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You Won't Believe What These Huge Brands Are Called Outside The US
If you're craving some Lay's chips in London or a Burger King meal in Australia you're in luck because those brands exist abroad.The only problem is that you might never be able to find them.Famous...
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Maker's Mark Execs Describe The Moment They Knew Their Plan Was Boneheaded
Maker's Mark sparked a big bourbon controversy when it decided to lower the amount of alcohol in liquor.Loyal customers spoke out and Maker's Mark ended up reversing the decision quickly.Geoffrey...
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Best Buy Says It Has Killed 'Showrooming' For Good
Best Buy is confident that its latest policy change will kill "showrooming" in its stores for good.Starting on March 3, the retailer will price match all local retail competitors, along with 19 "major...
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Apple Has Two New iPad Ads That Completely Ignore Samsung (AAPL)
Apple released two new TV ads for its iPad line Sunday evening, titled "Alive" and "Together."Mark Gurman of 9to5Mac, who first noticed the ads, writes that they "appear to be of a much different...
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15 Clever Augmented Reality Campaigns
In a world full of smartphones, augmented reality (AR) campaigns are a very smart and unique way for brands to engage with consumers.Instead of watching a television commercial, looking at an ad in a...
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Burger King's Twitter Got Hacked And Tweeted Crazy McDonald's Messages
Burger King's Twitter account got hacked for more than an hour and tweeted out some crazy McDonald's messages. The hackers changed @BurgerKing's name to "McDonalds." Hacker group Anonymous took...
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Burger King's Twitter Hack Is A PR Disaster For The Company
Someone has hacked Burger King's official Twitter feed and changed it to McDonalds. Everything from the page's logo to its header image has been altered to reflect its rival company.No one from Burger...
View ArticleMcDonald's Responds To The Burger King Twitter Hacking
Burger King's Twitter account got hacked for more than an hour today. The hackers changed all the branding to McDonald's and tweeted out a bunch of craziness.BK's Twitter account has been suspended,...
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Here's Burger King's Lame Apology For The Twitter Hacking
Burger King has issued an apology after its Twitter account got hacked earlier today.It's a lame lawyerspeak-filled response."We apologize to our fans and followers who have been receiving erroneous...
View ArticleThere's An Ad For African Health Care You Can Only Hear Through A Stethoscope...
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:In an attempt to urge doctors to practice medicine in Africa, Africa Health Placements and Boomtown, a South African agency, made an ad that...
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Pinterest Just Made Its First Big Entertainment Deal With 'The Biggest Loser'
Pinterest, the pinboard-inspired pic sharing site, has teamed with NBC's "The Biggest Loser" to promote the competish program and healthier lifestyle choices.Partnership includes Peacock-created...
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One Of TV's Most Famous Commercials Is Making A Comeback For The Oscars
Grey Poupon's famous "Pardon Me" TV commercial is returning for a moment of Oscar glory.After a 16-year hiatus, the mustard that mocked its own stuffy image in one of TV's most famous commercials will...
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How Maker's Mark Turned Its Watered Down Whiskey Debacle Into A Social Media Win
Maker's Mark found a way to turn an absolute social media disaster to an online win.Last week, the whiskey maker announced plans to cut the amount of alcohol from 45 to 42 percent, making it 84 instead...
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A Waffle House Is Charging Customers An Extra 20% For Security
There's a Waffle House in downtown Atlanta that's passing its security costs down to customers. The location is charging an extra 20 percent to cover the cost of an off-duty Atlanta police officer who...
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Leonardo DiCaprio Made This Really Strange Whiskey Ad In Japan
Leonardo DiCaprio might be one of Hollywood's highest paid actors — actually the highest paid actor in 2011— but that doesn't stop the Oscar-nominated star from jumping in a plane to Asia to film silly...
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Jeep's Twitter Got Hacked Today
Jeep's Twitter got hacked today. Like the Burger King hacking yesterday, the hackers included some McDonald's images. The avatar photo was changed to the Cadillac symbol (which has since been taken...
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BII REPORT: How Location-Based Services Are Transforming The Mobile Industry
The possibilities for location-based services on mobile go beyond consumer-facing apps like FourSquare and Shopkick.With over 770 million GPS-enabled smartphones, location data has begun to permeate...
View ArticleRobert Griffin III's New Adidas Ad Puts A Ton Of Pressure On Him To Come Back...
Robert Griffin III and Adidas are out with a new commercial called "Blow Up" today.It features a football field blowing up, but the more interesting part of it is the phrase that pops up at the end of...
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REPORT: This New England DJ Is The Burger King And Jeep Hacker
A New England DJ named Tony Chunha might be responsible for the Burger King and Jeep hackings, according to a report by Gizmodo. A Facebook post helped link Gizmodo to Chunha. Chunha, who allegedly...
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MTV And BET Faked Their Own Hackings For A Marketing Stunt
More Twitter accounts seem like they're being hacked. Now, MTV and BET have fallen victim, apparently.Or it could just be a pretty smart marketing stunt.Both MTV and BET are owned by Viacom and neither...
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