"Bad publicity" refers to negative attention or criticism that a person, company, or brand receives from the public, usually because of something they have done or are associated with. It can harm their reputation and have negative effects on their image or business.
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After the recent
bad publicity about online dating and there has been some severe criticism, it seems that many people are currently seeking an alternative to.
The government has been accused of trying to avoid
bad publicity by delaying the release of documents relating to poor pupil performance and governance at 15 academies.
If a nursing home is opposed to going to court and potentially
facing bad publicity or press, their legal team may push for a quick settlement.
The firm's traditional approach is to
ignore bad publicity, counting on its reputation to lift it above the fray.
By 1972, fear of
further bad publicity left the usual cast of pace - car suppliers hiding in the wings, so a performance parts builder stepped in.
For now, I wish her well and hope she does not
let bad publicity kill her ambition whatever that may be.
But even if there is no such thing
as bad publicity, the attention may be fleeting without a concrete strategy going forward.
Companies often favor arbitration, because it can be less expensive than a public trial and can allow them to
avoid bad publicity.
So many ugly things writers have done and yet if the writer kept writing, they just went right on proving the old saying that
even bad publicity is good publicity.
Why Goldman Sachs, which has had its own share of
bad publicity over the years and always talks about being in the business of making sound judgments, would actively participate in a deal for a major gun retailer is baffling.
Chipotle Mexican Grill (cmg) has grappled
with bad publicity from multiple E. coli and norovirus outbreaks, which have helped lop 33 % off its stock price.
Also, it'll just be
more bad publicity for B&N, and turn potential customers away, as well as what few loyal customers their digital division may still have...
Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman threatened ADP with
bad publicity if he were forced into a formal proxy contest for seats on the payroll processing giant's board, according to the company.
I don't know if it was the weeks and months of
bad publicity leading into the event that set the bar so low, but I have been pleasantly surprised with how the week has gone so far.
The regulatory uncertainty and
bad publicity surrounding the recent Silk Road bust, has led many in the bitcoin community to try to gain respectability, meeting with government officials in a bid to bring the currency into the fold.
«By almost any measure, the cost of absorbing returned items is minimal compared to the Internet's ability to transform
bad publicity into brand damage, especially if a mere «tiny fraction» of Amazon customers is involved,» King told the E-Commerce Times.
CRA routinely
gets bad publicity and distaste from people yet a less known fact is that the CRA have set up programs to help the average Canadian if they choose preventive programs.
After a few years of disappointment, for both Arsenal and England, and with a few pieces of
bad publicity following him around, the young Gunner Jack Wilshere has admitted that this season is an absolutely huge one for him.
And not only has ASI been the subject of
much bad publicity over the past few years, it's also doing less business than in past years.
And although the West Bank plant has drawn criticism — especially in Europe and Canada — the company has until now mostly
dodged bad publicity in the U.S., touting its Palestinian job creation in a promotional video.
The term MyFord Touch will not be used in the future by Ford because MyFord Touch is identified with Sync's
ongoing bad publicity over ease of use.
Even after
receiving bad publicity from the comments of the JP Morgan CEO and the recent report that China ordered Bitcoin exchanges to close down.
But she also suggested that some CCGs were «anxious» about the
potential bad publicity of awarding large NHS contracts to private companies.
Storms of
bad publicity hit the industry in the form of stories about arrogant executives and thousand - dollar pills.
That's not a surprise given
recent bad publicity over batteries: Samsung's playing it cautiously rather than trying to push battery tech to its limits right now.
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