“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.
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works
on 26 May 10:25
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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.
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.
Airfried@piefed.social
on 26 May 10:29
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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.
“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!’”
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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.
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
www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k2dz4y6gxo
Thank you.
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.
“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!’”