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10 Worst Marketing Blunders of 2009
1) NBC GOES ALL LENO ALL THE TIME Edsel … New Coke … Lenovision. NBC has joined the immortals of marketing stupidity. This year the molting peacock network and president Jeff “Have They Fired Me… more →
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10 Worst Marketing Blunders of 2009
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collateraldamage wrote 2 weeks ago: 1) NBC GOES ALL LENO ALL THE TIME Edsel … New Coke … Lenovision. NBC has joined the immortals … more →
American Girl selling “homeless girl” doll for $95
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collateraldamage wrote 2 months ago: What could be a better way for your child to learn that the homeless are just like real people than … more →
Great look at what Disney should have done instead of buying Marvel
collateraldamage wrote 3 months ago: Geoff Carter is an excellent and smart writer who, among other things, produces the Disney-centered … more →
Disney buys its way into the boy market
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collateraldamage wrote 3 months ago: Pay attention True Believers – it’s clobberin’ time. For years the criticism, such as it was, of Dis … more →
Brand fail? American Apparel employed 1,800 not-so-American workers
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collateraldamage wrote 5 months ago: American Apparel – which runs “the largest garment factory in the United States, at a time when most … more →
Fetishized girls join Hello Kitty, Doreamon as “cute” Japanese ambassadors
collateraldamage wrote 9 months ago: Japan’s latest ambassadors in marketing are a young woman dressed as a schoolgirl, another as a Vict … more →
Beanie Babie maker ends rip-off of Obama daughter names
collateraldamage wrote 10 months ago: “Marvelous Malia” and “Sweet Sasha” have been renamed “Marvelous Maria … more →
Marketers rush to rip-off Obama brand
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collateraldamage wrote 11 months ago: How should BlackBerry to thank the President for the amazing product endorsement without just maili … more →
Hasbro thinks women aren't worth the Risk
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collateraldamage wrote 1 year ago: The game company is subtly discouraging women from buying Risk with an ad campaign featuring images … more →
Iran blames Barbie for undermining traditional values
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collateraldamage wrote 1 year ago: The top prosecutor for the Iranian Republic says that Barbie, Batman, Spiderman and Harry Potter are … more →
Disney now also stalking boys
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collateraldamage wrote 1 year ago: Well, that’s one way to read this headline: “Disney chases older boys with adventure toy … more →
Cute is the hot trend in self-defense gadgets
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collateraldamage wrote 1 year ago: The phrase “stunning lipstick” is now literally true. Women (and men who are very secure … more →
French law would jail those who "incite thinness"
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collateraldamage wrote 1 year ago: The French parliament’s lower house adopted a groundbreaking bill Tuesday that would make it i … more →
Co-branding nightmare: Barbie Rice Krispies Treats
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collateraldamage wrote 1 year ago: What part of the phrase “childhood obesity problem” don’t you understand? I guess … more →
Firm launches Lolita brand of beds for young girls ... hilarity ensues
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collateraldamage wrote 1 year ago: The Woolworths chain of retail stores in Britain has withdrawn the sale of beds named Lolita and des … more →
Two things that should NOT go together: The Muppets & Law & Order: SVU
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collateraldamage wrote 1 year ago: Mrs. CollateralDamage reports that the latest DVD set of Law & Order: SVU (y’know, the L … more →
Doctors lose source for free pens, clipboards & bobblehead dolls
collateraldamage wrote 1 year ago: A health-care chain in the Midwest has purged its offices of all “the clipboards, clocks, mous … more →
Hello Kitty goes butch -- launches line of products for guys
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collateraldamage wrote 1 year ago: “We think Hello Kitty is accepted by young men as a design statement in fashion,” compan … more →
Brand synergy: Homer Simpson donut maker & Hello Kitty scale
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collateraldamage wrote 2 years ago: Two new gadgets provide the perfect mashup for the upcoming uber-brand, Hello Homer: The Simpson’s D … more →
