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The carmaker BMW launched a Mini Cooper marketing campaign in Germany to try to take advantage of the cold weather. But the cold front has killed 100 people across Europe and BMW is embarrassed, with a spokesman saying that "it took on catastrophic proportions and left so many victims... we do regret it very much." Allyson Stewart-Allen, a marketing expert who runs International Marketing Partners, explains how to avoid a branding mistake.