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Tue, Oct 30 2012 07:49:27

American Apparel in #Sandy social media fail

US fashion brand tries to capitalise on hurricane Sandy and unsurprisingly receives a massively negative wake-up call.

  1. copyblogger
    Brian Clark@copyblogger
    An American Apparel Hurricane Sandy Sale? Which 22-year-old genius intern came up with this one?
    Mon, Oct 29 2012 21:05:31
  2. FeliciaCago
    Felicia Yonter@FeliciaCago
    Who sits in a boardroom and pitches this shit? #fired American Apparel Angers Twittersphere With 'Hurricane Sandy Sale' ow.ly/eSHxp
    Tue, Oct 30 2012 07:39:44
  3. American Apparel is pathetic. http://pic.twitter.com/o8MK4ZXZ
    MikeFerri@MikeFerri
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    Mon, Oct 29 2012 20:39:35
  4. rrreevo
    Seb Reeve@rrreevo
    American Apparel and the most insensitive ad campaign of all time #custserv bit.ly/T0igEr
    Tue, Oct 30 2012 07:40:58
  5. Creode
    Creode@Creode
    Do companies ever learn? American Apparel cause the latest social media disaster - mashable.com/2012/10/30/ame…
    Tue, Oct 30 2012 07:45:06
  6. PhilGaudreau
    Phil Gaudreau@PhilGaudreau
    American Apparel Angers Twittersphere With ‘Hurricane Sandy Sale’ via @Neeeda @Mashable ow.ly/eSipu
    Tue, Oct 30 2012 07:40:32
  7. ceelolabee
    Carolina Beltrán@ceelolabee
    Idiots @AmericanApparel on.mash.to/Q3AjNa
    Tue, Oct 30 2012 07:45:58
  8. SBLeaders
    SBLeaders@SBLeaders
    American Apparel's #Sandy solution -- online sale!! ow.ly/eStsf #leadership #fail
    Tue, Oct 30 2012 07:36:08
  9. jsmuir07
    Jonny Muir@jsmuir07
    Social Media #Fail: American Apparel Angers Twittersphere With 'Hurricane Sandy Sale' mashable.com/2012/10/30/ame… via @mashable
    Tue, Oct 30 2012 07:35:37
  10. Diffusion
    Diffusion@Diffusion
    Companies who have turned a disaster into a social media disaster: bit.ly/TllujL
    Tue, Oct 30 2012 07:33:40
  11. SayItSocial
    SayItSocial@SayItSocial
    Another major brand, American Apparel = #FAIL. Why would you launch a "Hurricane Sandy" sale when people are in... fb.me/1ZqZ8yAml
    Tue, Oct 30 2012 07:33:25
  12. ClarionComms
    Clarion Comms@ClarionComms
    How to do Twitter really, really badly: bit.ly/YiOcaj via @electricpig
    Tue, Oct 30 2012 07:28:48
  13. iHEARTdigi
    DIGI.tahl@iHEARTdigi
    #RELEVANT #BREAKING American Apparel's Quest to be Awful Forges On bit.ly/RmyBS2 | #NEWS > @HCP520
    Tue, Oct 30 2012 07:27:18
  14. Way to keep it classy American Apparel. instagr.am/p/RaOOcGPk_0/
    OG@OGLamboLando
    ·
    Tue, Oct 30 2012 07:25:43

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