MATTOON, Ill. — While many retail chains are struggling, some continue to expand. Illinois-based farm and home retailer Rural King opened its 150th store this weekend in Sebring, Florida. Serving rural America since 1960, Rural King has grownby offering popular big brands to rural areas. The new Sebring location offersMORE HERE
NEW YORK — The Fragrance Foundation has announced the finalists for the 2026 Fragrance Foundation Awards, naming Honorine Blanc, master perfumer at DSM-Firmenich, as this year’s Lifetime Achievement Perfumer. The finalists were revealed April 16 during the organization’s annual awards luncheon at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York. The eventMORE HERE
OAKVILLE, Calif. – For its 60th anniversary, the Robert Mondavi Winery has restored its Cliff May-designed visitor building and relandscaped the grounds, bringing renewed attention to one of the most recognizable pieces of architecture in American wine. The historic building and its signature tower—long featured on the winery’s labels—remain centralMORE HERE
CHICAGO – On April 21, McDonald’s goes back to promoting inexpensive menu items with a $3 Menu and offering a $4 Breakfast Meal Deal. Some of these items that less than a half a decade ago were dollar menu items. For breakfast, the Sausage McMuffin, Sausage Biscuit, Sausage Burrito, Hash Browns or a medium McCaféMORE HERE
CHERRY HILL, N.J. – One of the fastest growing grocers in the U.S. is H Mart, a Korean and Asian supermarket. It will open a rebuilt prototype store on April 23. “We are excited to reopen our newly renovated Cherry Hill location and bring our passion for Asian food cultureMORE HERE
TEANECK, N.J. – Leica Camera, a German camera and optics company, will open a store in Chicago on April 30, 2026. The store sits in the Gold Coast district on Michigan Avenue. The location will include gallery exhibitions, Leica Akademie workshops, and space for visitors to view imaging technology. ItMORE HERE
As cable audiences disappear, legacy cable media properties need to adapt. Most just die, however, including the original vision for so many of the original cable brands like TNN, MTV, VH1. Even A&E, Disney Channel and BBC America have strayed so far from original brand promises that they have confusedMORE HERE
Quaker’s Raisins & Spice Instant Oatmeal has returned to grocery store shelves after periods of limited availability at major retailers such as Walmart. Instant oatmeal first appeared on the market in 1965. Quaker launched its own version in 1966 as a convenient hot cereal packaged in single-serve packets. The brandMORE HERE
Folgers Coffee is one of those rare American brands that’s more than just a name on a can. Its roots stretch back to 1850, when William H. Bovee established the Pioneer Steam Coffee and Spice Mills in San Francisco. The company pioneered selling pre-roasted and ground coffee, an innovation inMORE HERE
A refresh for a historic brand can now be as simple “merch” hoodies and tees trying some new co-promotions with a fellow brand. Such is the case with a co-promotion of Canada Dry, the soft drink, with the Canadian retailer Roots. They have launched what is sometimes now called aMORE HERE