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The News Agents

The Jaguar backlash - Is 'woke capitalism' dead?

The News Agents

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Daily News, News, Government, Politics

4.24.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The newly released Jaguar advert displays an array of brightly coloured models cat-walking around a large rock with no car. It has sent Jaguar traditionalists into a tailspin. The company's CEO is unrepentant, and moreover says he's quite enjoying the attention/backlash.

Today, we speak to the masters of the advertising world, Saatchi & Saatchi. So, is the advert any good? Is the backlash about something more profound than cars? Is 'woke capitalism' on the way out?

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0:00.0

The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity.

0:08.2

This is a global player original podcast.

0:11.7

Welcome back to Squackbox.

0:12.8

We mentioned this right before the break.

0:14.7

British carmaker Jaguar facing a massive backlash for an ad campaign that doesn't feature its cars at all. I don't

0:21.3

if you guys have seen this. The ad features models dressed in bright colors.

0:25.5

It's, to be honest, a little weird, the whole ad.

0:27.7

We don't normally talk about car sales on this podcast. We don't actually talk about

0:32.8

ads that much, but we're going to talk about Jaguar, not really for what it's done, but for what it

0:39.6

has provoked. A massive backlash after this new, I don't know if you call it an ad, a tease,

0:47.0

a moment, a video, which people just hate. And we're asking whether that signals success or failure. Yeah. And is this something else?

0:57.0

Is it something bigger that is going on now, which is a backlash against so-called woke

1:05.0

capitalism, where companies are more worried about diversity, equity, inclusion, than they are on their

1:11.8

cherished brands like a roaring jaguar on the front of a testosterone-filled car.

1:19.4

Welcome to the newsagents.

1:23.4

The Newsagents.

1:25.1

It's John.

1:25.9

It's Emily.

1:26.9

And the row over a pre-publicity advert for a new car, a Jaguar car, has kind of taken on a life of its own.

1:38.6

Millions of views on social media.

1:41.0

It has become a talking point, a division point for people who are kind of thinking,

1:46.4

this is terrible, this is the end of the world as we know it, because Jaguar are giving up

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