Spots on cable TV--the brand's first major push into the
medium--depicted police fending off pillow-wielding rioters in an "Absolut World." Print ads showed Times Square filled with priceless artwork and pregnant men. Tourists driving toward the Las Vegas
strip last fall saw the Luxor casino's pyramid wrapped with a message: "Welcome to Vegas. You are now in an Absolut World."
Absolut's prior sluggishness was partially a result of an ad campaign that had fallen out of step with the vodka's place in the market, executives say. Even so, Absolut was reluctant to end one of the most celebrated campaigns in the history of alcohol marketing, no matter how irrelevant it had become.
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