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Recently, our parish priest “commissioned” another week’s worth of bell ringers for The Salvation Army. Our family adopted a kettle, and one star member of the congregation, Janet Trefry, helped organize a whole season’s worth of ringers. What an tremendous job. The whole effort was a boost to Publix, which is known for being a [...]

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Here, the famous song with Hillside Singers in a late 1970s commercial for Coca-Cola. Below is the original. And below is Lorri Hafer, who was the original lead, along with the Shaw Brothers, who performed the music. Interestingly, introducing the video is Herb Oscar Anderson, WABC morning man and father of Dynasty

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Some readers were discussing distinctive men’s colognes that were still around. One of the survivors (and a potent scent) is Canoe by Dana. Above, a 1981 ad for the cologne. Below, an earlier ad. Notice the pronunciation has changed, to CAN-O-EH, rather than Canoe. The Dana company is still around, but a shadow of its [...]

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The folks in Chicago are still missing Marshall Field’s. We just encountered this BBC report on the issue, and are grateful that the FieldsFansChicago are still at it. There is a great discussion of the issue of international retail brands and retail. The folks are calling it “corporate imperialism.” Amazon.com Widgets

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How does one have as great a brand name as A&P, yet still arrive in bankruptcy? Simple. It neglects its core brand, A&P, and it goes trudging off in all sorts of different directions in search of something new. A&P has been doing this for decades, and now, finally, an iconic American retailer is bankrupt. [...]

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MECHANICSVILLE – While it is no longer made on Hope Farm in Mechanicsville, Virginia, we are still fans of the classic Mrs. Fearnow’s Brunswick Stew brand. A great Virginia recipe, it has the proper ingredients for such a stew. In fact, the only Brunswick Stew that beats it was the Rt. Rev. Joe Pinder’s Brunswick [...]

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Amazon.com Widgets Of the classic Christmas candy items, the Life Savers Storybook is among the best known. Question for readers. Is the selection inside the story book the same as in years past? This year, I see Five Flavors and Wild Cherry, but I cannot recall what other flavors have been among the selection in [...]

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For those who like a traditional looking Christmas, there is no substitute to light from incandescent C-7 and C-9 light bulb, and no name more synonymous with Christmas lights than General Electric. One can make the case that the outdoor Christmas light has been one of the greater (and most surreptitious) of methods of evangelism [...]

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Prudential’s nearly forgotten Bache brand is being given more prominence, this week appearing in ads in Financial Times. New York’s Bache & Company was one of the great old brokerages, with roots into the 19th century. It went through dozens of names; it eventually merged into Prudential and became Prudential Bache. However, in 2003, the [...]

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