'Marketing Doctor' John Tantillo's Winner and Loser of the Week: Ronald McDonald and 3-D

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'Marketing Doctor' John Tantillo's Winner and Loser of the Week: Ronald McDonald and 3-D: "

WINNER:



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You’d think with 550 health professionals signing a letter to get rid of Ronald McDonald, McDonald’s longtime clown/spokesperson, we’d have to shift the yellow and orange icon into the loser column.



As they say in my neighborhood: fuggedaboutit.



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