HelloFresh Goes all in for Pride Month marketing

HelloFresh Goes all in for Pride Month marketing

Among the realities of business success is reaching as wide a consumer base as possible. Marketing products that appeal to everyone, carefully focused advertising, and avoiding alienating any portion of the consumer base are essential. There are, of course, businesses that cater to niche clientele, where the usual tactics don’t strictly apply. Men, for example, aren’t going to buy many tampons, though these days, that’s not strictly true for guys pretending to be women, and it’s better not to contemplate what they might do with them.

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Famous dog ‘is served up in Chinese restaurant after being abducted from farm’

Famous dog ‘is served up in Chinese restaurant after being abducted from farm’

A social media famous dog was allegedly served up as a dish in a Chinese restaurant after being kidnapped from a farm and slaughtered.

Chinese travel influencer Guo and his eight-year-old Border Collie, Chutou, were internet stars and together they amassed more than 1.5 million followers on Douyin, the country’s version of TikTok.

The canine accompanied his owner for years on journeys across China, from camping trips on snowy mountains to deserts, often guarding him outside his tent at night.


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WTF?

WTF?

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Toronto man Shafik Al Jawhari charged after allegedly threatening people he ‘perceived to be Palestinian’: police

Toronto man Shafik Al Jawhari charged after allegedly threatening people he ‘perceived to be Palestinian’: police

A 32-year-old man from Toronto is facing several charges in connection with a hate-motivated threatening incident in Scarborough over the weekend.

Shafik Al Jawhari, 32, of Toronto, was subsequently arrested and charged with one count each of assault with a weapon, weapons dangerous, and fail to comply probation order as well as two counts of uttering threats to cause death. The charges have not been proven in court.


Toronto’s multiculturalism is turning into cannibalism.

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Facebook is paying people overseas promoting Alberta separatism

Facebook is paying people overseas promoting Alberta separatism

You might think, based on the volume of her Facebook posts, that Nieta Aqila is an Albertan who supports separation.

“I signed the Alberta independence petition” because “Canada is not a great country anymore,” an account in her name wrote in a popular Facebook group called Alberta Independence that promotes the movement and has more than 100,000 members.

In another post, Aqila said she was harassed and had rocks thrown at her as she canvassed for petition signatures.

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Sicko dresses up as Charlie Kirk, re-enacts his assassination at event hosted by his widow

Sicko dresses up as Charlie Kirk, re-enacts his assassination at event hosted by his widow

A sick protester dressed as Charlie Kirk outside an event hosted by the assassinated activist’s widow, Erika Kirk — then re-enacted his murder as crowds chanted, “He deserved to die.”

The protester was seen at the Turning Point USA conference in San Antonio, Texas, wearing a papier-mache head made to resemble the slain podcaster, with the demonstrator suddenly collapsing on the floor as if to mock Charlie’s assassination last September.

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