shirt pulled after Thousands of social media complaints

This week, the popular performance apparel company, Under Armour, took a hit in the financials and the internet learned that "hell hath no fury like war heroes compared to basketballers all in the name of profit." Righteously, so. The company who has earned nearly $805mm in in the first quarter of 2015 saw a dip in their stock around the release of a t shirt featuring a graphic that compared basketball players to war heroes who fought the Battle of wholesale nike Iwo Jima.

Photo by Jeff Schear/Getty Images for Under Armour To give some background on the enormity of this event and what it meant for the United States, the Battle of Iwo Jima was fought and won at the cost of human lives 6,821 brave warriors, to be specific. 19,217 were wounded. 2 were captured, but later recovered. In total, 70,000 heroes fought in this battle. A photograph taken during the 35th day of battle of an American Flag being raised at the summit of Mt. Naval Hospital Corpsman. This week Under Armour released a t shirt featuring a similar scene, only instead of the war heroes, there were Basketball players. Instead of a flag, there was a basketball hoop being hoisted. The name of this disrespectful "spin" on the iconic photograph: "Band of Ballers." Historically speaking, the use of massive loss of human life as a marketing ploy to boost profits has failed not only this past year in 2014, as evidenced by the use of the single greatest tragedy and loss of cheap nfl authentic jerseys life on American soil to generate revenue on the anniversary of 9/11 for an Arlington, Virginia Bikram Yoga studio. But also in 2013 by the AT 9/11 photo blunder. Shortly after the product was launched on the Under Armour website, erupted into a virtual tidal wave of bitterly disappointed, angry complaints all very well deserved according to a majority of the thousands of comments and shares on the topic. Finally, yesterday afternoon, the shirt was removed from the website and is no longer being sold. Under Armour also then hastily posted the following apology on their account: "Under Armour has the utmost respect and admiration for the men and women on active duty and veterans who have served our country. As such, we deeply regret and apologize that a t shirt that was not reflective of our values in honoring and supporting our country's heroes went on sale. We have taken immediate action to remove it from retail and will take great measures to ensure this does not happen again. Supporting those who serve our country has been part of our brand's DNA since the very beginning, and through our partnerships and by working cheap basketball jerseys directly with military organizations, it will always serve as the foundation of our efforts to give back." This attempt at an apology only caused more outrage. Harder questions are being asked about exactly what happened during the production process that enabled this item to be approved for retail sale. Many and users are still asking for answers and want to know how this was handled internally as well as how anyone could have such a poor lack in judgement. Some users are calling for those responsible to be fired or moved to positions where they will not have the opportunity to make such an egregious error going forward. The complaints and questions continue on both the and accounts for Under Armour, and as of this moment, no answers have been given. Rochester Social Media Examiner Kristin Hart Daly, owner of Daly Marketing, is an entrepreneur and marketing Dt5FW6a9x professional in Rochester, NY. With more than 11 years of experience working in marketing and PR, she has expertise in both traditional media marketing strategies as well as inbound marketing, social media marketing, content marketing, and other digital marketing strategies. Contact me TechTechGadgets TechVideo GamesInternetTech GearTabletsiPhoneGoogle GlassWearable TechXbox OnePlaystation 4PhotographyMMOGsHandheld GamesAnonymousSocial MediaConsolesBitcoinGoogle http://whazzup-u.com/profiles/blogs/we-wanted-to-make-sure-everyone-knew-we-could-sing
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