Tasteless but Effective Massive Rural Marketing!
June 18th, 2007
‘GATWICK Passengers landing at Gatwick airport are being greeted by a giant naked pole dancer. The 9,000 sq m (100,000 sq ft) image is painted on grassland under the incoming flight path
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Planning officers are investigating whether permission was granted for the advertisement, which promotes a website. The Council to Protect Rural England said that the display was “a tacky advert which set a nasty precedentâ€?’
Expect copy cats to follow suit.
And yes - of course we took a peak at the site…
June 20th, 2007 at 5:32 am
[...] A few days ago we wrote about the rather tasteless, but effective rural marketing exploit in the UK of a painted field with a corporate logo and URL. [...]