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The Answer to Starbucks' Woes: Stripping Baristas

Aug 6, 2008
Espresso Gone Wild, a chain in Washington state, features barely clad servers. Though the chain's stores look like they once served as drive-thru margarita stands, and though it's running into legal issues and consumer outrage in some communities, and...

Microsoft Vista: It's Not as Bad as You Think!

Jul 30, 2008
In its massively expensive and massively dubious attempt to reform image problems suffered by its Vista operating system, Microsoft has turned to a hidden-camera approach to show that its flop of a new OS isn't as bad as you probably think.

Great Opportunity for Self-Loathing Ad People

Jul 1, 2008
Gawker's posted a Craig's List ad from an (apparently Chicago-based) author who's titled his classified: "You hate the Ad business and can write a scathing essay why." He (or she) is looking for submissions -- and with sentence construction like that,...

If I Ran the NCAA Executive Committee

Nov 30, 1999
The NCAA politely told all the do-gooders and nanny-staters whining about beer advertising during the game to go stuff it. I think the NCAA should have been more forceful in its response.

Extreme Makeover: Michelin Man Edition

Nov 30, 1999
The Michelin Man is trying to get our attention by getting a makeover. Again. Over the past week, New York-based journalists have gotten invites from the French tire maker and awarder of restaurant stars to attend "the unveiling of its first global...

One of These Things Is a Lot Like the Other One

Nov 4, 2009
The ad features a screen-filling "G" logo, and it features Derek Jeter leaping into the Yankee Stadium stands to make a remarkable catch. A spot for Jeter-endorsed Gatorade of course, right?

Want More Dogs? You're Barking Up the Right Post

Nov 2, 2009
The hard-working dogs of advertising took a week off while I traipsed around Ireland last week looking for Leprechauns in the bottom of pints of Guinness and Smithwick's. But they're back this week. The number of entries are trickling to a halt, but...

Macy's Congratulates the Phillies on Winning the World Series

Nov 2, 2009
The Philadelphia Inquirer and Macy's will both be charged with an error for an ad that ran in today's edition of the Inquirer.

Real London Fog Adman Not Happy About 'Mad Men'

Nov 2, 2009
London Fog was not a tired, 40-year-old brand at the time, as it was launched in 1954 when it changed from Londontown Clothes. It is also questionable whether a warm, traditional, avuncular Jewish tailor like Israel Myers would ever be seen in the...

Is He Still a Nudist If He's Streaking for Zappos?

Oct 29, 2009
So the World's Fastest Nudist was a marketing stunt. Was this a case of shoddy reporting or lying to the media? Does it matter?


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