“Comic book characters should never be used to sell alcoholic products,” stated Bruce Lee Livingston, Executive Director / CEO, Alcohol Justice. “Kids are inherently targeted, PR damage to the brands is substantial, and shareholders should scream for heads to roll.” Livingston is referring to the current cross promotion of a Mike’s Harder Lemonade alcopop with […]
Many people have decided to express their anger at Coca-Cola’s sponsorship of the 2014 Winter Olympics, taking to the Share A Coke website to vandalize the blank labels that it generates. Orginally created to enable people to share their personalized can of virtual Coke online, the website has become an avenue for political protest. The […]
To promote Gioni’s new upside-down bottles in Italy, Milan-based ad agency A1ch1m1a Advertising created three bold and cheeky ads. The print ads feature a Tomato Ketchup, Salad Cream (Ranch Dressing), and Brown Sauce (Barbecue Sauce) bottles giving people a ‘spanking’—like how we normally do to get sauce out of the bottles—sending a message that the […]