The shoe and apparel company Kenneth Cole got into a spot of trouble today after someone tweeted from their official account: “Millions are in uproar in #Cairo. Rumor is they heard our new spring collection is now available online at http://bit.ly/KCairo -KC.”After getting walloped by the Twitter world in response, the account soon tweeted an apology: “Re Egypt tweet: we weren’t intending to make light of a serious situation. We understand the sensitivity of this historic moment -KC”
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