamer Cavusgil Award at the Summer 2016 American Marketing Association Conference held in Atlanta in early August. The Editorial Board of the Journal of International Marketing identified their article, “Drivers of Local Relative to Global Brand Purchases: A Contingency Approach,” as making the most significant contribution to the advancement of the practice of international marketing management in 2015.
Show Me The Money
Hartford Magazine – We save it and we spend it. On our best days, we give it away. When it comes to dealing with money, the smart money is betting on these Greater Hartford Players.
Holiday Music in Stores is More than Just Background Noise
Hartford Courant – “Retailers want to make sure that they’ve created a playlist that makes customers want to come into the store, said Robin Coulter, professor of marketing and VOYA Financial Fellow who specializes in consumer behavior at the University of Connecticut School of Business.
Sales: Black Friday Down, Cyber Monday Up
The Daily Campus – Robin Coulter, a professor at UConn and head of the marketing department within the School of Business, offered her perspective on this year’s Black Friday. Coulter echoed the idea that some find it objectionable to shop on Thanksgiving, while adding that there are a variety of reasons for people to shop online over a “brick and mortar store.”
