Advertising Fail: Waitrose may wish to re-think the placement of their posters!

Advertising Fail: Waitrose may wish to re-think the placement of their posters!

This week a couple of Tweeters grabbed our attention over the new Waitrose Calorie Counter campaign. Of course the marketing department didn't quite consider how the campaign would ...

Social Media Fail: McDonald’s Twitter campaign goes horribly wrong!

Social Media Fail: McDonald’s Twitter campaign goes horribly wrong!

This week McDonald's started a social media campaign with the hash tag #McDStories in hope to share the experience of it's suppliers and potentially for fans worldwide to tweet abo ...

Advertising Fail: Osaka Department Store’s BIG Fuckin’ Sale!

Advertising Fail: Osaka Department Store’s BIG Fuckin’ Sale!

Ohh dear! Perhaps this Osaka based Japanese department store should've looked up the word 'Fucking' before using it on posters all over and outside of the store! Thanks to Jake Ade ...

Social Media Fail: Boners BBQ, BBQ-joint in Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

Social Media Fail: Boners BBQ, BBQ-joint in Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

Another day, another dollar? The staff at Boners BBQ in Atlanta, Georgia (USA) *may* have took things a little far after a customer wrote a negative review on Yelp declaring the fo ...

Advertising Fail: La Redoute fail to spot naked man in an online photo advertising children’s beachwear!

Advertising Fail: La Redoute fail to spot naked man in an online photo advertising children’s beachwear!

Crikey! Not something you'd expect to see in the background of an image promoting Childrenswear is it? First, whose idea was it to take the children to a nudist beach anyway?! Seco ...

Social Media Fail: McDonald’s Twitter campaign goes horribly wrong!

This week McDonald's started a social media campaign with the hash tag #McDStories in hope to share the experience of it's suppliers and potentially for fans worldwide to tweet about the delicious meals and fun times with Ronald McDonald. Of course, what they didn't anticipate that users of Twitter would hijack with their fast food horror stories! Here are some of the best (and worst) tweets from the McDona ...

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Social Media Fail: Boners BBQ, BBQ-joint in Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

Another day, another dollar? The staff at Boners BBQ in Atlanta, Georgia (USA) *may* have took things a little far after a customer wrote a negative review on Yelp declaring the food as 'tepid' and the decor 'second hand picnic-y'. Ouch. Here in England, when it comes to customer service, we tend to do what we can to rectify the negativity and turn the complainee in to a future customer. But no, in this cas ...

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