Umbro, Campbell and a former Lion
Talking of mistakes, the Nike-Umbro deal (News, page 4) reminded Diary of Umbro's astonishing PR and branding gaffe in 2002, when it tried to use the German word for 'cyclone' as a monicker for some footwear. That word is 'zyklon' - synonymous with the gas used in Nazi concentration camps.
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