Joe Fernandez

News reporter

Has Coca-Cola lost control of its digital fires?

Joe Fernandez

It’s been a bad week for the Coca-Cola Company digitally with offensive Facebook statuses leaving the brand red-faced and its digital agency in peril. Over the weekend, the company was forced to pull an internet promotion for Dr Pepper, after parents accused it of targeting children by using references to a notorious pornographic movie. What’s […]

Cadbury campaign

Cadbury and the amazing chocolate brain drain

Joe Fernandez

News that Kraft would trim its global marketing operations following the acquisition of Cadbury may not have surprised most observers. Yet, the news has awoken fears that Kraft’s plans for the British confectionery giant is leading to a “brain drain”. Since rumours of the takeover surfaced late last year, critics have consistently warned that Kraft […]