NYC customer sues Subway for ‘falsely advertising’ amounts of meat on sandwiches: lawsuit

NYC customer sues Subway for ‘falsely advertising’ amounts of meat on sandwiches: lawsuit

Subway was hit with a lawsuit on Monday claiming the restaurant chain “materially overstates” the amount of meat in visual ads for sandwiches. The suit took aim at photos in Subway advertisements, alleging the chain “falsely advertises” how much meat the steak and cheese sandwich has on it.  This is especially concerning, the complaint said, … Read more

I’m done with dating apps — so I spent $1K promoting myself on Facebook Ads to find love

I’m done with dating apps — so I spent K promoting myself on Facebook Ads to find love

Swiping right on would-be sweeties as if he were online shopping didn’t feel right to Jack Liu — but spending $1,000 on a personal ad was right on the money. “My ads got straight to the point,” Liu, 40, a digital marketing entrepreneur from Queens, told The Post, detailing the virtual love campaign he launched … Read more

Empowering or sexist? Lingerie ad featuring female Olympians in black bras, skimpy panties sparks debate

Empowering or sexist? Lingerie ad featuring female Olympians in black bras, skimpy panties sparks debate

This lingerie campaign has people’s panties in a twist. Bra brand Bluebella is facing backlash for its latest ad campaign, featuring three players from Great Britain’s women’s Olympic rugby team clad in lacy lingerie. The campaign, titled “Strong Is Beautiful,” shows Celia Quansah, Ellie Boatman and Jasmine Joyce dressed in black bras and underwear as … Read more

Disney CEO Bob Iger to cut spending ‘pretty dramatically’ on traditional TV programming

Disney CEO Bob Iger to cut spending ‘pretty dramatically’ on traditional TV programming

Walt Disney will cut its investment in programming for traditional television networks “pretty dramatically” as the company navigates the consumer shift to streaming, Chief Executive Bob Iger said Wednesday. Iger said linear channels such as ABC still serve as an important marketing tool and reach older viewers who are not watching series such as “Abbott Elementary” … Read more

McDonald’s debuts ‘world’s first’ scented billboards: ‘Smells like a Happy Meal’

McDonald’s debuts ‘world’s first’ scented billboards: ‘Smells like a Happy Meal’

The customer nose best. McDonald’s restaurants in the Netherlands have debuted a revolutionary way to turn consumers onto their iconic burgers and fries — by launching the “world’s first billboard” that smells like their food. “This is the first time that a billboard has been used to diffuse the McDonald’s scent,” Golden Arches reps described in … Read more

Restaurant owner’s insane break-up revenge goes viral: ‘Are you regretting it now?’

Restaurant owner’s insane break-up revenge goes viral: ‘Are you regretting it now?’

People are losing their minds over this very cheeky sign plastered in front of a new Korean restaurant in Melbourne. Chingu Korean BBQ, located in Caroline Springs, has yet to open but is already drawing attention from across the country thanks to the giant billboard attached to the front. “Hey Sophia, you broke up with … Read more

Home shopping company QVC apologizes to Asian women for ‘offensive’ advertising email

Home shopping company QVC apologizes to Asian women for ‘offensive’ advertising email

Home shopping company QVC issued an apology to its customers — Asian female customers in particular — and vowed to work more closely with its DEI team after sending a marketing email containing “offensive” language. “You’ll love this bag longtime,” an email subject line sent to QVC customers Friday morning said.  Fox News Digital reviewed the … Read more

John Krasinski resurrects ‘The Office’ joke for viral ‘IF’ Super Bowl ad

John Krasinski resurrects ‘The Office’ joke for viral ‘IF’ Super Bowl ad

Super Bowl meets Scranton. John Krasinski and his pal Ryan Reynolds resurrected an old joke from NBC’s hit television show “The Office” in order to promote their brand-new film “IF.” The teaser trailer, which is set to air during the Super Bowl LVIII game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers, opens … Read more

‘Horny couch’ from Jeremy Allen White’s Clavin Klein commercial up for grabs online— and it’s free

‘Horny couch’ from Jeremy Allen White’s Clavin Klein commercial up for grabs online— and it’s free

Would you want the used sofa Jeremy Allen White lounged on in his skivvies? Yes, chef, we would. One lucky buyer could be the proud owner of the infamous red corduroy couch as seen in the internet-breaking Calvin Klein ad featuring a nearly-naked White. (Although swooners were likely more interested in the buff actor’s washboard … Read more

Jeremy Allen White’s Calvin Klein sultry ad hilariously gets the RNIB alt text treatment so blind people can enjoy

Jeremy Allen White’s Calvin Klein sultry ad hilariously gets the RNIB alt text treatment so blind people can enjoy

Now this is what we like to call blind ambition. “The Bear” star Jeremy Allen White bared it all this month for his racy and utterly titillating Calvin Klein underwear campaign and the internet collectively swooned over the 32-year-old heartthrob’s rippling pectorals. Unfortunately, individuals who are visually impaired have been unable to properly appreciate all that White … Read more

