"Perhaps even more important, by taking employees into account, a company can avoid creating a message that doesn't resonate with staff or, worse, one that builds resentment. In 1996, United Airlines shelved its "Come Fly the Friendly Skies" slogan when presented with a survey that revealed the depth of customer resentment toward the airline industry. In an effort to own up to the industry's shortcomings, United launched a new campaign, "Rising," in which it sought to differentiate itself by acknowledging poor service and prom-ising incremental improvements such as better meals. While this was a logical premise for the campaign given the tenor of the times, a campaign focusing on customers' distaste for flying was deeply discouraging to the staff. Employee resentment, ultimately made it impos-sible for United to deliver the improvements it was promising, which in turn undermined the "Rising" pledge. Three years later, United decided employee opposition was under-mining its success and pulled the campaign. It has since moved to a more inclusive brand message with the line "United," which both audiences can embrace. Here, a fundamental principle of advertising—find and address a customer concern—failed United because it did not consider the internal market."
Choose true, false or not given:
1. Consumers were ready to view IBM as a leader in e-business before the advertising campaign.
2. United Airlines’ failure in its branding campaign was due to the bad advice of an advertisement agency.
I read this paragraph and find both of these 2 questions not given. But the ANSWERS are both false. Can anyone explain?
Faithfully,
nguyen
1. IBM is not even mentioned in the text that you posted. Are you sure you copied the right question for this text?
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1. IBM is not even mentioned in the text that you posted. Are you sure you copied the right question for this text?
2. The text says that the campaign failed because United did not consider the internal market, implying that it was United's fault. There is no mention of an advertising agency. Even so, we might reasonably expect that an ad agency was involved, and it cannot be ruled out