Pringles & Marlboros for everybody

I’ve read a slew of articles suggesting trouble for U.S. brands in non-U.S. markets, as the global opinion of America has soured in the last few years. Nevertheless, USA Today reports that consumers are “developing a taste for American-brand products” in … Iraq!

The story quotes one Baghdad resident describing the flavor of Pringles as “incredible.”

A couple neighborhoods away at the upscale Honey Market, shelves are stocked with Duracell batteries, Dove soap, Kellogg’s Froot Loops cereal, and Kent and Marlboro cigarettes….

Any anti-American sentiment does not extend to commerce, shop owners said.

Via Agenda.