Jessica Simpson pokes fun at her viral ‘Newlyweds’ Chicken of the Sea blunder in hilarious new ad

Jessica Simpson pokes fun at her viral ‘Newlyweds’ Chicken of the Sea blunder in hilarious new ad

Don’t worry, she knows it’s really tuna. Former pop star Jessica Simpson is bringing back her infamous Chicken of the Sea mishap in a new ad for the tuna fish brand. In the advertisement, the billion-dollar fashion mogul, 43, sits with her daughter Maxwell “Maxi” Simpson on the couch while enjoying the fishy treat. “Mom, … Read more

Boomers, Gen Z go to war with each other in savage ad: ‘No one pays attention to Gen X!’

Boomers, Gen Z go to war with each other in savage ad: ‘No one pays attention to Gen X!’

It’s World War Generation Z. An Australian meat advert had viewers in hysterics after hilariously satirizing the differences between each generation in what viewers are calling the “best ad in history.” The resonant commercial was released last month by Aussie meat purveyor “Australian Lamb,” quickly racking up 450,000 views on YouTube. Dubbed the “Generation Gap,” … Read more

Several ESPN X accounts went silent after Disney’s advertising pause

Several ESPN X accounts went silent after Disney’s advertising pause

Saturday was a dark day for ESPN accounts on X. The World Wide Leader seemingly paused all of its activity on the site as parent company Disney was one of several major companies who suspended their advertising on the social media platform following owner Elon Musk endorsing an anti-semitic conspiracy theory. Notably, on a college … Read more

Netflix’s ad tier hits 15M subscribers one year after launch

Netflix’s ad tier hits 15M subscribers one year after launch

Netflix said Wednesday its ad-supported tier had reached 15 million active users per month, a year after the streaming giant launched the cheaper plan to revive subscriber growth and revenue following a slowdown. The company had five million monthly ad-tier users in May and has been hiking prices on its ad-free options in an effort to … Read more

Anti-yogurt PSA banned over excessive gore, causing ‘unjustified distress’

Anti-yogurt PSA banned over excessive gore, causing ‘unjustified distress’

Hasta la Viva! An advertisement by UK pro-vegan charity Viva! has been banned over its “graphic and gory” content in which a woman slurps a yogurt that’s festooned with blood and guts. “We concluded that the ad was likely to cause serious or widespread offence, and unjustified distress,” the country’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which … Read more

Ana de Armas fans’ ‘false advertising’ studio suit tossed by annoyed judge

Ana de Armas fans’ ‘false advertising’ studio suit tossed by annoyed judge

Time to lay down their de Armas. A pair of aggrieved Ana de Armas fans were shown the courtroom door Monday after an annoyed US district judge dismissed their $5 million lawsuit against Universal Pictures. Conor Woulfe and Paul Michael Rosza were asking for damages incurred after spending $4 to rent the 2019 romantic comedy … Read more

Meet the billion-dollar pitchwomen: How Flo from Progressive and Jan from Toyota are advertising’s MVPs

Meet the billion-dollar pitchwomen: How Flo from Progressive and Jan from Toyota are advertising’s MVPs

They are the money honeys of television commercials and are so familiar, that it’s almost as if they are part of the family. With her perky, girl-next-door look, Jan from Toyota — A.K.A. Laurel Coppock — and the more zanily humorous Flo from Progressive — Stephanie Courtney — are America’s most visible TV commercial characters; and … Read more

PETA ad depicts dead cat on a silver platter, compares to fish consumption: ‘There is no difference’

PETA ad depicts dead cat on a silver platter, compares to fish consumption: ‘There is no difference’

They’re off the fish hook. A UK advertising watchdog has refused to censure PETA’s (the People For Ethical Treatment Of Animals) recent graphic, pro-vegan campaign, in which they controversially declared that fish consumption is no different than eating cats. “[We] acknowledged that some viewers would find the ad unsettling or distasteful,” the country’s Advertising Standards … Read more

Northwell Health fires back at NYU Langone in legal spat over which medical institution can use purple

Northwell Health fires back at NYU Langone in legal spat over which medical institution can use purple

Northwell Health fired back at rival NYU Langone Hospital on Tuesday in the medical behemoths’ legal battle — over the use of the color purple. Northwell urged a federal judge in Manhattan to dismiss New York University Langone’s trademark lawsuit against it that claims Northwell has been ripping off NYU’s color scheme, including its purple hue … Read more

Taco Bell accused of false advertising for Crunchwraps, Mexican pizzas in NY man’s class-action suit

Taco Bell accused of false advertising for Crunchwraps, Mexican pizzas in NY man’s class-action suit

Frank Siragusa was not happy that the Mexican Pizza he paid $5.49 for at a Taco Bell in New York City last September appeared to contain only half as much beef and bean filling as the photo in the chain’s advertising. So he sued. In a proposed class action filed on Monday in Brooklyn federal … Read more