Now Ladbrokes gets red carded for email cock-up
What is it with bookies and their email campaigns? Just weeks after Coral Interactive was flayed for sending a marketing…
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Anti-begging ads ripped up for demonising homeless
Nottingham City Council has been shamed by the ad watchdog over a poster campaign which used offensive, stereotypical images of…
Retailer defends ‘racist’ golliwog ad despite ban
A shop at Corfe Castle, Dorset, which sells Enid Blyton memorabilia, has been rapped over the knuckles for a print…
Sunday Sport ordered to cover up back page smut
It is fair to say that many people turn to the back pages of a newspaper first – especially sports…
MP claims DM sector is run by rogues and shysters
The direct marketing industry may need to launch a new charm offensive in the corridors of power after one MP…
Coral falls at the first – again – over new email gaffe
The old marketing adage of right message, right time and right place appears somewhat lost on Coral Interactive after the company was hauled up…
MPs set to back shake-up of direct marketing laws
The new Government bill which will pave the way for a whole new rulebook for direct marketers – and, it is…
‘We all love a double D’ ad goes tits up for retailer
A Cardiff electrical firm’s attempt to include a Carry On-style innuendo in a radio ad has backfired spectacularly following a…
Coral scores own-goal with email targeting balls-up
Coral Interactive has been forced to admit that it cocked up the targeting of an email marketing campaign – offering…
Browned off ASA bosses expose tanning pill claims
The shady claims of a company which reckons its tanning pills not only offer sun-lovers a “safe” alternative to sitting…