Kettle that looks like Hitler brews trouble for JCPenney

Started by Syt, May 28, 2013, 11:56:20 AM

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Solmyr

They should have "Drink tea, death to all juice!" as their marketing slogan.

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Syt

Quote from: Barrister on May 29, 2013, 10:03:32 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 29, 2013, 06:44:39 AM
They removed it. :(

I'm reading that it sold out shortly after it went viral.

http://business.time.com/2013/05/29/jcpenneys-hitler-tea-kettle-sells-out-online/

1. Make product that vaguely looks like Hitler.
2. Create huge billboard for the product and post a picture on Reddit, Tumblr etc.
3. PROFIT.
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Syt

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

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Quote from: Syt on May 29, 2013, 11:29:54 AM
Quote from: Barrister on May 29, 2013, 10:03:32 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 29, 2013, 06:44:39 AM
They removed it. :(

I'm reading that it sold out shortly after it went viral.

http://business.time.com/2013/05/29/jcpenneys-hitler-tea-kettle-sells-out-online/

1. Make product that vaguely looks like Hitler.
2. Create huge billboard for the product and post a picture on Reddit, Tumblr etc.
3. PROFIT.
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