Sentences with phrase «blatant marketing»

Is this a blatant marketing ploy born out of desperation..

That alone implied a lot of things such as it possibly being a 2 - hour commercial for Disneyland, a blatant marketing attempt, and of questionable quality.

Keep falling victim to blatant marketing techniques tricking your unthinking self into buying faux - natural «garbage».

Not exact matches

That said, the SEC has brought a number of cases against blatant fraudsters in the cryptocurrency markets as well as against ICOs that clearly fall under the scope of securities law (e.g., Munchee).

The original poster said in a recent article it was» a guerrilla marketing operation» so blatant spam / troll.

This is why the last two stock plunges, which took the S&P 500 down over 10 %, were met by heavy, if not blatant, Fed intervention which produced a steep V - bounce in the stock market both times.

With such obvious and blatant errors in the transfer market that my 10 year old brother complains about, I think Wenger has lost it completely!

This is a blatant violation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast - Milk Substitutes.

This marketing campaign is a blatant case of false advertising.

Keeping the UK within the Single Market sounds on the face of it more acceptable than their earlier blatant attempts to frustrate the referendum result being enacted.

«Marsh's behavior was a blatant abuse of law and market power: price - fixing, bid - rigging and kickbacks,» Spitzer wrote in the piece, which he said he penned to counter a Wall Street Journal editorial that sought to «disparage the cases my office brought against Marsh & McLennan.»

An antidote to the market - driven Smurfs, Cars, and Despicable Me sequels and the presumably crass, blatant hack - work of (brace yourself) The Emoji Movie, due in August, Your Name hits the U.S. in various cities on April 7 after a brief Oscar - qualifying run at the end of last year.

The shorter of the two is a usual bit of business that alternates between real insight and promo huckstering, but the other, Gladiator Games, is, as its Learning Channel - pedigree would imply, a genuinely informative look at the history of the ancient Roman gladiator business; only a small fraction of its one - hour running time is devoted to blatant movie marketing.

The idea has shades of an upsized Nissan Juke in the blatant statement of its style, and is intended to appeal to a young, fashion - obsessed audience which wants its cars to make a statement about them and which is terrified of missing out on a new trend (to paraphrase the marketing proposition).

The sedan's upright styling with somewhat awkward tail fins was a blatant appeal to the American market, while the coupe and cabriolet featured more modern, more subdued style that was considerably more timeless in appearance.

Obviously, I agree completely and am incensed at the blatant sloppiness in most areas of this (no - longer - really)»em erging» electronic market

I have certainly noticed a real uptick in the number of Facebook posts I receive that are little more than either blatant self promotion or thinly disguised marketing (To be honest I'm getting pretty sick of hearing what # on Amazon's rankings certain author's books are — does it mean I'm more likely to buy their book because I read a Facebook post on this — short answer, no).

I'm all for clear disclosure, which the credit card companies were deliberately terrible at, but I am against such blatant interference in the market.

And I certainly don't think we're anywhere close to bubble territory yet — leaving aside some obvious exceptions, investors aren't exhibiting any of the usual symptoms: Yes, I'm sure you know»em... a twisted market / valuation logic, a blatant disregard for risk / leverage, and / or a messianic over-confidence in future growth & returns.

«Even with these positive points, there has never been more blatant reproach and harassment towards the women making games and female consumers who are growing the market with their wallets,» said Meloni.

Who knows what they were thinking, but I can't imagine that even the coal companies footing ACCCE's multi-million dollar lobbying campaign will think that this latest stunt is anything but blatant over-the-top marketing blather.

As a professional auditor, I remain puzzled how company directors can face prosecution for engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct by knowingly releasing reports to the market place that are seriously flawed if not fraudulent... yet the climate change charlatans (the IPCC and its assisting cabal of snake - oil salesmen scientists) can issue reports of greater consequence to the world, which are knowingly biased and flawed, and contain blatant errors and anomalies, but they still remain «untouchables»!

It probably won't be as blatant as mind control through computerized TV commercials, the theme of his upcoming movie, Looker; it is likelier to be a more subtle intrusion, with more market share at stake.

In all but the most blatant of cases (eg price fixing) Art 81 is only breached if the anti-competitive effects are appreciable, in other words they impact on a significant part of the overall market.

Happy Meals represent the best and worst of America: Fancying up gross, unhealthy food; marketing directly to children; inviting countless lawsuits; blatant commercialism with movie and television tie - ins.

In the case of the blatant scams, the promoters typically have no more than a jargon - filled white paper and some marketing material.

While BQ claims that this blatant unresponsiveness will be addressed in a future update, the fact that the tablet is out now, already in the hands of consumers, indicates that concessions were made to get the Aquaris M10's Ubuntu flavor out on the market.

Pete Kresky can't really say he's experienced blatant age discrimination, but the 70 - year - old marketing executive and job seeker said he suspects it's there.

Some brokers maintain blatant protectionist claims, pretending that consolidation means non-local brokers will suddenly flood markets they have no business being in.

Perhaps the most blatant measure introduced in Budget 2016 to directly reference Canada's housing market is the government's pledge of $ 500,000 to Statistics Canada to «develop methods for gathering data on purchases of Canadian housing by foreign homebuyers.»