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4.6 Hard-sell and soft-sell advertising

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4.6 Hard-sell and soft-sell advertising

Read the article below and find an example of hard-sell and soft-sell advertising from your own country. Post your examples to the discussion forum.

Okazaki, S., Mueller, B., & Diehl, S. (2013). A multi-country examination of hard-sell and soft-sell advertising: comparing global consumer positioning in holistic-and analytic-thinking cultures. Journal of Advertising Research, 53(3), 258–272.

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