Robert Mondavi Winery Restores Mid-Century Cliff May Vineyard Building
OAKVILLE, Calif. – For its 60th anniversary, the Robert Mondavi Winery has restored its Cliff May-designed visitor building and relandscaped the grounds, bringing... Read more.
Inflation Makes for New McDonald’s Emphasis on ‘McValue’ and not Dollar Menu
CHICAGO – On April 21, McDonald’s goes back to promoting inexpensive menu items with a $3 Menu and offering a $4 Breakfast Meal Deal. Some of these... Read more.
Weather Channel’s Retro Recipe for Evolving Legacy Media Brands
As cable audiences disappear, legacy cable media properties need to adapt. Most just die, however, including the original vision for so many of the original cable... Read more.
Oyster brands and regional brands at the Morattico Waterfront Museum
The universe of what we buy in the grocery store often comes from but a few large food manufacturers. The share of pork, beef or chicken comes from but a few major... Read more.
End of an Era: Disney’s Brand of Americana Shrinks with Tom Sawyer Closure
End of a uniquely American attraction arrives just ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday. Just in time for America’s 250th birthday in 2026, Walt Disney World... Read more.
Dodge Goes Heritage and Brings Back the Triangle Fratzog; Chrysler Celebrates the Cordoba
Could the Corinthian leather be a thing again? Probably not, but in a series of social media posts celebrating the centennial of the Chrysler brand released in the... Read more.
Cold Cut Culture: The Demographics of Grocery Hanging Sandwich Meat
Only a few decades ago, one of the dominant features of the refrigerated meat section of the grocery store was hanging sandwich meat. If sausage and bacon were in... Read more.
Dr. Casey Means and the Future of Great American Food Brands
For the first time during a presidential race, consumer food safety is a top issue. This came about in an unlikely way, when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropped out of... Read more.
IBM goes AI at Wimbledon while leaving behind rotting tennis courts in Endicott
As IBM runs ads this summer to burnish its Watson and AI brands during Wimbledon, it has fully walked away from and discarded the village of its birth, Endicott,... Read more.
Brutish Old Deodorants of the Bottom Row Still Find Customers
Many powerful brands lose their shelf space, and end up shuttered or at least diminished. But there is one category where many smaller brands have survived, and... Read more.