Colgate-Palmolive Sanex adverts deemed misleading by Unilever

Published: 13-Feb-2015
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ASA rules some ads should be changed

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Colgate-Palmolive has been told by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to change its Sanex deodorant ads after rival Unilever lodged a complaint.

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