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| Mmm, this bus shelter smells like cookies!; but not for long due to critics | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 6 2006, 05:59 PM (65 Views) | |
| musicasacra | Dec 6 2006, 05:59 PM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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City Dunks Cookie-Scented Ad Campaign Dec 6, 4:17 PM (ET) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) - A marketing campaign to promote milk by outfitting city bus shelters with cookie-scented cardboard strips has crumbled. City officials ordered CBS Outdoor, the company that holds the advertising contract for its bus shelters, to remove the adhesive strips Tuesday, just one day after they were put up as part of a "Got Milk?" campaign. The Municipal Transportation Agency canceled the plan after some residents raised objections. "We got complaints," said MTA spokeswoman Maggie Lynch. "It is controversial." Some critics expressed concern over potential allergic reactions. Others complained the ads could be offensive to the poor and homeless who can't afford to buy sweet treats. Scented oils were sandwiched between cardboard cards emblazoned with "Got Milk?" and affixed to shelter walls, in hopes that the smell of just-out-of-the-oven chocolate chip cookies would spark cravings for milk. The promotion was launched at five San Francisco bus shelters at a cost of about $30 per shelter. |
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| musicasacra | Dec 6 2006, 06:02 PM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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there you go -- cookies are controversial.
since when does marketing bow to whether all members of the public can afford to buy? although a carton of milk is a lot cheaper than most things. |
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