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Why Mother’s Day Is Marketed To Moms

It’s almost our day, moms. Can you feel it? If you have turned on the TV or logged on to a social media network this week, you probably can. Mother’s Day is upon us and it’s a big deal not just for moms, but retailers. So if Mom is supposed to be queen of the…

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When Girl-Power Marketing Accidentally Does the Opposite

A few weeks ago, start-up toy company GoldieBlox posted this video and the interwebz exploded, as they say.And at first, all caught up in the cuteness of the three little actresses and the cleverness of the way the brand altered the lyrics to Beastie Boys song Girls to accompany this spot (apparently without the Boys permission, but thats not the point), I got excited watching it.And then like a mosquito bite on …