02 Apr 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
,993, and the ASA received half as many complaints about
violent ads.
Complaints relating to the portrayal of women dropped last year, but the
ASA saw a rise in gender-specific complaints toward the end of 1997 ...
, mostly from supporters of gun ownership, were not upheld by
the ASA.
Lee Apparel was second ...
28 Feb 2003
The Advertising Standards Authority has cleared a Gucci ad featuring a woman with her pubic hair cropped in the shape of a G. It ruled the ad, which ran in Vogue, had been carefully targeted and that the picture was intimate, rather than aggressive, and therefore unlikely to cause offence.
30 Jun 2010
| by Joe Thomas
of her genitalia, after the ASA judged them unsuitable to be seen by children....or lingerie ads.
However the ASA considered that the poster campaigns contained sexual undertones, which ...
those. The ASA ruled that the poster ads breached Cap Code clauses "Responsible advertising ...
02 May 2002
| by Staff,
of the most flagrant and deceitful breaches of the [ASA] codes ever seen".
Complaints about direct mail ...
advertising into disrepute. The ASA reached agreement with French Connection and agreed that all future FCUK ...
of direct mail to the top of the complaints league came as the ASA revealed that more than 10,000 ads were ...
09 Jul 1998
| by DANNY ROGERS
Authority, following 83 complaints from the
public.
However, the ASA has cleared a Start-Rite Shoes ...
pockets .
The ASA judged that even if the dismemberment was meant to be ironic ...
.
The complainants had objected to the image of a homosexual holding a
child s shoe. The ASA decided the ad would ...
14 Nov 1997
| by JOHN TYLEE
jeans, which carried the headline, 'Put the boot in.' But the ASA rejected claims the poster ...
the prevailing mood of 'girl power'.
At the same time, the ASA has found the Japanese carmaker, Nissan ...
.'
The ASA said the ad might lead some consumers to believe the company had
developed a product ...
15 Jun 2000
| by GAIL KEMP
front-page justification in this month s report, the ASA
acknowledges the sensitivity of its decision ...
prisoners for commercial purposes.
However, the ASA accepted Benetton s explanation that the campaign ...
10 Jan 2001
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints against a French Connection ad that appeared in the Evening Standard newspaper to mark the opening of its flagship Oxford Street store.
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 ...
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 ...