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A Starbucks ad was so bad the company closed 2,000 stores for history lessons

Shinsegae Group will shut more than 2,000 locations at 3 p.m. on June 22 after a marketing campaign evoked a 1980 massacre

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A Starbucks ad was so bad the company closed 2,000 stores for history lessons

A Starbucks ad was so bad the company closed 2,000 stores for history lessons

Published June 16, 2026 · Category: Markets

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Shinsegae Group will shut more than 2,000 locations at 3 p.m. on June 22 after a marketing campaign evoked a 1980 massacre

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Originally published at qz.com.

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