Nike PR: Year of Two Public Relations Crises
Nike PR has suffered two PR crises in 2019 that continue to have reverberating effects throughout the company and country even as the year draws to a close. While the two are very different...
Category: Crisis PR
The Golden Rules of PR Crisis Management
At some point, no matter the industry, your business is almost guaranteed to have to face some sort of a public relations crisis. At the same time, your crisis management plan can be the...
Getting Ahead of a Crisis Before it Happens
Crisis management. Two words that no business wants to have to handle, but unfortunately this is often a part of running a company. Inevitably, something negative will happen. The effects of these types of...
Cheap and Ethical: Mutually Exclusive Branding?
The global fashion industry is facing an existential crisis: after exploding across the globe in search of ever-cheaper places to manufacture its treasures, stories of worker abuses are as depressing as they are consistent:...
Got a PR Crisis? Here’s what the executives at Forbes Agency Council have to say
No one likes a PR crisis but, try as you might, they are likely an unavoidable reality for your business. The Forbes Agency Council is a community for PR and media strategy executives, and...
Jussie Smollett’s career is over
There can be no doubt now that Jussie Smollett will struggle to revive his career. The Empire star broke his silence on the ‘worst time of his life’ after all charges against him for...
TripAdvisor gets negative press for its handling of sexual assault claims
In late 2017, TripAdvisor came under fire for not appropriately handling claims of sexual assault after the company deleted a rape victim’s warning on a review for a Mexican resort. Now, over a year...
Three PR Pros Respond to Gillette’s Controversial Ad
If the aim of Gillette’s latest campaign was to cause widespread controversy, the razor firm’s PR team is surely congratulating itself. If you haven’t seen it by now, the only possible explanation is that...
Gillette’s Controversial Ad is Nothing New
Gillette’s “We Believe” campaign has ruffled more than a few well trimmed feathers, with the one-minute, 49-second ad all but taking over online discussion this week. Among its supporters, Gillette has nailed its attempt...
