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Letter: Letter: Unique selling point

Published 4 August 1990

From IAN GENT

In reminding us of ‘the great leap forward in marketing’ of the round
teabag, Ariadne missed the crucial point that made the campaign such a triumph
(14 July). The advertisements never claimed that round teabags had any advantages
whatsoever. That’s what I call marketing.

Ian Gent Worcester

Issue no. 1728 published 4 August 1990

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