Did calling junk email “spam” hurt SPAM sales?

by Larra Morris

Hormel probably wishes “spam” hadn’t become entrenched with such a negative meaning—the company lost a 2007 trademark lawsuit against a software company called Spam Arrest. In spite of the association with cash-strapped Nigerian princes and erectile dysfunction drugs, however, the canned meat titan isn’t hurting. Revenues shot up by 24 percent in the first quarter of 2013, and the company recently launched its first digital ad campaign, meaning we could be on the brink of getting spam for SPAM.
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Did calling junk email “spam” hurt SPAM sales?

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