I genuinely think this was an honest mistake, with a lot of failures during the decision making process. There are no elaborate ploys to disregard the event; a very few nutjobs would online, let alone at work, without no subtlety no less.
It’s election season in South Korea, and the president himself is leading the boycott. No matter how this ends, it ends well for him and his party.
So is Tank Day an actual day in SK where they honour the victims of the massacre? Did Starbucks actually release a tumbler called tank on said day?
I’m guessing it’s like if I were to launch a beverage called Quake Shake on March 11 here in Japan and trying to make it all fun and cute, right?
What on Earth were these idiots thinking?
“While sales are not our main concern at the moment, we have seen a very significant drop,” said the official.
I always find it funny when representatives of a big corporation say this.
The profit is all that matters to companies, even their reputation with the wider public only matters because it affects their ability to achieve a higher profit margin.
It feels disingenuous and manipulative to hear this.
yeah, profit is actually the only purpose of any company, the company can’t survive without profit, so yeah… of course it’s the main concern
Well, there are in some countries publicly owned companies, whose main goal isn’t profit generation, but providing a certain service (water or electricity provider, road work, public transport etc.) and only generate enough profit to keep it going. But those are not the majority and not the ones who are actively destroying our biosphere, so mostly not relevant.
Korean consumers flip over some really weird things but this, I feel, is completely justified to be upset about. At least upset enough to boycott Starbucks. Seriously, how did management wave this through? It’s a very bad look for the brand.
Article is not really well written. Can someone help me? Is this a right winger in Korea that was trying to signal a pro fascist celebration and just really misjudged it? Or is this just a dumb liberal trying to essentially “celebrate 9/11”?
I do actually know the history here pretty well. But this article seems to be confused on why it’s even having a negative response. Or at least the intent that was meant by “tank day”. Like, I’m trying to understand the intent of why this would be “a thing” and this article really doesn’t even clarify that.
It’s just showing the backlash and not at all investigating the invent of idea in the first place.
This is an article about the fallout. To read more I would recommend this BBC article from 7 days ago
Thank you.
“Market analysts have speculated that this will not bode well for their NYC campaign of 9/11 themed cups featuring images of the plane impacts and the slogan ‘an EXPLOSION of flavor!’”
It’s 2026, I stopped eating at highly franchised restaurants in 2020. Yall doing great. Keep at it.
HA!
Deserved
