Reputation Killers

English cleric and writer, Charles Caleb Colton is probably best known for his coined cliché, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." Colton was a writer, not a businessperson. If he was it would have gone something more like, “Imitation happens when you are successful and others are trying to leach off of your success.” Just ask the people over at Apple, who are pract...
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by: Kyle David
9/21/2009 9:46:39 AM
Reputation Killers
Well you know that the internet has usurped television as the primary method of covering your ass when Chris Brown, known abuser of Rihanna, goes on YouTube to apologize. And despite his paltry attempt to...
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by: Kyle David
7/22/2009 5:14:00 AM
Reputation Killers
Just hours after the research that the popular drug Lantus by Sanofi-Aventis was linked to cancer, the internet was buzzing. Patients taking the drug had a right to be concerned and hit the intern...
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by: Air Cheese
7/8/2009 6:09:36 AM
Reputation Killers
UK fashion retailer, Marks & Spencer, got hit with a can of internet whoop ass this week. M&S, known for their bras, were searching for ways to deal with the downturn in the economy. M&S sought to capitalize on the higher cost of production for larger bras (DD+) by charging about $2 more. The London tabloid...
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by: Kyle David
5/8/2009 5:28:51 AM
Reputation Killers
So what happens when you are the largest pizza chain in the world and two employees decide to stick dough in their pants and serve it? Well before YouTube, a few adolescents had a good laugh and an unsuspecting customer had a “spicy” pizza. Now in the age of YouTube, why not put it on air? That’s just what happened to Domino's Pizza last week forcing a glum CEO to make an embarrassing apology.
Online research outfit MediaCurves.com found that, “65% of respondent...
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by: Cheese Whiz
4/29/2009 6:10:44 AM