Veserr@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoStarbucks Korea to temporarily shut all stores for history lesson after bungled coffee promotionwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up114
arrow-up114external-linkStarbucks Korea to temporarily shut all stores for history lesson after bungled coffee promotionwww.theguardian.comVeserr@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square4linkfedilink
minus-squaremctoasterson@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days 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-up1·2 days 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