Wednesday, 10 January 2018

#H&M and their Reputational Monkey

#H&M is the latest #brand in conflict with the public as a result of their unfortunate insensitive print campaign, which offended people the globe over.  So when will an apology be enough or acceptable?  Or is this the type of transgression, which should not even occur?  Their sales might not be directly or immediately affected, but this will remain a monkey on their #reputational back.  We have seen how junior employees are being blamed for the posting of similar nature, in the past.  How is it possible for to happen, when there are supposed to be proper approval processes in place?  Are we now compromising governance principles to ensure we first to market?  And, at what cost?

Being #Cool does not imply compromise....it also reflect badly on the industry and the specialist area of brand management and #communication!

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