Dept. Of Fail: Macy’s Jumps The Gun On WFC ‘09 Merch, Inky Cleans Up
Not sure if anybody else saw this on the back page of Section A in this morning’s Inky (not that we did, either, but you know, people tell us things):
Owch. Don’t worry, though, Inky brass are ready to fall on that grenade. Just posted to Philly.com:
A message to our readers
November 2, 2009
A Message To Our Readers,
A Macy’s advertisement in today’s Inquirer incorrectly offered Phillies 2009 World Championship merchandise. The Inquirer deeply regrets this error. Macy’s is a great corporate citizen, supporter of this region and our sports teams. We apologize for this error and any inconvenience this caused.
Sincerely,
Howard Griffin
Vice President, National Advertising
Philadelphia Media LLC
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News,
Broad Street Publishing and philly.com
Let me tell you something, pendejos: After the last two nights, it’s fucking super inconvenient.
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:09 pm
a great corporate citizen
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:37 pm
I was kind of hoping we all were just going to agree simply not to even make mention of the last two nights.
Thanks, Macy’s.