Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Target - My Love - How Could You?

Dear Big Red,

A friend told me what you've been saying about me and I just can't believe it. Things were going so well between us - I thought you really understood me - I thought you cared. But you're just like all the others aren't you?............................

Apparently an unnamed blogger emailed The Big Red One to complain about a billboard and their response was less than welcoming. According to a recent article in the New York Times she got a blow off email saying that "Target doesn’t deal with non-traditional media". Target went on to say that this allows them time to focus their efforts on publications that reaches their core “guest.”

Oh Big Red - I thought I was your "core guest" - who have you traded me in for?

“We do not work with bloggers currently,” said a company spokeswoman, Amy von Walter
Read more here and here.

1 comment:

cotedetexas said...

Wow boy! What an idiot Ms. Amy is. I think she's going to regret she ever said that.