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Today’s Object of the Week relates to an experimental advertising campaign for soap which ended in failure. In 1789 Andrew Pears set up a factory just off Oxford Street in London to produce and sell soap and cosmetic products. Pears began to experiment with the purification of soap, and was able to produce a glycerine based soap with the addition of other natural products. His trials produced a gentle clear soap with a transparent appearance, and with the addition of a perfume giving the aroma of an English garden, it proved very popular and sales started to flourish. It was…

McDonald’s faces a lawsuit from Byron Allen over its advertising spend with Black-owned media. He can try to prove in court that McDonald’s violated civil rights laws, court documents show. The media mogul said: “The economic exclusion must stop immediately.” Loading Something is loading. McDonald’s is facing a $10 billion lawsuit from media mogul Byron Allen, who has accused the fast food giant of failing to advertise with Black-owned media.Allen and his company, Allen Media Group, will argue in court that McDonald’s violated civil rights laws after a federal court judge found that oral argument was not enough to resolve…