Reviving a Brand: Eight Tips from Hawaii Five-O
HONOLULU – Bringing back something as iconic as Hawaii Five-O is a major challenge. There is enormous love for the old, so you don’t want to change it... Read more.
No Sink Smog With Bab-O
CHICAGO – Back in the 1950s, Bab-O was one of the top bathroom and kitchen cleansers, along with Ajax and Comet. Today, the cleanser is distributed by Fitzpatrick... Read more.
Old South Watermelon Rind Pickle. Sweet.
ALMA, Arkansas – Each summer, my grandmother in Somers, Virginia would save the watermelon rinds after we ate watermelon on the patio of the farmhouse. I never... Read more.
Tame Conditioner Returns As Frizz Tamer
The original conditioner, Tame, is back on the shelves as a house brand at Dollar Tree. On the back, it has “Distributed by Dollar Tree” so you know... Read more.
Dorothy Gray Satura Not the Same Formula?
A note from one of our BrandlandUSA readers. The eye cream Satura, the last remaining bit of the once leading Dorothy Gray cosmetics company, has apparently returned... Read more.
General Foods Brand to Completely Disappear?
General Foods International Coffees, the last stand of the General Foods brand, might be on its way out. It appears that the coffee’s maker, Kraft, is testing... Read more.
CSPI: U.K. Has Better Fanta, Starburst and Skittles
WASHINGTON – Frankly, we are usually on the side of the junk food purveyors. It is the excess that makes it wrong, not the idea. Like alcohol (and many other... Read more.
Brands of the Southern Lit Novel The Help
Kathryn Stockett’s 2009 novel The Help has been a sensation of a bestseller. It broke through one major literary taboo, namely a white author writing in dialect.... Read more.
Shutting Auto Dealers Caused Job Loss
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Just off the headlines. The massive shutdown of dealers ordered by the Obama administration was a massive failure. Not that you couldn’t... Read more.
Great Brands: Tip Top Tomato Products of Ohio
TIPP CITY, Ohio – Back in the day, there were hundreds of regional tomato brands across the U.S. Canneries were not giant agribusiness, but were instead closer... Read more.