P&G and Walmart Stand Up for ANA Family-Programming Effort
Geoffrey PrecourtWarc
Procter & Gamble "goes out of its way" to find "family-friendly programming," said Edgar Sandoval, P&G's general manager/marketing, North America.
"Moms tell us they're frustrated when they have to 'dive' for the remote control when something inappropriate comes up on the television," he told the 2009 Association of National Advertisers (ANA) "Masters of Marketing" annual conference.
The option - "telling children to look the other way" - is an unacceptable alternative, he added, especially for "the stable, family-oriented products that are so important to our company."
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