Re: symbol of global cool

On 6 Nov 2003 21:38:24 GMT, [email protected] wrote:
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>Rethink the Cool + the Shoe
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>phil knight had a dream.  he'd sell shoes.  he'd sell dreams.
>he'd get rich.  he'd use sweatshops if he had to.
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>then along came a new shoe.  plain.  simple.  cheap.  fair.
>designed for only one thing:  kicking phil's ass.
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>the unswoosher
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>For years, Nike was the undisputed champion of logo culture, 
>its swoosh an instant symbol of global cool. 
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>Today, Phil Knight's Nike is a fading empire, badly hurt by 
>years of "brand damage" as activists and culture jammers 
>fought back against mindfuck marketing and dirty sweatshop labor.
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>Now a final challenge. We take on Phil at his own game - and win. 
>We turn the shoes we wear into a counterbranding game. The swoosh 
>versus the anti-swoosh. Which side are you on?
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>Adbusters has been doing R&D for more than a year, and guess what? 
>Making a shoe - a good shoe - isn't exactly rocket science. 
>With a network of supporters, we're getting ready to launch the 
>blackSpot sneaker, the world's first grassroots anti-brand. 
>You can help launch the blackSpot revolution.
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>THE BIG QUESTION:
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>        Is it possible to take Phil Knight's billion-dollar 
>        marketing momentum and, in a quick judo-like move, slap 
>        him onto the mat with the power of his own PR thrust?
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>OUR KICK-ASS MARKETING STRATEGY >> http://blackspotsneaker.org
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young. Many people around me died
apparently because they had a heart attack or cancer. Apparently since
late (1970s) things have been very very bad in many third world
countries. Many beautiful women in Muslim countries are forced to become
prostitutes at very young age. Here is one example for you. There was
one family living in two rooms in one of my grandpa's houses. It was
only mom and her daughters. Their father died because he had a fever and
then heart attack. Their land was forcibly taken by some people. I don't
know perhaps it was the uncle (father's brother) who took their share of
the land. These girls (named Naheeda and Nadara) and their mom had no
choice but to move to city and work for people. While they were not
getting enough money to feed the children, the girls started selling
their body for money. Their mom used to believe that her husband was
killed. Considering that these girls were beautiful, I honestly feel
sorry for them and for their future. But you may want to observe the
rest of it, no body ever got justice for them. People talked about them,
rejected them