Things that didn't happen

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

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.

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

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)

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Comments (3)

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

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

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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

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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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