The Kenneth Cole Label Is Creating Another PR Nightmare For Itself On Twitter

Remember the Kenneth Cole PR fiasco when he tweeted about the uprising in Cairo last year, using the trending hashtag to promote his spring line? Well, Kenneth Cole label is at it again! At least this time the offending posts aren’t personally from KC . . . but will they hurt his company any less?

Kenneth Cole’s latest campaign, AWEARNESS, included this ad posted on a prominent billboard in New York:

 

Well, the Internet erupted in protest, with Gotham

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