Bath and Body Works yanks their seasonal KKKlandles off their website
Whoops ! Heads will roll in the art department...
Bath and Body Works is pulling their new holiday candle off their website, just days after the candle's big launch on their social media for the shopping season. The new seasonal candle, 'Snowed In', were pulled because the artwork on the labels are being mistaken for KKK members and not a close-up of a cut-out paper snowflake, as intended. The outer edges of the snowflake are white and cone shaped, with two holes cut out near the center.
The backlash from customers was rather quick and spread across their social media. Once this was brought to the company's attention, the candles disappeared from the website with an apology.
“I have never seen a snowflake that looks like that,” one Instagram user commented.
“This wasn’t an accident,” said another.
“We apologize to anyone we’ve offended and are swiftly working to have this item removed and are evaluating our process going forward,” the Bath and Body Works spokesperson said.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | October 15, 2024 2:25 AM
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Since OP forced us to go to a stupid article. Candle's photo is below.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 15, 2024 12:45 AM
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R1 No one forced you - you made the choice on your own. Life is about choices, you dumbfuck.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 15, 2024 12:46 AM
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This sounds like the plot of a South Park episode.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 15, 2024 12:47 AM
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looks like close encounters with the KKK
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 15, 2024 12:47 AM
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Actually, the stupid purchasing team is in a fuckton of trouble.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 15, 2024 12:48 AM
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It really does look as though the artist is a white supremacist who thought he was being oh so clever. B&BW has a large black customer base; das ist nicht gut, as their spiritual forebears might have put it.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | October 15, 2024 12:49 AM
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I thought this was a very funny gaffe, appropriately handled and corrected
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 15, 2024 12:53 AM
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“We apologize to anyone we’ve offended and are swiftly working to have this item removed and are evaluating our process going forward,” the spokesperson said.
Typical non-apology coming from underpaid corporate interns.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | October 15, 2024 12:55 AM
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R5 The purchasing team isn't involved in the packaging - that's their in-house art department, or whatever art department they contract out to do the work. The purchasing team just buys the scented candle.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 15, 2024 12:55 AM
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Can’t believe this was approved. All I see is KKK, not snowflakes.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | October 15, 2024 12:57 AM
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I bet this bitch is calling every Bath and Body Works in the Upper Midwest looking for them.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | October 15, 2024 12:59 AM
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[quote]B&BW has a large black customer base
Where do you have the facts on this - or are you just guessing ?
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | October 15, 2024 1:00 AM
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Not my thing but this brand makes a fortune selling those candles, across ethnic groups
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | October 15, 2024 1:01 AM
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The people complaining about this are such snowflakes!
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | October 15, 2024 1:07 AM
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It looksmore like a dance line doing the Vatican Rag🤷🏻♂️
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | October 15, 2024 1:07 AM
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[quote] Where do you have the facts on this - or are you just guessing ?
Have you ever walked past one? Take a look next time you do.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | October 15, 2024 1:32 AM
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Black people are very meticulous about personal hygiene and value smelling good. So yes, many do shop at B&BW.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | October 15, 2024 1:51 AM
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R16 The locations in my area are in very white suburban outdoor shopping centers - not exactly attracting minorities. So no, I don't see it.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | October 15, 2024 1:54 AM
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You all know this will make this coming 'Weekend Update' on SNL, and Jost will tell the joke while Che will laugh at him for having to tell it.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | October 15, 2024 1:58 AM
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Whether black people shop there or not, it's not like white or Asian people want a kkklandle, either.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | October 15, 2024 2:00 AM
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This is an untapped market. There are fine people on both sides.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | October 15, 2024 2:25 AM
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