The 20 Biggest Brand Fails of 2012 A shameful roundup of the year's most humiliating marketing blunders
Judging by the traffic trends on this blog, it seems the only thing more enjoyable than a brilliant, uplifting, inspirational marketing success is a horrible, embarrassing, cringe-worthy marketing blunder—otherwise known as the big brand fail. Every year there's plenty of them—the accidental tweet, the offensive billboard, the Photoshop disaster, the just-plain-tasteless ad. At the link below, we've compiled 20 of the most notable brand fails from 2012—a nice dose of ad-enfreude to fill your evil rubbernecking hearts with joy. Just be glad it wasn't you. And try to learn a lesson from the Harvey Nichols model above and refrain from pissing yourself with laughter. It's not a good look.
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- Barbarian Group Wins Inaugural Innovation Lions Grand Prix for Its Cinder Coding Platform
- DM9 Jayme Syfu Wins Mobile Grand Prix for Turning Cellphones Into Textbooks
- iCrossing Hires Moxie And Razorfish Vets
- Viacom Finishes Major Upfront Biz
- Condé Nast Swaps Lucky Editor
- YouTube's Wigs Headed to Hulu
- Agency.com Co-founder Joins Prophet
- FCC Nominee Chair Plays Up His Business Experience
- Maxipad Brand Goes for Blood in Brilliant Reply to Facebook Rant
- Ogilvy Adds Two More Grand Prix—in Outdoor and Media
- Pretty Much Everyone Is Doing Native Ads Now
- Barbarian Group Wins Inaugural Innovation Lions Grand Prix for Its Cinder Coding Platform
- Kraft Salad Dressing Ad Gets Best Present Ever: A Slap From One Million Moms
- Marketers Have Found a Way to Use Vine
- Gay Advertising’s Long March Out of the Closet
- Pizza Hut Launches Review—Again
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