Every crowd has a silver lining.
—P. T. Barnum
Every crowd has a silver lining.
—P. T. Barnum
The Postmillennial reports Alissa Heinerscheid, the marketing executive behind Bud Light’s partnership with Dylan Mulvaney, has taken a leave of absence. She will be replaced by Todd Allen, who has recently handled global marketing for the Budweiser brand.
There’s no news as to whether Ms. Hrinersheid plans to learn to code.
Both are crude fakes.
Winning too often is as disastrous as losing too often. Both get the same results, the falling off of the public’s enthusiasm.
—Knute Rockne
PURCHASE, N.Y., Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — PEPSI® x PEEPS®, the partnership that broke the internet in 2021, is back, and the marshmallow flavored cola is now available at retail for the first time ever. Fans everywhere are invited to usher in spring with the delectable one-of-a-kind treat, available for a limited time only.
What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
—Abraham Lincoln
Sometimes the obvious product is the right one. Other times it’s the lazy one.
—Sam Bankman-Fried
I think so, Brain … I know there’s alway some interest in retro gear … but a Commodore 64 laptop?
I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
—Lily Tomlin
Marketing is what you do when your product is no good.
—Edwin Land
Calvin Klein and Gloria Vanderbilt don’t wear clothes with your name on it, so why should you wear their name?
—Mr. T
If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess, there would not be much envy in the world.
—Edward Young
Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.
—Mark Twain
When you tell a lie often enough, you become unable to distinguish it from the truth.
—Jordan Peterson
Stacy McCain’s Rule 5 states: Everybody loves a pretty girl. [Boldface in the original.]
After all the years that Victoria’s Secret has been in business, you’d think that they would have some grasp of that Rule, but it seems that they’ve gone woke. The company has announced they will switch from the models they have been employing in the past and begin being represented by a new sort. They refer to these new models as The VS Collective, and they have published headshots of seven “founding members.”
Tastes vary. From my perspective, two or three might pass my standard for pretty, and I suspect (but can’t tell from the headshots) that the athletes in the group probably have the sort of well-toned bodies that look good in a bathing suit. However, the group as a whole doesn’t strike me as the sort of women who can effectively model Victoria’s Secret’s products. The tone of the webpage announcing The VS Collective suggests that the “women” were selected more for their politics than their appearance. One of them has a Y-chromosome. They’re described as “trailblazing partners who share a common goal to drive positive change.” Perhaps, but will that positive change be in Victoria’s Secret’s bottom line?
Sarah Hoyt commented—
I’d say the new plan is to appeal to butch lesbians, but that’s silly. By calling their new models the “VS Collective” they clearly want to appeal to communist butch lesbians. I don’t think they’ve thought this through, though. There’s no way to put a Mao collar on a pair of panties.
Exit question: What sort of person finds a group of people like The VS Collective to be attractive?
Remember, Tuesday is Soylent Green day.
—TV Announcer
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Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.
—Dave Barry
The moral of this story is, anything you don’t understand is dangerous until you do understand it.
—Larry Niven
Calvin Klein and Gloria Vanderbilt don’t wear clothes with your name on it, so why should you wear their name?
—Mr. T
You can’t get un-famous. You can get infamous, but you can’t get un-famous.
—Dave Chappelle
Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.
—Mark Twain
Blake Mycoskie, the founder of TOMS Shoes, is a strong proponent of gun control, and he has spent millions of dollars of company funds pushing universal background checks. Now, creditors are taking control of the company, which has been losing money and was in danger of being unable to pay a $300-million loan due in 2020.
I took a look at the company’s website and found the image on the left. Maybe times have changed more than I realized, but I’m so old that I remember when men’s dress shoes were actually … well … dressy and suitable for wear with formal attire. If the company’s management has this sort of trouble understanding how to properly categorize their own products, I suppose it’s not surprising that they wouldn’t fail to see that sinking corporate funds into virtue signaling on a matter unrelated to the company’s business might not good for its bottom line.
Get woke. Go broke.
Komm, geh mit angeln, sagte der Fischer zum Wurm. Come fishing with me, said the fisherman to the worm.
—Bertolt Brecht
Do not say before hand what you are going to do; for if you fail, you will be laughed at.
—Pittacus of Mytilene