Fake Puma Ad Mystery Solved
Remember that Fake Puma Ad? Well, now we know where it came from:
What really happened - a small Eastern European agency affiliated with Saatchi & Saatchi created the ads on spec, trying to win business with a PUMA subsidiary. They got nothing and emailed the ads to friends; from that point it snowballed.
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...but online store sales were up like CRAZY for a couple of weeks. Too bad we didn't even have the shoes in the ads in stock!
Too bad that agency didn't get hired, because they created on of the most viral advertisements in the last 5 years.
Comments
niklas says:
Wait..."snowballed"?? Now that's punny.
Posted by: niklas at February 15, 2006 9:00 AM #
plemeljr says:
I know - I saw that too, but thought better than to bring attention to it.
I think the whole situation is pretty funny.
Posted by: plemeljr at February 15, 2006 1:26 PM #
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