Check out our main site www.brandlandusa.com, where we look one region of the U.S. and their unique brand names. It’s Historyland, U.S.A., the Northern Neck of Virginia. Ideas? Comments? Contact the BrandlandUSA editor. Click Here To Send E-mailMORE HERE
If you are anywhere near Bowling Green, Kentucky, visit the exhibition “Recommended by Duncan Hines” and the annual Duncan Hines Festival, which is Aug. 14-15, 2008. The Bowling Green Convention and Visitors’ Bureau has worked to keep the memory of Duncan Hines alive, as have folks at the Kentucky MuseumMORE HERE
There is something great about a brand that does not stick to its brand. Particularly industrial companies that go into the business of resorts. Modern management theory HATES this sort of thing, but they are wrong. Brands that do not stick to their brands are MORE interesting. They have depth.MORE HERE
We are totally stumped by this one. Blogger Gentleman Agitator emailed to tell BrandlandUSA of his frustration with a new Holiday Inn logo. Don’t get us wrong. We love Holiday Inn. But we loved their old lettering. OK, so we here at BrandlandUSA were hopeful that it was the otherMORE HERE
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 Books for their gold leaf bindings and illustrations, and titles like The Little Red Hen. Every American family has Golden Books. Over 15MORE HERE
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 is Budweiser about beer, it is about American culture. It is about family time. It is about conservation andMORE HERE
Today’s Wall Street Journal has a great piece by Jane Garney on Duke Farms, the 2,740 acre estate of Doris Duke, the American Tobacco heiress, and her father, James Buchanan Duke. In the name of eco-friendliness, the great parts of the farm will be ripped up, including a classic conservatory.MORE HERE
One of the great American innovators in homebuilding is and was Levitt & Sons, now bankrupt. The bankruptcy left many homeowners in the lurch. Like all residential builders, the company has had trouble in the recent real estate bubble. The question. Is there value still in the brand? Yes, ofMORE HERE
Happy 60th Anniversary, Israel. In AD 70, the Romans laid siege to Jerusalem. For 1,938 years, the world thought Israel was a thing of the past. In 1948, the miracle happened. A new nation was created. People came home, and brought the deserts back to life. Is there a betterMORE HERE
Ever since it closed in 2005, folks have missed the Bermudian department store Trimingham’s. Fodor’s 1961 Guide to the Caribbean, Bahamas and Bermuda stated that the store had a “wide selection of bargains including doe-skin gloves, perfume, English handbags and Indian Madras sportswear.” At the time, Bermuda prices were soMORE HERE