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Did you know some companies are often mistaken for fictitious movie and television show companies? People actually call Stark Industries (a real company) and ask if they can be volunteers for Iron Man suits. Yeah. It happens. But the question remains if this is a good form of marketing for real world businesses or if it is just an annoyance.
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This is how you evolve a brand without erasing the receipt. Honda’s new H doesn’t pretend the past never happened—it borrows from it.
Pabst just unleashed a 99-pack of beer wrapped in Godzilla-themed artwork, and it’s exactly the kind of chaotic, joyfully unnecessary brand move the internet lives for.
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