1. United Airlines isn’t alone: Here are some of the worst corporate PR disasters of all time
United Airlines “re-accommodated” a passenger in April, resulting in a stock price fall for parent company United Continental. But it’s not the first time a major corporation has seen a publicity nightmare: this list of some of the worst corporate PR disasters of all time was Marketing Media Money’s most-read story of 2017.
2. Kendall Jenner’s Pepsi ad pulled after Twitter backlash
An advertisement for Pepsi featuring model Kendall Jenner handing a can of soda to a police officer at a peace protest sparked a backlash online in April, sparking the company to pull the ad. One person wrote on Twitter: “Can’t believe Kendall Jenner just solved institutionalized racism and oppression by giving a cop a Pepsi. Groundbreaking.