Historic Bibby Line, Founded in 1807, Survives to Today
LIVERPOOL – The Bibby Line Group, a British logistics, shipping and finance company, is one of the surviving early shipping lines. The company was founded... Read more.
Another View of CSX’s The Greenbrier
Sporting Club Partially to Blame? Readers: Another person who watches The Greenbrier closely takes a different view of the resort’s losses. Dear BrandlandUSA:... Read more.
Retail Needs Repair and Fix
The Repair and Parts Business Offers Great Margins and Improved Customer Relationships According to recent news reports, consumers are apparently buying clothes... Read more.
Thinking Checker Cabs of Michigan
Historic Checker Cars of Kalamazoo DETROIT – For the Obama inauguration, two Detroit News staffers, Charlie LeDuff and Max Ortiz, drove a 1973 Checker cab... Read more.
Macy’s Undervalues Its Former Brands
Except for the success of discounters like Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), BJ’s Wholesale Club (BJ), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Family Dollar Stores (FDO) and Dollar General,... Read more.
The Lesson of Virginia National Bank
CHARLOTTESVILLE – Any person who lived in Virginia in the 1970s would know these regional bank jingles. “F&M’s free banking puts you and your... Read more.
Great American (and World) Circus Brands
SARASOTA – Today is no longer the era of the circus. But regional and some national circus troupes survive as of 2009. Below are some of the organizations:... Read more.
Pontiac By The Door, Says Byron Hurd
The folks at General Motors are apparently giving Pontiac short attention during press events this week. Bad omen for a great American brand, says Byron Hurd on... Read more.
Goodbye Ricardo Montalban!
LOS ANGELES – We’ll miss the man of the Corinthian leather! Great obit on him on Bloomberg.com. The ads said that the Chrysler Cordoba commercial had... Read more.
Taking Brand Advertising Beyond Pay Per Click
It’s one of the largest problems facing online publishers. Almost all (around 95 percent) of brand advertising is not on the web. The online site Brand.net... Read more.