Bloomingdale’s faces up to offensive advert

One of Bloomingdale’s adverts from its 2015 holiday catalog has been deemed unacceptable by social media users as they feel it advocates date rape. “When did date rape become a tool to advertise Christmas?” wrote Robyn. “Oh, Bloomingdales… a few things are a bit non-lol, date rape being one!” wrote Andy. “Someone at Bloomingdale’s thought this ad was smart. I assume that person has been fired.” wrote Jim Roberts. The New York-based department

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