14 Mar 2012
| by John Reynolds
The online game was devised by creative consultancy Tayburn and attracted the attention of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after a complaint by Sustain, the Alliance for Better Food and Farming ...
, crucially, the ASA ruled that adults and children who were old enough to navigate the website and play ...
07 Mar 2012
| by Matthew Chapman
The ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the latest development in a series ...
if it is not 10% cheaper than rivals.
Tesco complained to the (ASA) about the "only one supermarket is always 10% cheaper" claim, because it confused a price promise with a lowest-price claim.
The ASA ruled ...
15 Feb 2012
| by Sarah Shearman
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has rejected a complaint made by The Alliance for Better...group complained to the ASA that the game encouraged poor nutritional habits and an unhealthy lifestyle ...
included adult-sized T-shirts and sweatbands, were not designed to appeal to children.
The ASA ruled ...
that Children's Food Campaign (CFC) was filing what it called a "super-complaint" to the ASA, about Krave ...
20 Dec 2011
| by Nicola Clark
by their mothers, drew 456 complaints to the ASA in November. Despite the gripes that the ad suggested Santa doesn't exist, the ASA said it won't be investigating. Hundreds of consumers also attacked the ad on social ...
19 Oct 2011
| by Sara Kimberley
Molson Coors has escaped action by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after it was accused...Brewer BrewDog had complained to the ASA over what it considered to be misleading information on Carling's website about the way the beer is made. It focused on a cartoon timeline about how the drink ...
ingredient or every detail of the brewing process as it would have made the cartoon unreadable.
The ASA ...
18 Oct 2011
| by Matthew Chapman
Sainsbury s has lodged a complaint with the ASA about a recent Tesco campaign promoting the freshness of the vegetable. The print and TV ads, created by The Red Brick Road, state: Tesco British ...
by the ASA.
The supermarkets are currently engaged in a price war, following the launches of Sainsbury ...
05 Oct 2011
| by Matthew Chapman
the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after objections were made about its 'bursting with berryness' claims....The ASA ruled out a ban after receiving a complaint that the M C Saatchi-created campaign implied Ribena was more nutritious than was the case. The complainant believed the bursting with berryness ...
of vitamin C rather than the vitamin being added as a supplement. The ASA threw out the complaints after ...
21 Sep 2011
| by Matthew Chapman
Del Monte banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)....been compared to the overall leading juice brand rather than the leading non-chilled juice.
The ASA ...
or the entire fruit juice range.
As a result, the ASA has banned the ad campaign and told Del Monte to ensure ...
14 Sep 2011
| by Matthew Chapman
outdoors and reared indoors.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) observed that in all scenes ...
which featured an open barn door and pigs that appeared to be unrestricted.
Taken in context, the ASA ...
07 Sep 2011
| by Matthew Chapman
was an alcoholic.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that the woman did not appear to be intoxicated and there was no suggestion that she was an alcoholic.
Consequently, the ASA ruled there were ...