In the mid-90’s, Coca Cola recalled an advertising poster due to a hidden sexual image.
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In 1907, Kellogg’s launched a campaign called "Wink Day" to promote Cornflakes. Women were encouraged to “wink at your grocer and see what you get” (and what they got was a free box of cereal!)
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The first McDonald’s drive-thru was opened near a military base in Arizona “to serve soldiers who weren’t permitted to get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.”
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Instead of McDonald's tearing down a ~200-year-old Georgian mansion, citizens of a small NY town forced them to renovate it instead, resulting in a uniquely historic franchise location.
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Every year, Louis Vuitton burn all their unsold bags. They burn them in order to prevent them from being priced lower.
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Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.
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It has been scientifically proven that praise rather than criticism is the best way to help employees improve.
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The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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