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Advertisements invoke nostalgia among consumers

Whether by positioning their message over the familiar tracks of 20-year-old pop tunes or invoking by-gone eras in images that mimic old black and white films, advertisers are increasingly urging America’s consumers to “remember how good things used to be.”It’s a wistful trend in advertising that seems to be most evident during the holiday season. […]