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Singer Robert Goulet dies in Los Angeles at 73. …
I don't know the answer to that question, but upon hearing about the new Epson ad campaign, that's the first thing that came to my mind. The Epsonality site was very slow (kind of like the Epson photo printer I ditched for a Canon), but apparently there's some sort of quiz on there you can take to determine your Epsonality. I could swear there was another "-ality" campaign that came out recently, but I can't …
Checking the comments section of Bob Garfield's column, it appears he ignited a shitstorm over his review of CVS's new TV commercial (also available at forallthewaysyoucare.com). Garfield doesn't mince words: You see a lot of bad ads if you watch long enough, but, really, how often it is that you see a TV commercial that makes you want to puke? And the comments run the gamut, like this one: It's obvious Bob's never …
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While the Gap loves to get activist celebrities like John Mayer involved in its ad campaigns, it's currently facing a bigger problem. Namely, the discovery of child labor abuses at its factories. From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Clothing retailer Gap Inc. said Sunday that it will convene all of its Indian suppliers to "forcefully reiterate" its prohibition on child labor after a British newspaper found …
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Having lived in both the Rust Belt and the Sun Belt in the last few years, it became very obvious to me that, outside a small sliver of the Midwest, no one has any affinity at all for cars from GM, Ford or Chrysler. Of all the troubles the Big 3 face, perception is the biggest one. Because there's nobody under the age of 30 who can associate domestic automakers with excellence. They simply don't remember a time when …
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If you think your job in advertising is frustrating, try doing it in a crumbling blue-collar city city like Cleveland. I did it. It's not easy, particularly when you're a non-native outsider. So I can easily imagine it's especially not easy being a black advertising professional in Cleveland. Hence, The Franklin Blog. This blog should be a good read. Thanks to HighJive for bringing this to my attention. …
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I'm kinda glad that I don't currently work on a travel/tourism account. Because it seems like every city has Vegas envy: a desperate desire to use an all-encompassing, open-to-interpretation slogan. Which works perfectly in Vegas, but in every other city, it's a ploy to a) satisfy a bunch of different political and business types, and b) come up with a lame compromise when no one can really define a city. From The …
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