Young girl on the marketing of kid’s toys.

By , on 29 December, 2011

Consider this an antidote to the faith-in-humanity-destroying collection of tweets I posted the other day. Young Riley wants to know why marketing people think girls are only interested in pink princesses:

Damn good question indeed. Perhaps she’ll grow up to make some changes in how toys are marketed some day.

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Does anyone actually give a shit if a product changes its packaging graphics?

By , on 24 March, 2011
Pic of Barilla spaghetti package.

Every now and then some big brand name will decide that the look of its packaging has gotten old and boring so they decide to spice things up with a redesign. That much I can understand, but what I don’t understand is why they think a change in the look of their packaging is in . . . → Read More: Does anyone actually give a shit if a product changes its packaging graphics?

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Electronic Arts wants you to sin with a booth babe at Comic Con. (#Blogathon)

By , on 25 July, 2009

Seems EA is once again trying a potentially controversial promotion for their upcoming game Dante’s Inferno at this year’s Comic Con. They’re hold a contest where the price is a date with a booth babe:

Electronic Arts is running a Dante’s Inferno contest at Comic-Con that promises “a sinful night with two hot girls” as . . . → Read More: Electronic Arts wants you to sin with a booth babe at Comic Con. (#Blogathon)

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Disney yanks pre-teen underwear with the message “Dive In” printed on them.

By , on 18 August, 2008

Sometimes in the mad and heady rush of marketing the shit out of a popular bit of intellectual property the folks at Disney tend to overlook how something might come across as, shall we say, a tad inappropriate. Disney has a big hit with the High School Musical movies and they’re marketing the hell out . . . → Read More: Disney yanks pre-teen underwear with the message “Dive In” printed on them.

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Microsoft uses Vista haters to demonstrate that Vista’s not so bad.

By , on 24 July, 2008

If you’ve spent much time here then you already know that I think Windows Vista is a decent operating system that is unfairly maligned. If I had a dime for every time I’ve had someone talk to me about how much Vista sucks only to say they haven’t tried it when I ask if they’ve . . . → Read More: Microsoft uses Vista haters to demonstrate that Vista’s not so bad.

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