This product was a topic of discussion at my aunt’s house on Christmas morning. I believe my uncle said something along the lines of: “If someone wore that to a Steelers’ game, they’d be shot.†You too, may have recently been involved in a casual conversation about it. ERA member Allstar Marketing Group’s Snuggie has made a splash in both traditional and new media. Electronic Retailer’s Tom Dellner was recently quoted in a Time magazine article devoted entirely to the Snuggie and DRTV.
While “The Cult of Snuggie†YouTube video is pretty harmless, others don’t take it so lightly on the product.
This video withstanding, I’d tend to agree with Allstar’s CEO Scott Boilen as he was quoted in Time’s article saying, “Publicity is publicity. At least people are talking about it.â€
What do you make of the Snuggie phenomenon?
Pat Cauley is Electronic Retailer magazine’s eMedia editor.
