Thursday, November 12, 2015

We Wish You A Rapey Christmas

I see Bloomingdale's department store hired some frat boys to create their Christmas catalog this year.




Washington Post article here.

6 comments:

Rain Trueax said...

There is some amazing stupidity out there. Ugh!

la peregrina said...

I know! What the hell are people thinking.

Ally Bean said...

I read this article yesterday and wondered about the advert, too. Weirdly out of touch. On purpose? Or by stupidity? Strange either way.

la peregrina said...

Kids! What's the matter with kids today? ;)

Blue Witch said...

Do you have an 'Advertising Standards Authority'?

Ours would have this withdrawn in an instant.

la peregrina said...

The Federal Trade Commission's Division of Advertising Practices pretty much comes in after they get complaints. Complaints about this ad were sent directly at Bloomingdale's and the company quickly apologized. But that doesn't absolve the company of any blame since someone in the company had to approve the layouts in the catalog.

As one news agency wrote, " Bloomingdale's has not commented on the process of reviewing advertisements or any disciplinary action resulting from the debacle."