The ad showed a child’s backpack on a pink background alongside the words “can’t do long division”. The Warehouse / Screenshot The advertising watchdog has ordered The Warehouse to stop using a TV ad ...

The ad showed a child’s backpack on a pink background alongside the words “can’t do long division”. The Warehouse / Screenshot The Warehouse Group has apologised for running an “unacceptable” TV ad ...

A TV ad featuring a child’s schoolbag perpetuates a myth that “girls aren’t good at maths”, says advertising watchdog. Do you agree? The Advertising Standards Authority has ordered the removal of a TV ...

The Advertising Standards Authority instructed The Warehouse to remove an ad that they claim buys into a stereotype that girls aren’t good at maths, which therefore breached advertising standards.