dinsdag 14 oktober 2008

Marketing department banks fail


Now that banks are meeting with disaster, we can conclude that some banks’ slogans weren’t that striking –for not to say the worst chosen- and others did exactly what they said. The bank IndyMac had a slogan rather optimistic, “you can count on us”, but now they have to eat crow. Whereas other banks, especially some from the Benelux already gave a glimpse of what to come, in that perspective we think of the now nationalised bank Fortis: “Here today, where tomorrow?”. We must admit that the bank industry will always be a hazardous business, and for the future we have to appreciate more honest slogans like the one from Washington Mutual (“Whoo Hoo”) who admit they are running a risk.


Valerie Hemberg
http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12342164

1 opmerking:

EcoEnglish zei

Now that banks are meeting with disaster, we can conclude that some banks’ slogans weren’t that striking –for [drop 'for' here] not to say the worst chosen- and others did exactly what they said. The bank IndyMac had a slogan rather optimistic [a rather optimistic slogan] , “you can count on us”, but now they have to eat crow. Whereas other banks, especially some from the Benelux already gave a glimpse of what to come, in that perspective we think of the now nationalised bank Fortis: “Here today, where tomorrow?”. We must admit that the bank industry will always be a hazardous business, and for the future we have to appreciate more honest slogans like the one from Washington Mutual (“Whoo Hoo”) who admit they are running a risk.

good flow, mind word order

olaf