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Nike marketing gets it 100% wrong

Perhaps "Venice Beach" sounded edgy and exciting to Nike's ad buyer, but they should have checked the exact location of their billboards.

Jason Weisberger
Sep 09, 2024
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illustrative image: xMarshall/Shutterstock
illustrative image: xMarshall/Shutterstock

Perhaps "Venice Beach" sounded edgy and exciting to Nike's ad buyer, but they should have checked the exact location of their billboards.

As a resident of the neighborhood where these billboards were placed, I can say that Nike has achieved a new level of obtuse cluelessness. Barbie may have been filmed right the…

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