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Posted at 12:50 PM on June 13, 2011 by Bob Collins (3 Comments)
Filed under: Marketing and advertising

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Almost 15 million people are officially unemployed in the U.S., but the person in charge of placing the day-after-big-sporting-event ads for Macy's still has a job.

The Miami Heat won the NBA championship last night, according to Macy's, which placed this ad in the Florida papers today.

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Oh, this isn't the first time it's happened. In 2009, the department store congratulated the Phillies on their back-to-back championships...

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For the record, Dallas won the NBA championship last night, and the Yankees won the World Series in 2009. And Truman has a better chance of winning the presidency next year than the Timberwolves have of beating the Heat.

So what happens to the souvenir hats and T-shirts for team's that don't win championships? They get sent to other countries.

(h/t: Steve Mullis)

Comments (3)

In Africa, the 1990s Buffalo Bills are regarded as a dynasty.

Posted by Greg W | June 13, 2011 1:30 PM

FYI, Bob: via James Fallows, Ohio GOv. John Kasich really stuck and twisted the knife in LeBron in a proclomation naming the Dallas Mavs honorary Ohioans:
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/06/in-which-i-become-a-republican/240365/

Posted by David G | June 13, 2011 1:34 PM

Since when did we start holding ad/marketing people accountable for accurate depictions of reality?

Posted by Jim Shapiro | June 13, 2011 2:58 PM

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