by Bridget Behe | Dec 12, 2019 | Business Strategy, Other great podcasts, Season 2
Bridget and her co-host Trey Malone are back with Dr. Aleks Schaefer (Ag, Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State) to discuss some potential changes for industries facing dumping (imports into U.S. below cost of production or with considerable government...
by Bridget Behe | Dec 3, 2019 | Business Strategy, Other great podcasts, Season 2, Uncategorized
Bridget and Trey talk with Aleks Schaefer, a new assistant professor in Agriculture, Resource, and Food Economics at Michigan State. How will NAFTA changes affect you? How does international trade with China or Japan affect you? Some of the re-negotiations underway...
by Bridget Behe | Nov 26, 2019 | Consumer, Other great podcasts, Season 2, Uncategorized
Need a conversation starter for the Thanksgiving table? Maybe avoid the topics of gluten and politics? Not casting dispersion on people with real allergies, but eating gluten free has some interesting associations. Trey and his colleague Bailey Norwood (Oklahoma...
by Bridget Behe | Nov 19, 2019 | Other great podcasts, Season 2, Uncategorized
One of the staple Christmas holiday crops is poinsettias. They myth still persists that they are poisonous (so do your part to de-bunk it!). Now (or soon) is a great time to remind consumers that this ‘one-size-fits-all’ colorful holiday plant is great to...
by Bridget Behe | Aug 20, 2019 | Other great podcasts, Retail, Season 2, Uncategorized
With over 70% of Americans owning a pet, many retailers are becoming more pet friendly and 90% of them are treated like family members. It’s the emotional connection to pets that makes Americans spend more than $22 billion on our furry (feathered, and scaled)...
by Bridget Behe | Apr 30, 2019 | Consumer, Other great podcasts, Season 2
Cherries are a great summer fruit and Michigan ranks highest in tart cherry production. This week, Bridget and Trey discuss marketing tart cherries, Turkey (the country not the bird), and tariffs. Trey and a graduate student recently analyzed some consumer data...
