Friday, August 21, 2009

The More You Know


I recently caught a series of Dove commercials on YouTube, one in particular that made me think that Dove was a company I might want to get behind:



But then I saw this ad, also on YouTube:



And, in case this kind of thing bothers you:



Make sure you're paying attention.

1 comment:

Bret Wells said...

That's disappointing. However, I looked it up and Unilever, the company which owns both Axe and Dove is a HUGE global conglomerate which owns a LOT of companies (including Ragu, Snuggle, Bertoli, Ben & Jerry's, Vaseline and...I Can't Believe Its Not Butter.)

At that level, I wonder if the separate companies have any overlap in oversight whatsoever. I really don't know how it works, but could the two companies be connected without really having any connection at all?

I tend to be cynical, so I suspect that this is a company merely trying to play to both sides of the fence. But one of the great things about being cynical is that getting proven wrong can actually be a pleasant thing.