MillerCoors Is Capitalizing On A 'Holiday' You've Never Heard Of [THE BRIEF]
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Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:MillerCoors is planning a "Repeal Day" promotion for its new Batch 19 brand on Dec. 5, the day in 1933 that Prohibition was repealed. The campaign will include in-store representatives dressed as flappers and taste testings to remind people that Batch 19 is made from a pre-Prohibition recipe found in the 90s at a Coors brewery.
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