16 jaw-droppingly terrible marketing fails
Clever, effective marketing is essential if you want a product to fly off the shelves. Get it wrong and your potential best-seller will end up in the bargain bin!
Here are 16 photos where the marketing and merchandising teams only had one job and managed to totally mess it up - to be honest, we don't know whether to laugh or cry. Or just settle for a facepalm...
1. Feel tempted by these facial masks?
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2. When SpongeBob SquarePants begins to melt
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3. This little girl must have been so disappointed!
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4. This one had us in stitches! Be nice to pandas!
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5. Talk about being subtle...
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6. When your ready meals consists of a liquid lunch...
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7. This company needs to hire a proofreader!
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8. How to completely confuse your customers
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9. Well, they've certainly got a point!
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10. TBH, we're not surprised this is on sale!
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11. Because women love nothing more than a nice, sharp knife...
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12. For goodness' sake, close your legs and put on a pair of pants!
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13. One of the reasons why British humor is the best!
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14. And it looked so good in the photo!
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15. Why fake goods are never a good option
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16. When the Earth becomes part of the gender divide debate...
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By Straker Julia
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Passionate about writing, I write articles on the subjects that I love. Creativity and Animals themes are my favorites!