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http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/31032-in-apology-over-shortage-jaj-on-first-name-basis-with-consumers

Appeared on December 14, 2011

Daniel Korschun, PhD, assistant professor of marketing, was interviewed by WHYY for a story about customers who are angry over Johnson & Johnson pulling some varieties of o.b. tampons from shelves. The company launched a personalized apology video featuring a singer crooning, “I’m sorry.”

Korschun says of the company’s apology: “I think they could do it more in keeping with the traditional J&J approach, which is to be honest, frank and explain the situation without trying to make a joke out of it.”