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Circuit City thinks someone still reads Mad Magazine

Circuit City has apologized for their temporary hissy fit over Mad Magazine’s “Sucker City” ad parody and will begin selling America’s favorite pre-teen humor magazine once aga… more »

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Circuit City thinks someone still reads Mad Magazine — 1 comment

collateraldamage wrote 2 days ago: Circuit City has apologized for their temporary hissy fit over Mad Magazine’s “Sucker Ci … more »

Tags: circuit city, Don Martin, mad magazine, Marketing, Parody, apology

"Oops!" Marketing Blunders

nellyspencer wrote 3 days ago: The global playing field of marketing has become a bloodbath. Competition is rife and we’re all vy … more »

Tags: The Marketing Peephole, Blogging, Marketing, Marketing Mistakes, PR Industry

Brand violation: Dunkin' Donuts tries to go healthy — 7 comments

collateraldamage wrote 1 week ago: Dunkin’ Donuts will begin offering a new slate of better-for-you offerings in August. … more »

Tags: Brand Issues, Brands, Coffee, dunkin donuts, Marketing, Brand, healthy

Press release of the day: "Intelligent Design Rocks" — 1 comment

collateraldamage wrote 2 weeks ago: UK rock phenomenon “The V-Rats” have now launched their new album “Intelligent Des … more »

Tags: Bad press releases, Church Marketing, God as marketing, intelligent design, Marketing, school house rock, christian rock, school house rocks, V-Rats

Cylon toaster is best co-branding ever!

collateraldamage wrote 3 weeks ago: As us Battlestar Gallactica fans know the persecuted human minority refers to their robotic Cylon op … more »

Tags: Marketing, Brands, Co-branding, marketing to kids, battlestar, Battlestar Galactica, toaster, John Deere, Cross-Branding

Berlin wax museum wants to include Hitler — 1 comment

collateraldamage wrote 2 months ago: What part of the phrase INCREDIBLY STUPID BAD IDEA don’t they understand? Hitler would be feat … more »

Tags: Marketing, PR disasters, Berlin, Blunder, stupic, Wax Museum

Would you buy a used metaphor from GM? — 3 comments

collateraldamage wrote 2 months ago: The astoundingly badly run General Motors Corp. has decide that now is the time to try to sell off t … more »

Tags: General Motors, GM, Hummer, humvee, Marketing, EV1

Car dealer allegedly apologizes for ad that insults all non-Christians

collateraldamage wrote 2 months ago: Here’s the actual text of the radio spot for Kieffe and Sons Ford of Kern County, California. … more »

Tags: Christian, Ford, God, God as marketing, Marketing, PR disasters, advertising, athiest, Stupid

ID protection service fails to protect CEO's identity

collateraldamage wrote 2 months ago: For two years LifeLock has run ads in which CEO Todd Davis touted the security of the service, even … more »

Tags: lifelock, Marketing, PR disasters, Blunder, Todd Davis

Judge agrees that J&J suing the Red Cross was a dumb idea

collateraldamage wrote 2 months ago: The courts have agreed that Johnson & Johnson’s lawsuit against the Red Cross over the use … more »

Tags: jj, Johnson & Johnson, Marketing, PR disasters, Red Cross

Bush gave up golf for families of Iraq war dead

collateraldamage wrote 2 months ago: “I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the Commander-in-Chief pl … more »

Tags: iraq, War-on-terror, Iraq War, PR disasters, The War On Error, The Comedy of Terrors, Iran, bush, dead

Pizza chain offers cheesy apology for insulting LeBron James — 3 comments

collateraldamage wrote 3 months ago: In an effort to have their vaguely pizza-like product and eat it too, Papa John’s “issue … more »

Tags: Basketball, Cavaliers, Cleveland, Lebron James, Marketing, marketing to kids, NBA, Pizza, Pizza Delivery

Lesbos sues lesbians over brand name — 2 comments

collateraldamage wrote 3 months ago: Is it a brand war or a cat fight? Islanders from the Greek island of Lesbos are suing the Homosexual … more »

Tags: Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Marketing, PR disasters, Tourism, Greece, Lesbian, martina, Subaru

Russia uses smiling kids in tourism ad for war zone — 3 comments

collateraldamage wrote 3 months ago: Hey, they originated the Potemkin Village, right? Russia’s southern region of Ingushetia is tr … more »

Tags: Marketing, Tourism, PR disasters, Russia, Potemkin, checnya

Gizmodo falls for fake toast gadget

collateraldamage wrote 3 months ago: As you know, we here at The Damage are hot on the latest developments in toast-shaped products. Howe … more »

Tags: Marketing, Toast, April, Fools, Gizmodo, McPhee

Microsoft worse at irony than it is at operating systems

collateraldamage wrote 3 months ago: In a recruitment effort, Microsoft is giving out decks of cards with the phrase “Hey Genius … more »

Tags: China, iPod, Marketing, Microsoft, Olympics, Irony, Zune

Absolutely nothing goes together like Procter & Gamble and Hip Hop

collateraldamage wrote 3 months ago: Bounce® and Beyonce? Jay Z and Oral B®? 50 Cent and Febreze®? Snoop Dogg and Eukanuba®? Ghostfac … more »

Tags: Marketing, marketing to kids, PG, hip-hop, Snoop Dogg, lil wayne, tag

Hallmark anti-AIDS card says let's get drunk and ... — 1 comment

collateraldamage wrote 3 months ago: Talk about your mixed messages. Found this at AdFreak: The front cover of the card features two glas … more »

Tags: Marketing, Hallmark, Death as marketing opportunity, AIDS, Wine

Vatican bumps DC subway ad with bobblehead pope — 3 comments

collateraldamage wrote 4 months ago: The DC subway system ran an ad featuring a bobblehead version of Pope Benedict. The ad was an effort … more »

Tags: Church Marketing, God as marketing, Marketing, pope, bobblehead, Subway


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