Thursday, November 24, 2011
George Carlin on Advertising
Advertising, and the incredible ability to collect data on human reactions, in the new electronic purchase world, facebook divulgication of very personal data and interrelationships, has found a way to "get the best of humans". It will some day be recognized as a great evil. Recognize it for yourself now, and push back against it where-ever possible
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CHICAGO, Nov. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Retailers can breathe a sigh of relief. The holiday shopping season started strong, with bigger crowds spending more dollars than ever before.
ReplyDeleteAccording to ShopperTrak — the world's largest provider of retail and mall foot-traffic counting services — Black Friday
sales increased 6.6 percent over the same day last year. This
represents $11.40 billion in retail purchases and the biggest dollar
amount ever spent during the day. Retail foot-traffic rose accordingly,
increasing by 5.1 percent over Black Friday 2010.
Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/11/26/4081335/black-friday-2011-sets-new-retail.html#ixzz1eredddRo
See that advertising thing....it does work! It would be nice if we got a few years before the slow motion train wreck really wrecked.
ReplyDeletefunny video!!!
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