Jo Malone has said she feels ‘humiliated,’ after the perfume brand she founded made the ‘despicable and disgusting,’ move to cut John Boyega from a Chinese advert. The Star Wars actor has stepped down from his role as a global ambassador for Jo Malone London after the company cut the black actor from the Chinese version … Read more
A business owner has publicly shamed hundreds of pandemic recession jobseekers – after 97 percent of applicants failed to follow his advert’s basic instructions. Ryan Irving claims the job ad specified not to submit a CV but rather asked candidates to answer a handful of simple questions for a role at his web services company … Read more
John Boyega has stepped down from his role as a global ambassador for perfume brand Jo Malone after the company cut the black actor from the Chinese version of an aftershave advert he helped create. The Star Wars actor, 28, said the fragrance firm’s decision was ‘wrong,’ writing on Twitter that while he accepted companies … Read more
Perfume firm Jo Malone apologises to Star Wars actor John Boyega after AXING him from advert he filmed for them and using entirely non-black cast for version shown in China Perfume company Jo Malone apologised to the black British star John Boyega They had cut him out of an advert when it was remade for … Read more
Beer brand Corona has come under for an advert showing staycationers enjoying ‘lager, 4x4s and wild arson’ in a rural area of Scotland where locals say they have been besieged by tourists. The Mexican Pilsner – owned by beer giant AB InBev – has released two new ads much to the horror of locals in … Read more
A hair salon has been told it cannot place a job advert for a ‘happy’ new stylist – because the word happy is discriminatory. Alison Birch, who runs AJ’s Unisex hair salon in Stroud, Gloucestershire was amazed when an official at the local job centre said she could not stipulate happiness as a required quality … Read more
A campaign manager for Missguided has defended a racy advert which was banned from airing in 2019. Treasure, a senior creative at the retailer’s HQ in Manchester, was the brain behind a suggestive advert which aired during an episode of Love Island in 2019, and was banned shortly after on the grounds it ‘objectified women’. … Read more
What happened to the ‘not happy, Jan!’ woman? Comedian Deborah Kennedy, 68, had a career resurgence after the famous 2000 Yellow Pages advert By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:35 BST, 8 July 2020 | Updated: 00:41 BST, 8 July 2020 ‘Not happy, Jan!’ – It’s the catch phrase that entered Australia’s cultural … Read more
Australian viewers go wild over a BIZARRE detail in Snoop Dogg’s Menulog advert – but there’s a very logical reason for it By Jo Scrimshire For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:48 BST, 7 July 2020 | Updated: 22:52 BST, 7 July 2020 Food delivery service Menulog launched its latest advertising campaign with American hip hop … Read more
Campaigners slam Adidas over claims it ‘cropped out’ black model in advert for swimwear range promoting body positivity The sportswear giant was called out on social media by eagle-eyed shoppers The ‘original’ image was shared after it appeared in an article about the range It was then compared with the photo on the Adidas website, … Read more