Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Pepsi screws up majorly

Just when I thought the new Pepsi campaign was going really well and was very impactful I came across an article on Advertising Age about a marketing promotion gone sour. The Pepsi promotion was to give a certain number of Yankee fans seats to the Yankee v Indians game. Fans lined up for the chance for free tickets until they found out that there were less seats available then promised. The disappointed and very routy crowd chanted "Pepsi Sucks" over and over causing a huge scene at the event.

Later, Pepsi issued a statement apologizing to the fans regretting their actions. They even offered another promotion very similar to the original. After disappointing so many people we'll see how many are interested in giving Pepsi another chance.

1 comment:

  1. Ha! That's terrible to fail THAT badly, having angry people chant about how awful you are. Oops.

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