[Misc] The new Gillette ad

[Bakero]

I'm not being hard on myself.
Just can't see any merit in the ad. What are Gillette trying to achieve?
Yes, it may be talked about by bods like me with too much time on their hands, but I dare say those with more important things on their mind are unaware of this load of bollocks.
Quite a good article by Alice Thompson in yesterday's Times.

Publicity I'd imagine.

 

[Nixonator]

Gillette have had to defend their ad and the thinking seems to be, "so what, it's the women that do the shopping so we are telling them what they want to hear". They are also squirming with glee at all the 'free' advertising from the ensuing media bin-fest. Utter wankers. I'll never buy a Gillette product again.

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainmen...film-the-best-men-can-be-20190116-p50rrl.html

Think I said earlier on this thread that it looked to be cynically marketed to women on the basis of them doing the shopping.

Yet people think they're trying to change the world with profound messages from the goodness of their hearts

 

[schmunk]

Gillette have had to defend their ad and the thinking seems to be, "so what, it's the women that do the shopping so we are telling them what they want to hear". They are also squirming with glee at all the 'free' advertising from the ensuing media bin-fest. Utter wankers. I'll never buy a Gillette product again.

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainmen...film-the-best-men-can-be-20190116-p50rrl.html

 

[Bakero]

Gillette have had to defend their ad and the thinking seems to be, "so what, it's the women that do the shopping so we are telling them what they want to hear". They are also squirming with glee at all the 'free' advertising from the ensuing media bin-fest. Utter wankers. I'll never buy a Gillette product again.

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainmen...film-the-best-men-can-be-20190116-p50rrl.html

Man up.

 

[Mr Banana]

Gillette have had to defend their ad and the thinking seems to be, "so what, it's the women that do the shopping so we are telling them what they want to hear". They are also squirming with glee at all the 'free' advertising from the ensuing media bin-fest. Utter wankers. I'll never buy a Gillette product again.

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainmen...film-the-best-men-can-be-20190116-p50rrl.html

The agency put out a couple of broad quotes about the ad campaign. Gillette haven't issued a defence. It's probably safe to assume they've achieved impact, but it's unlikely any business would pull a campaign of this scale unless it was demonstrably causing significant ongoing damage.

 

[BadFish]

A pretty good ad reminding us to set a decent example to our children and not be dicks.

Let's hope it makes a difference in the future.

I don't really get why people are feeling patronised etc by this ad. Piers Morgan can call it an attack on masculinity if he chooses but to me it is an a reminder for us to try and stop our kids growing up as knobheads. Perhaps Piers' parents could have done with it when he was a kid. 40 years too late eh Piers.

I do agree though that this is outside of gilettes remit. They should stick to selling overly complicated and overly expensive hair shaving device and leave the social problems alone.

 

[Bob'n'weave]

The agency put out a couple of broad quotes about the ad campaign. Gillette haven't issued a defence. It's probably safe to assume they've achieved impact, but it's unlikely any business would pull a campaign of this scale unless it was demonstrably causing significant ongoing damage.

Agreed, and I don't expect them to either. From a marketing point of view it is a job well done.

 

[Megazone]

I'm chucking my remington electric shaver tomorrow. This ad has won me over.

Treat women better. Buy Gillette.

 

[smillie's garden]

I'm chucking my remington electric shaver tomorrow. This ad has won me over.

Treat women better. Buy Gillette.

That's nothing. I liked it so much, I bought the company.

 

[Albion my Albion]

The man who owns Gillette owns the New England Patriots and pays Tom Brady's salary, Robert Kraft. Why do you think they call the stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, Gillette Stadium. He is also the owner of Kraft Group which runs Kraft Foods.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

It's a decent enough ad.

The message, "Be a good role model", is important.

Personally, I think the advert hit this tone far more than the "all men are bad" message that others are seeing.

 

[Superphil]

Hhmmmm

 

[Wilko]

 

[carlzeiss]

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/30/pro...ness-but-remains-confident-in-its-future.html

Procter & Gamble writes down Gillette business but remains confident in its future

Procter & Gamble reported Tuesday that it wrote down the value of its Gillette brand by $8 billion.