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Social Backlash Results In Costume Withdrawals
- Red Rocket Media, Thursday, September 26, 2013 1:53 PM
A social media campaign has forced Tesco and Asda to remove Halloween costumes from stores. Asda’s promotion of a costume called “Mental Patient Fancy Dress Costume”, selling for £20, sparked the fury of mental health workers. They took to Twitter to criticise Asda, which in turn apologised. In a series of Tweets, Asda declared, “We’re deeply sorry one of our fancy dress costumes has upset people. This was an unacceptable error – the product was withdrawn immediately.”
