Posts tagged brand names

Brand Obama - No You Can't

By Prerna on February 2, 2009
Brand Obama – No You Can’t

President Obama’s popular appeal makes him a dream for marketing companies looking to siphon profits by using his image and rhetoric. So it should come as no surprise that the White House is looking into copyrighting “brand Obama.” “Our lawyers are working on developing a... [+]

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02Feb

'Fair and Lovely' No More -...

By Prerna on August 27, 2008
‘Fair and Lovely’ No More – Bollywood Star blasts Fairness Products

Accolades for Akki – Bollywood star Akshay Kumar slams ‘fairness products’ and endorsers of such products at a news conference. Rani Mukerji, Priyanka Chopra, Bipasha Basu, Konkona Sen Sharma are all the dusky leading ladies of Bollywood that may have succumbed to the ‘Fair and Lovely’... [+]

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27Aug

Selling out the L - Product...

By Prerna on August 10, 2008
Selling out the L – Product Placement on Premium Networks

Capitalism strikes again and this time quite close to home. Whoring our community out to brand names so that inhumane corporations like Nike can “improve their image” and “capture new markets” while continuing their horrendous policies worldwide is absolutely not responsible. It’s degrading and dehumanizing when... [+]

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10Aug