20 Aug 2004
And so, farewell, fcuk. Will life ever be the same at the ASA? Emma Barns reports....in 2001 the ASA banned French Connection from using it in a sentence where it could be interpreted ...
's inception, the ASA has received more than 535 complaints about French Connection's print and poster ads. Things came to a head last month when, for the second time since 1997, the ASA ordered the pre ...
13 Jul 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
of taste and decency and social responsibility."
In previous rulings, the ASA had warned the advertisers ...
in retailer Boots. The ASA ordered the brand to amend the campaign with help from CAP.
Last year, the ASA ...
, 'Practice safe sex, go fcuk yourself.'
French Connection launched FCUK in 1997 and since then the ASA has ...
09 Jun 2004
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
Reid.
The ASA ruled against another complaint against a Sloggi ad showing three rugby players wearing ...
Muslim area, but the ASA said that there was not sufficient reason to assume that it was a particular ...
12 May 2004
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
about the ad. The ASA agreed with complaints that because the ad sexualised the child, it was likely ...
hair, has been cleared by the ASA. A reader from Kent complained that it was explicit and offensive ...
16 Apr 2004
| by Rachel Gardner
-mails to a target group of consumers, the ASA will get involved if a complaint is later lodged. To date there has never been a formal investigation.
A spokeswoman for the ASA says: "One reason for this lack ...
31 Mar 2004
| by Jules Grant,
LONDON - The ASA has asked French Connection UK not to use its trademark FCUK logo in unsolicited...be offended by it.
However the ASA decided that not all recipients would be aware of the FCUK brand ...
03 Mar 2004
| by Jules Grant,
complaints. Vogue said it saw the ad as a beautiful image with no disturbing undertones.
The ASA said ...
12 Feb 2004
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an Agent Provocateur ad that showed a female...The ASA ruled that the theme of sexual violence in the ad, which appeared in The Observer Magazine, was unduly strong, pornographic, degrading to women and likely to cause serious or widespread offence ...
, depicted sexual playfulness.
The ASA also upheld complaints about a Boots ad for Vari-Lash mascara ...
11 Feb 2004
| by Jules Grant,
supplement.
The ASA took into account the heavy stylisation, reflecting the nature of Agent Provocateur ...