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4. Hoover: Hoover started with a new idea of bringing offers by including travel ticket to US to the customers who buy products at most of $160 to clear out it stock. But its way of interpreting its offer was a totally a destructive idea.

Hoover is an American floor care manufacturing company originated in North Canton in 1908. It deals with products like vacuum cleaners, deep cleaners, hard floor cleaners, stick vacs and laundry products. It was established majorly in the mid 20th century.

5. Panasonic: Panasonic, a multinational electronics company failed in its marketing strategy when it announced its own equipment to the computer world. It depicted a popular cartoon character, Woody which led to a controversy when they named their touch screen as “Touch Woody” and the browser as “internet Perker” along with a slogan “Touch Woody- The Internet Perker”.

6. Burger King: The idea of hiring a new ad agency by Burger Kings went all wrong. The ad depicted a king who used to scare people in the windows. Finally, its entire ad resulted to a blunder and Burger King had to step down from its previous position in the fast food rankings.

Burger King is the most popular global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. It is headquartered at Florida United States. It began in 1953 as Insta-Burger King later on due to some issues it was changed and is often know by its abbreviated name BK.

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