There seems to be a spate of marketing gaffes of late. Kim Kardashian and her ‘Kimono’, Macy’s body-shaming plates, and recently Forever 21 thought it’d be a good idea to send out free diet bars in shipments to customers who ordered from their plus-size collection. How and why is there a disconnect between the ad agencies and the buying public?

<p>There seems to be a spate of marketing gaffes of late. Kim Kardashian and her &lsquo;Kimono&rsquo;, Macy&rsquo;s body-shaming plates, and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/forever-21-apologizes-diet-bars-plus-size-shipments">recently</a> Forever 21 thought it&rsquo;d be a good idea to send out free diet bars in shipments to customers who ordered from their plus-size collection. How and why is there a disconnect between the ad agencies and the buying public?</p>

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