Save the Toledo, Ohio White Tower!
One of the great losses of an American brand was the White Tower chain, which was shut down mostly in the 1980s by its owner, Tombrock Corporation of Connecticut.... Read more.
Golden Books At 65; Children’s Museum of Manhattan Exhibit
The Children’s Museum of Manhattan is holding an exhibition on artwork from one of the great American publishing brands, the Golden Book. We all know the Golden... Read more.
The New York Sun Still Shines For All
NEW YORK – Start-up media projects are a perfect place to revive dead brands. Condé Nast did this masterfully when it revived the magazine titles Vanity Fair... Read more.
Wishing for ABC News’ Make a Wish with Tom Chapin
BrandlandUSA reader Brian Stevens asks about the Tom Chapin children’s show Make A Wish. Says Stevens, “I wish someone could dig up some old “Make... Read more.
Save Budweiser; Busch Family Keeps the Parks?
Part of what makes a brand authentic is where it is made, what company makes it and what other things the company does. Budweiser is one of those brands. Not only... Read more.
Where’s Romper Room?
It’s time for Romper Room. Again. A Chicago company, River West Brands, has re-registered the defunct brand name, according to the USPTO. If you lived at the... Read more.
Harvard Survey on Brand Attributes
Can Wal-Mart feel? Does Disney possess self-control? Researchers in psychology at Harvard University are interested in how people attribute mental capacities to... Read more.
Today Show: Donny Wears Hai Karate
The Today Show recently featured the effort to bring back old brands, including the Hydrox cookie. The big question. Does Donny Deutsch actually wear Hai Karate?... Read more.
Bonwit Teller Said to Return
CHICAGO – The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Bonwit Teller will be coming back. It will come back as a boutique, now that revitalization company River West... Read more.
Stumped: Village Inn Pizza, Norfolk’s Janaf
Our memory of this place is totally gone. But apparently there was a Village Inn Pizza chain that had arcades. It was a big enough operation that individual franchises... Read more.