Starbucks ‘Tank Day’ fallout drags Emart into red

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Starbucks' Tank Day campaign led to an operating loss for Emart — This highlights the financial impact on corporate stakeholders when flagship brands engage in controversial marketing.
Emart's overall profit growth was overshadowed by this single quarter’s loss — It underscores the vulnerability of conglomerates with diverse business units to external controversies.

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Starbucks ‘Tank Day’ fallout drags Emart into red

The fallout from Starbucks Korea’s controversial May 18 “Tank Day” campaign helped push Emart to a consolidated operating loss of 43 billion won ($30.4 million) in the second quarter, despite double-digit profit growth at several of the retail conglomerate’s core businesses.

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