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Whoops! Target Apologizes After Offering 'Manatee' Dresses For Plus-Size Women
Forbes ^
| 04/05/2013
| Jeff Bercovici
Posted on 04/05/2013 10:23:56 AM PDT by mountn man
In the Twitter era, marketers have to be extra careful that what they put on their websites isn't offensive, even unintentionally. It's a lesson Target (TGT) took to heart this week, apologizing for a product-naming discrepancy that some fuller-figured shoppers found offensive.
The kerfuffle started when self-described "Digital Maven" Susan Clemens was shopping on Target.com and noticed an odd thing: The same style of dress in the exact same color was labeled differently depending on the size. The name of the color on the plus-size version was suggestive, and not in a flattering way.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Society
KEYWORDS: ohthehughmanatee
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To: mountn man; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
To: mountn man
Sounds like a great name for what they are!
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posted on
04/05/2013 12:15:40 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: mountn man
"....And for you ladies we have caftans, muumuus, and our own exclusive A-frame in all colors and patterns. Yes, we have miles and miles of fabric. So take it from me, Thornton Melon, if you want to look thin, you hang out with fat people."
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posted on
04/05/2013 12:16:07 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: mountn man; Revolting cat!
Moo Moo is also a bad name for them.
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
To: mountn man
Save a whale, harpoon a fat chick!
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posted on
04/05/2013 12:17:08 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: FReepers
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posted on
04/05/2013 12:59:10 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(My faith and politics cannot be separated)
To: DJ MacWoW
So we have a _resident who is robbing us blind and this is what outrages Americans?
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posted on
04/05/2013 1:48:15 PM PDT
by
bicyclerepair
(Got a letter from Gov. Palin in reply to my Dad sending her my picture from a TEA party rally.)
To: bicyclerepair
You opened the thread. If there aren’t enough threads that interest you find some more and post them.
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posted on
04/05/2013 1:54:07 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(My faith and politics cannot be separated)
To: dalereed
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posted on
04/05/2013 4:59:24 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(ATTITUDE- The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It.)
To: a fool in paradise
She ain't heavey, she's my brother!
.
. Well, at least, she was until the sex change operation.
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posted on
04/05/2013 6:43:46 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: mountn man
To: clearcarbon
If PETA wasn’t a bastion of looney lefty libtardness, They’d be outraged at your picture depicting Chewbacca as a manatee.
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posted on
04/06/2013 10:34:04 AM PDT
by
mountn man
(ATTITUDE- The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It.)
To: mountn man
Have you ever ridden a manatee?
That last sentence is a double entendre.
Who was that female that got busted for riding a manatee in FL?
Darn, another double entendre.
5.56mm
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posted on
04/06/2013 10:37:08 AM PDT
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M Kehoe
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