Wednesday, September 22, 2010

KFC buys ad space on women”s butts

#NOW #KFC #coeds #advertising #college
KFC wants folks to watch its backside.
Or, more precisely, the backsides of female college students it's recruiting to promote its hot new bunless Double Down sandwiches.

Women on college campuses are being paid $500 each to hand out coupons while wearing fitted sweatpants with "Double Down" in large letters across their rear ends.

The nation's largest women's group doesn't like it one bit. "It's so obnoxious to once again be using women's bodies to sell fundamentally unhealthy products," says Terry O'Neill, president of the National Organization for Women. What's more, she says, KFC has forgotten something important: Women make more than half the decisions about what to eat for dinner.

But KFC marketing chief John Cywinski says it's an effective way to catch the attention of young men — KFC's key customers and the biggest fans of Double Down.

Source: USA Today
NAG’s Terry O'Neill is being disingenuous since women’s bodies are used to sell a ton of products including “green” products.

1 comments:

  1. If the ads successfully increase the sale of KFC products, the size of the ad space will likely also increase.

    That's my fat joke for today.

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