Coca-Cola Co. is using one of its biggest failures as a marketing tool, bringing back New Coke for a limited time in a cross-promotion with the Netflix science-fiction horror series “Stranger Things.”The third season of “Stranger Things” is set in 1985, when a new formulation of Coca-Cola triggered a consumer backlash and led to the return of the original version shortly thereafter. New Coke will appear in several episodes, and a limited run of retro-inspired cans of the 1985 recipe will be available starting May 23 on Coca-Cola’s...
Source: Wall Street Journal May 21, 2019 12:56 UTC