FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact:
Anne Divita Kopacz
Communication Director
Quinlan School of Business
312.915.6132
adivitakopacz@luc.edu

MEDIA ALERT

Faculty Experts Available to Discuss
Holiday Marketing Trends and Gift Giving  

Please contact Loyola University Chicago’s University Marketing and Communication department to arrange interviews for print and broadcast opportunities.

Mary Ann McGrath, PhD, Quinlan School of Business

• Sustainable and ethical gift giving
• Gift exchanges and consumer rituals
• Shopping behavior in the U.S. and China
• Retail marketing

Jenna Drenten, PhD, Quinlan School of Business

• Consumer spending on gifts for deceased loved ones and new holiday traditions to honor the deceased
• Adolescent consumer culture
• Social media marketing

Stacy Neier Beran, PhD, Quinlan School of Business

• Importance of small business, related to Black Friday and Small Business Saturday
• Consumer behavior

Linda Tuncay Zayer, PhD, Quinlan School of Business

• Gender and marketing, including advertising representation of gender roles and male shopping behavior
• Consumer behavior
• Branding

Geraldine Henderson, PhD, Quinlan School of Business

• Multicultural marketing

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