04 Apr 2012
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
of four for 50 per week.
The ASA has taken 11 months to rule on the case, during which time Sainsbury s moved on to its current 'Live Well For Less' messaging.
An ASA spokesperson attributed the delay ...
the Department of Health, the ASA decided the ads were misleading on three counts.
It ruled they were ...
08 Feb 2012
| by Matthew Chapman
(ASA) on the grounds that the items had not been offered at the higher prices for a sufficient period ...
by making it clear the higher price had not been available for 28 days beforehand.
However, the ASA said ...
purchase.
The ASA ruled the washing machine was on sale at the higher price for a sufficient period ...
21 Dec 2011
| by Matthew Chapman
Standards Authority (ASA) ruled the ads were unlikely to cause serious or widespread offence ...
complaints to the advertising watchdog.
The ASA accepted the creative was designed to draw attention ...
the little girl had spoken.
Caspar Nelson, Phones4U head of brand communications, said: "We see the ASA ...
16 Nov 2011
| by Matthew Chapman
Tesco's Price Check ads have been rapped by the ASA for failing to disclose that the maximum value
26 Oct 2011
| by Matthew Chapman
, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) noted the ad appeared on several children's television channels ...
to the supermarket chain.
Morrisons has been informed it can no longer run the campaign because it breached ASA ...
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 ...
23 Feb 2011
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
Homebase, the homeware store, has had a TV ad banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA..., at Homebase."
B Q complained to the ASA, claiming that the ad was misleading because it implied ...
ranges were.
The ASA called the "15% off everything when you spend over 50" an absolute claim ...
true.
The ASA ruled the ad misleading and it must not appear again in its current form. ...
01 Dec 2010
| by Ed Owen
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned the ad, created by CHI Partners, over its claim that deliveries could take place "at a time that's right for you," when in fact only two slots ...
was an absolute promise. The ASA concluded that the claim implied that customers could specify a delivery time ...
27 Oct 2010
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
In recent weeks the two biggest supermarkets have tussled over each other's advertising claims to offer the lowest prices.
In mid-September the Advertising Standards Authority upheld a complaint by Asda about a Tesco ad claiming it was cheaper, then the following week the ASA upheld a complaint ...