Oh how I love my Visa; let me count the ways. MasterCard is “Priceless” and American Express makes me blue. Paris, Britney and Lindsay Lohan you got nothin’ on me! “Oh the feeling I get sitting next to rest, plastic on hand, charging on command.”
"I wish I had read your article before the Christmas holidays!!! I am the perfect target for these types of advertising campaigns."
Shanghai, China is the Rodeo Drive of the Communist World where the excesses decried by the Party are embraced by the population. Are the Colonel and Ronald McDonald missionaries behind the conversion of Shanghai? Long live the Capitalist Spirit.
"The world will be watching as China hosts the Olympics this summer. If anything is going to enfuse capitalism to China, it will be the marketing juggernaut of the Olympics. Does anyone want to take any guesses on which brands will take the most advantage of this open door to the Chinese market during the Olympics???"
Pick up a Vogue or Glamour and you’ll see toothpick legs and bony elbows jutting out from beneath designer clothes. Hello? Is anyone paying attention? Women have curves; even Barbie has curves, impossibly proportioned, but the doll has curves!
"This is certainly an age old issue that has existed since Twiggy and other models in the 70s and 80s became more and more skinny. Have there been any brands that have spurned this trend and used less-emaciated models in their campaigns? I am struggling to think of some examples right now!"
