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July 29, 2026
Weekly Economic News Roundup and invading ride-share markets
July 29, 2026
How To Upset Ride-Share Markets

In New York City, an upstart company is invading the ride-share market that is dominated by Uber and Lyft.

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July 14, 2026
strawberry competition
July 14, 2026
Why Driscoll’s Can Charge More For Its Strawberries

Because most strawberries are pretty similar, their supermarket sellers should be powerless but they are not.

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July 10, 2026
Weekly Economic News Roundupand Beer competition
July 10, 2026
How Cans Help Breweries Compete

Ever since someone figured out the 6-pack, beer can sizes have affected our buying and drinking decisions.

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June 15, 2026
McDonald's Coke Connection
June 15, 2026
The McDonald’s Coca-Cola Connection

With consumer drink preferences changing, McDonald's connection to Coke for 70 years has required more variety.

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June 7, 2026
pills and a weight loss war
June 7, 2026
How To Fight a Weight Loss War

Using three main weapons, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly have been fighting a weight loss war during the past several years.

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April 12, 2026
Nutella
April 12, 2026
How NASA Accidentally Spread Nutella

During the Artemis II loop around the moon, the livestream accidentally sent us a product placement that NASA traditionally prohibits.

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April 7, 2026
apple research
April 7, 2026
Comparing Apple Bytes to Apple Bites

Whether looking at an iPhone or a Honeycrisp, we can conclude that the apple brand has benefited both products.

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November 28, 2025
Why We Don't All Love the Same Brands | econlife
November 28, 2025
Why We Don’t All Love the Same Brands

Asked to identify the fastest growing brands, we would be most accurate if we divided our response by income.

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November 23, 2025
food innovation
November 23, 2025
Why the Crunch Is the Challenge

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October 31, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and sound products
October 31, 2025
How Sounds Sell

When a sound product connects to a firm's identity, it becomes a differentiator that facilitates competition.

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September 28, 2025
Reese's
September 28, 2025
Reese’s Pumpkin Problem

Because the wrapper of Reese's pumpkin Halloween candy does not accurately show what the chocolate looks like inside, a court had a new case.

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September 8, 2025
coffee competition
September 8, 2025
Why Luckin Bought An Island

Looking at New York City, we see increasing coffee competition in the United States for Starbucks with Luckin's arrival.

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