Saturday, November 24, 2012

Zombie allusions: They just keep on coming-boosting sales at media group Future

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-2237586/MARKET-REPORT-Zombies-boost-sales-Future.html


MARKET REPORT: Hyundai’s zombies ad boosts sales at media group Future


What will you do when the zombie apocalypse comes? Media group Future thinks it has the answer. It has built a zombie-proof car in partnership with South Korean auto firm Hyundai, a fearsome little motor covered in spikes and defensive armour.

This isn’t a new automotive venture targeting customers with a phobia of the undead, but Future’s idea of how advertising will work in, well, the future. 

The stunt was Future’s way of helping Hyundai’s rather sweet little runabouts gain a bit of street-cred among the younger generation by linking up with popular zombie TV series The Walking Dead.




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