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5 March 2010 - Product Launch – UK/US: Berry Bros. & Rudd Spirits' No. 3 London Dry Gin (REG)
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Comment - View from a Farr - When celebrities go bad (MEM)
Although celebrities were out in force at the Oscars last weekend, we are, thankfully, seeing less and less of them in the world of soft drinks. Once viewed by marketers as a powerful, albeit expensive, tool to draw consumers to a brand, the overpaid and overhyped celeb can become a loose cannon for the label.
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