Tag: controversy
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Is this a PR crisis for FIFA?
If I were Gianni Infantino, I’d think I had a crisis on my hands. I would be highly cognizant that there are cries around the world calling be corrupt. As the leader of FIFA, I would see that as a problem that takes away trust in our ability to steward the world’s game. But I…
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Boo, hydration, says the FIFA fan
Today, June 23, 2026, is National Hydration Day. And in a strange irony, there are millions of people clamoring for less hydration. More specifically, you can hear the boos in the stadium every time a FIFA World Cup match is stopped for a mandatory hydration break. It’s not that fans are anti-water. They are against…
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Another day another controversy: Patrick Ta and Painted by Esther
On the interwebs, the social media channels, and the chat groups is a growing conversation. It circles around Painted By Esther and Patrick Ta. The first is a British makeup artist who has gone viral for her blush forward looks on her famous clients. The second is a makeup artist with his own brand of…
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Everlane’s sale to Shein is a sign of the end
Everlane, a company, known for its sustainability claims, just sold to Shein, known for all things the opposite of sustainability. Others will have covered the ends and outs of this buyout in more depth, and this is the question: Is this the beginning of the end? Are the end times upon us? Or at the…
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This bigger issue you missed about the “Bezos gala”
Last week, there was an uproar about the Met Gala. And let’s be real, it was there in the weeks prior, too. It wasn’t about the general excess that the event was known for. No, it was about who would be there. Jeff Bezos and his new wife, Lauren Sanchez, were named honorary co-chairs of…
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Hot chicken and hot water: Revisiting a Shake Shack controversy
In 2021, Shake Shack decided it was time to innovate. They did the work to partner with Korean brands. They did the research to understand the Korean market on food and fried chicken. And the result of all of that effort was in the Gochujang Chick’n Sandwich which previously launched in Korean in the fall…
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Well, Delta, seems I was right about that
On Monday, I suggested that if I were an airline, I would send a special thank you to fliers who have endured the extreme TSA wait times with the partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government. Well, maybe I’m a psychic, or maybe it’s just good business. On Wednesday, I received an email from Delta…
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Flashback to when Sol de Janeiro made a spider balm
In 2024, Sol de Janeiro decided to get in on the joke. After months of people questioning whether their newest fragrance was a spider attractant, they chose to play on that trend. Instead of fighting the strange public relations controversy that had people assuming their fragrance was attracting wolf spiders, they decided to “make something…
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