07 Oct 2008
| by Staff
unhelpful in the fight against child obesity because they did not promote healthier eating. The ASA ...
27 Aug 2008
| by Jane Simms
really got it.' The number of complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) about misleading ...
. In the past six months, the ASA has up-held complaints against Fiat, Saab and Renault for making unjustified ...
or tax breaks. Complaints to the ASA: consumers alive to 'greenwash' Complaints to the ASA about ...
27 Aug 2008
| by Staff
-over at Greencore fell 7.5% year-on-year in its second quarter. Orangina ad slammed The ASA has received 147 ...
28 May 2008
| by Staff
the car. The ad sparked more than 500 complaints to the ASA, but was a hit on YouTube. Sales successes ...
27 Nov 2007
| by Nick Johnson
Standards Authority (ASA) and Toyota The case The ASA upheld two complaints against Toyota in respect ...
emissions was held by the ASA to be likely to mislead. While the vehicle s emissions are low for an SUV, the ASA held that the term means low compared with all classes of vehicle. In June, the car manufacturer ...
09 Oct 2007
| by Gemma Charles
LONDON - Complaints over companies' environmental claims have spurred the ASA to take action...consumers. Last week, Marketing revealed that the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received 93 ...
months have averaged 33 a month, but since June this number has shot up to 56. The ASA has become so ...
to be kinder to the environment, says ASA director general Christopher Graham. But he adds that the ASA needs ...
13 Jul 2005
FCUK campaign which has since had several run-ins with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
- The first ban came in spring 1997 following 10 complaints to the ASA. The campaign relaunched that winter after a strategy change, which separated the acronym FCUK and the word advertising.
- The ASA banned ...
13 Apr 2005
| by Gemma Charles
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is investigating Reebok's controversial TV ad featuring...The ASA has received 33 complaints since the campaign broke at the end of last month. The execution shows 50 Cent counting to nine, in reference to the fact that he has been shot nine times ...
and despicable' (Marketing, 16 March).
An ASA spokesman said: 'The general crux of the complaints ...
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 ...
07 Aug 2003
French Connection has fallen foul of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) once again over an e...on the shirts, such as 'Practise safe sex, go FCUK yourself'. The ASA ruled the ad was offensive. Last year, it condemned the firm for its 'Kinkybugger' ad.
The ASA has also upheld a complaint by easyJet against flybe ...
has been told to alter the wording of its brochure after the ASA upheld a complaint from MyTravel UK ...