14 Mar 2012
| by Matthew Chapman
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) rejected four complaints that the creative ...
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The ASA ruled the ad was not overtly sexual and unlikely to cause serious offence because it was for underwear.
However, the ASA deemed the ad was inappropriate for children to see because it was sexually ...
30 Nov 2011
| by Sarah Shearman
Two outdoor Marks and Spencer lingerie ads have been censured by the ASA, after the authority..." and "atmospheric style" and it was well known they were a lingerie retailer.
The ASA did not uphold ...
was "socially irresponsible" and ruled it must not appear again in untargeted outdoor media.
However, the ASA did not find the second ad, in breach of its code.
The ruling comes after the ASA warned ...
25 Nov 2011
| by Nicola Clark
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has confirmed it is refusing to investigate Littlewoods...bought by their mums, has already attracted 456 complaints to the ASA. Only Phones4U's horror-themed ads have received more complaints, just over 500 in total.
An ASA spokesman confirmed members ...
that it is mothers who provide presents rather than Father Christmas".
However, the ASA insists after "careful ...
23 Nov 2011
| by Sarah Shearman
to contact the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to get the ad banned ...
so far received 281 likes.
Someone has posted the ASA's response to a complaint about the ad ...
06 Jun 2011
| by Gemma Charles
imagery near schools, nurseries and playgrounds - expected to fall within the ASA's remit
Giving ...
02 Feb 2011
| by Ed Owen
Harrods has escaped a ban by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for a print ad that played..., with straplines such as "Colonel Mustard with the revolver in the conservatory?".
The ASA disputed Harrods' claim and said as it was promoting in-store items, it came under its jurisdiction.
The ASA, in its ...
committed a murder, in which room, and with which object."
The ASA ruled not to ban the ad. A Harrods ...
02 Sep 2009
| by Alex Brownsell
' by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for showing a young woman partially naked....banned as a result. Although American Apparel insisted that the model was 23 years old, the ASA ruled ...
02 Sep 2009
| by Hadassah Nymark
the ASA the model was 23. It did not believe the ad to be gratuitous as the model remained clothed ...
in Vice with similarly styled images. The ASA considered that although the model was 23, the natural ...
05 Aug 2009
| by Hadassah Nymark
protection. The ASA noted that two of the images featured the motor vehicles in motion with neither driver ...
03 Dec 2008
| by Miranda Fitzgerald
LONDON - House of Fraser has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority from claiming it has 'The most generous rewards programme offered by any UK department store group'.