UNO Makes 40
El Segundo, Calif. -There is still time to get the 40th anniversary UNO game. The Mattel card game, a derivative of Crazy Eights, was invented in 1971, and is on... Read more.

Chrysler Rebrands Detroit, Eminem Imported
DETROIT – It’s a shame it takes an Italian company and an old rap star to see the value in Detroit. But that’s what is mightily apparent with new... Read more.

Beer Brands Canned for Brew Encyclopedia
A new book by Dan Backer and Lance Watson taps brewing history to detail the can designs of nearly 500 beer brands. The book, published by Chronicle (Amazon link... Read more.

Branding: It’s Beginning To Grate on Nerves
Edwin Heathcote, writing in the Jan. 15, 2011 Financial Times on old British eateries, said: The more everything becomes the same, the more ubiquitous branding begins... Read more.

Tidewater Motor Oil, Washed Up at Cracker Barrel
MATHEWS, Va. – For brand archaeologists, the best dig site is Cracker Barrel. They are fascinating museums of America’s business history, not to mention... Read more.

Landor Exec On Word-less Starbucks Nymph
The new Starbucks logo has removed the word Starbucks. Many do not get it. We talked to a veteran branding executive, Allen Adamson of the New York office of Landor... Read more.

Procter & Gamble’s 28 Brands That Matter Most
In a discussion about whether Episcopalians believe in purgatory, our parish priest asked us to consider our actions, what we practice. Regularly, we pray for the... Read more.

Off-Course Airliner Reminds That Piedmont Airlines Lives On
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The news that a civilian airliner was a bit off course and went into restricted airspace around Washington, D.C. made a bit of a surprise... Read more.

Retailers Benefit from the Salvation Army Brand
Recently, our parish priest “commissioned” another week’s worth of bell ringers for The Salvation Army. Our family adopted a kettle, and one star... Read more.

Merry Christmas From Coca-Cola
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,... Read more.