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A segment on expensive kitchen gadgets left This Morning viewers unimpressed. Alice Beer was presenting expensive a tongue-in-cheek segment on gadgets to ‘zhuzh’ things up in the kitchen, judging whether they’re good enough to ‘justify’ splurging. However, the segment backfired due to the whopping prices of some of the pieces of equipment, with a cake … Read more
The UK’s advertising watchdog has banned the adverts of two unregulated lead generators after they were found to have mimicked legitimate debt charities and claimed to be endorsed by the Government. The websites ‘writeoffmydebt’ and ‘stepdebtsupport’ were criticised by the Advertising Standards Authority after a series of complaints by the Government-funded Money and Pensions Service, … Read more
Ryanair ‘jab and go’ offer described by advertising watchdog as misleading, irresponsible, and in poor taste with an ‘inappropriate tone’ The ad promoted flights to European destinations and offered seats for €19.99 It said: ‘Vaccines are coming, so book your Easter and summer holidays today’ ‘Vaccines will mean an end to Covid travel restrictions in … Read more
Ryanair withdraws ‘jab & go’ ad after advertising watchdog rules that it was misleading, irresponsible, and in poor taste with an ‘inappropriate tone’ The ad promoted flights to European destinations and offered seats for €19.99 It said: ‘Vaccines are coming, so book your Easter and summer holidays today’ ‘Vaccines will mean an end to Covid … Read more
Buyers beware! Customers share their disappopintment after the packaging didn’t live up to its promise It is true to say that customers don’t always get what they pay for People from across globe shared bizarre advertising tricks they’ve encountered Snaps shared by Bored Panda include very lacklustre ball pit and over-sized USB By Raven Saunt … Read more
West Midlands Police is blasted for spending £180,000 on TWO more ‘woke’ jobs after advertising for fairness and belonging chief They are hiring an assistant director of talent and organisational effectiveness The force, who have saw major cuts since 2010, will pay £73,340 a year for role A job as a £28,725-a-year engagement and consultation officer also … Read more
Depop seller advertises stolen Chiltern Railways social distancing SEAT COVER as a crop top for £15 leaving baffled social media users to brand it ‘the worst thing they’ve ever seen’ Anonymous seller posed in a the covering – which she repurposed as a crop top Said she had it in ‘many different sizes’ and to … Read more
Pure Leith signs six-figure advertising deal to blow up her own baking as the face of Clash of Clans app By Katie Hind and Ian Gallagher For The Mail On Sunday Published: 02:25 GMT, 27 December 2020 | Updated: 02:26 GMT, 27 December 2020 Competition in the Bake Off tent may be genteel, but the success … Read more
‘I want to vomit’: Eagle-eyed shoppers spot PrettyLittleThing advertising a wireless headphone case using AirPods covered in EARWAX Yasmin Amirah, from Kent, posted a screenshot of retailer’s website on Twitter Images appeared to show the earphones speckled with a brown substance Post since been liked more than 317,000 times and was met with flurry of … Read more
US researchers looked at the 250 top-grossing films in the US between 1994 and 2018, which also included Harry Potter, Avatar and the James Bond series.