American Apparel shows off yet another nearly naked woman, this time in the name of fair labor practices. Because boobs and decent pay for a day's work are completely corollary. (Excuse me while I check my breasts and look for a paycheck to fall from the sky.) The company's newest ad features an actual employee named… » 3/07/14 5:00pm 3/07/14 5:00pm

Car manufacturers spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to sell cars to millennials. Apparently they're still very confused, because Chevy just released an ad that's basically a minute-long reminder that one day, your brand new puppy will die. » 3/06/14 6:50pm 3/06/14 6:50pm

Apparently, Diet Coke's new ad campaign: "You're on!" is drawing fire for being a terribly irresponsible and naughty DRUG REFERENCE FOR DRUGGIES. Sometimes the billboards say, "Diet Coke. You're on." And sometimes they say, "You're on. Diet Coke." But either way, they're clearly talking about your brain being on something… » 3/04/14 5:00pm 3/04/14 5:00pm

Microsoft spends a lot of time attempting to zing Apple. Their latest try is pitched to the ladies and focuses on the fact Mac laptops don't have touch screens. A pretty simple concept! But just in case, the company decided to explain it in terms of wedding planning. Because ladies love weddings. » 3/03/14 10:25am 3/03/14 10:25am

Sometimes advertising agencies get creative and it’s great. Other times, the sentiment might be there but the message makes you say, "Wait, what?" Enter Dove’s new deodorant campaign in the Garden State. » 2/28/14 10:20am 2/28/14 10:20am

We have this phenomenon in advertising called "creative license"—you're allowed to stretch logic (to a certain point) to dramatize a product benefit. » 2/19/14 3:30pm 2/19/14 3:30pm

Charged with promoting Marilyn: Intimate Exposures, a new book of photographs of the star, ad agency Preuss und Preuss decided on a rather sketchy approach. They slapped Marilyn's legs on poles around the city, attached a flapping skirt at the waist and waited for curious passers-by. » 2/10/14 5:45pm 2/10/14 5:45pm

Cancer is a lot of things — fucking unfair, tragic, horrible, frightening, a terrifyingly indifferent monster. Cancer is not a pissing contest. Guess no one told that to the British Pancreatic Cancer Action organization, which this week launched what may be the worst disease awareness ad campaign of all time. "I wish I… » 2/05/14 6:20pm 2/05/14 6:20pm

With the Super Bowl only a few super short days away, marketers are gearing up to unload the big guns: their Super Bowl ads. If this year is like every previous year, some of those ads will prominently feature tired sexist tropes that would be outdated even in a smoky rooms full of Roger Sterlings. But now, rather than … » 1/27/14 4:00pm 1/27/14 4:00pm

It's still January, but the worst Valentine's Day ad has already been released. The only thing that might top this is aTaco Bell ad of someone sitting alone inside a Taco Bell with the caption, "Treat yourself with a Valentine's Day table for one," followed by a little Open Table URL for making reservations. At Taco… » 1/26/14 5:00pm 1/26/14 5:00pm

Hey, laaaaaadiiiiiies!!! If there's one thing I know about you, it's that there's one thing you know about me, and that's that there's one thing we know about us, and that's YOGURT YOGURT YOGURT. » 1/21/14 6:40pm 1/21/14 6:40pm

An ad for a DC grocery store welcomed Howard University students back from winter break with big savings on sushi!!! ...And a photo of a smiling white woman. As Howard is a historically (and famously and OBVIOUSLY) black university, the ad has critics' eyes rolling. » 1/15/14 3:50pm 1/15/14 3:50pm

Hey, ladies! C'mere, Microsoft wants to give you a big you-go-girl high five. Oh, but first—have you considered switching to BING? » 1/13/14 4:30pm 1/13/14 4:30pm