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Prices are Sofa King low: ‘Swearing’ advert banned
Say it aloud, “Sofa King low.”
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What Target discovered fairly quickly is that it creeped people out that the company knew about their pregnancies in advance.
Every time you go shopping, you share intimate details about your consumption patterns with retailers. And many of those retailers are studying those details to figure out what you like, what you need, and which coupons are most likely to make you happy.Target, for example, has figured out how to data-mine its way into your womb, to figure out whether you have a baby on the way long before you need to start buying diapers. link
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The real google augmented reality
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Do they want to increase the single parent rate?
North Dakota’s tourism director says an ad that showed two young men ogling a group of women on a Fargo sidewalk wasn’t meant to be provocative. […] The text of the ad says: “Drinks, dinner, decisions. Arrive a guest. Leave a legend.” Tourism director Sara Otte Coleman says the ad was meant to showcase North Dakota’s nightlife. She says it wasn’t intended to be sexually suggestive. (Associated Press)
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Stealth campaign against Obama
Reuters, January 10—In an historical political move, the marketing team of Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has launched a diabolical nationwide public bathroom advertising campaign against President Barack Obama.
An anonymous Romney spokesperson says the hot air hand dryer stickers have been placed in most major airport restrooms and hundreds of McDonald’s and Denny’s locations around the nation. When asked how they worked out such an unusual media buy, the spokesperson simply said, “no comment,” insinuating that this is an illegal guerrilla effort.
Dirty toilets
Just co-opting and important historical event or equating Black Panthers to dirty toilets?