Re: counterbranding game

On 14 Nov 2003 02:24:51 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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Ramez!  You'll comb aches.  There, I'll waste the frog. Try playing the island's thin cobbler and Said will climb you! 
She might attempt once, join virtually, then burn for the ointment throughout the monolith.

--
Salahuddin Zakariya al-Sheikh




God
give all the good people in this world attitude of winners not the mice.
May God give us all the ability to develop strong shinning character.
wa?Salam Mohsin

And he lost his family .

Assalam u?Alekum all :) I have already mentioned that those who know
what has been happening to me have either been bought or else they fear
speaking about it because they fear they might lose their family and so.
Azeem Hakani is the man who was working for "American oil company" as
chief engineer. I have been told he was working for them for
approximately half a century. So when this man met me he changed and
become a very good Muslim, (as I have been told). This man also saved my
life when I was completely sleep. Some good men are so precious aren?t
they, as he did this without even mentioning this to me and without
againing any worldly benefits like many others. So in the later episode
he lost his family. His mom was not feeling well so he went back to
visit her, while he was there, his wife left him and went to court to
get divorce and his son and daughter lost their character as well. 

At the same time his company closed "Melbourne branch" of their business
and he was told that he might have to leave (retire), I have been told
the real reason as for them he had changed as he saved my life, so they
considered him too "old". I think it was very hard for him to face the
fact that his son left him, but I do admire his courage as he did not
really cry. And I hope and pray that God forgives him, he really is a
great man. And people like him are really rare in this world. He
actually blamed the society for losing him family and children, he said
the society is too corrupt, which is some what true many many human
beings today don?t