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McDonalds used to be the #1 fast food chain in Japan – a role model for all the other companies to look up to and emulate. Then sales fell off, and kept falling off. The McDonalds management started to try everything they could to turn things around, including some really interesting, almost bizarre, television commercials like the one below. . .
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hmm, advertising..yeah just loving it...that`s just crazy, but they do say sex sells.....
Posted by: sprocket | Jan 24, 2006 at 01:04 AM
That's just plain creepy.
Posted by: Andrew B | Jun 02, 2006 at 12:23 PM