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Business Wars Daily

Political Ad Campaign from The Gap Strikes Sour Note with Twitter Users

Business Wars Daily

Wondery

News, Daily News, Business News, Business

4.6716 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today is Wednesday, November 11, and we’re looking at The Gap vs. Lululemon.

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I'm David Brown, and this is Business Wars Daily on this Wednesday, November 11th.

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These days, it's become almost mandatory to declare your company a purpose-driven brand, but Owen said it would be easy. Take the gap, for example. Last Wednesday, the day after

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election day, remember that? Oh, what feels like about a year ago? The gap came forward with a message of

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unity to this divided country. On social media, it posted an image of its classic hoodie,

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but this one was navy on one side, red on the other. Click the image and a zipper brought the two

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sides together. The accompanying message, the one thing we know is that together we can move

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forward. Sitting percoli alongside the text were two hearts, one red, one blue. This while the United

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State of Anxiety was just beginning to hold its breath waiting for ballot counts in court

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battles. The Gap's message fell so flat that you might say no one voted for it, with the

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exception of the hapless brand manager who suggested it and the yes people in the boardroom who

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