1. Department: Adult Beverage

FaceTime with the Content Guy:  “Vino-pocalypse Now?”

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Content Guy’s Note:  Yes, I know I’m supposed to be on vacation.  But while I’m off, I figured I’d file a daily series of FaceTime videos about a variety of off-the-beaten-path subjects that offer business lessons to retailers.  I don’t want you to forget me, and I don’t want you to think I’ve forgotten you.

There’s a new national advertising campaign for Francis Ford Coppola’s wines – a first for the company – that strikes me as hitting the wrong notes.  I say that despite the fact that I’m a huge fan of Coppola, his movies and the various facets of his food and wine business.  But I think that the advertising misstep actually teaches us an important lesson about what customers want from the businesses with which they do business.

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