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Product placement is supposed to be a subtle marketing genius: sneak your brand into a blockbuster or a hit show and watch customers flock to buy it. But sometimes, it all goes horribly wrong. Whether tone-deafness, overexposure, or sheer bad luck, these brands learned that just being on screen doesn’t guarantee a win…
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10 Times Product Placement Spectacularly Backfired
Jamie Frater
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Product placement is supposed to be a subtle marketing genius: sneak your brand into a blockbuster or a hit show and watch customers flock to buy it. But sometimes, it all goes horribly wrong. Whether tone-deafness, overexposure, or sheer bad luck, these brands learned that just being on screen doesn’t guarantee a win…
