Veserr@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoStarbucks Korea to temporarily shut all stores for history lesson after bungled coffee promotionwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkStarbucks Korea to temporarily shut all stores for history lesson after bungled coffee promotionwww.theguardian.comVeserr@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square4linkfedilink
minus-squaremctoasterson@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoThis is some insane level corporate tone-deafness. They literally used AI to integrate themes from a violent political suppression event into their marketing. It’d be like Starbucks USA commemorating Kent State with a “Let the Bodies Hit the Floor” promotion.
minus-squareinari@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoYou gotta wonder what the thinking was here, if any
This is some insane level corporate tone-deafness.
They literally used AI to integrate themes from a violent political suppression event into their marketing.
It’d be like Starbucks USA commemorating Kent State with a “Let the Bodies Hit the Floor” promotion.
You gotta wonder what the thinking was here, if any