Nostalgia marketing: When the past becomes a strategy

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Mar 9, 202616:45Business

In this episode, Ananya Bhargava interviews Evan Weingarten , Assistant Professor of Marketing at USC Marshall School of Business. The discussion explores why nostalgia strikes a chord wxith consumers, how it influences...

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