Who nailed the right market? We have to give the “predicted it” prize to Kool-Aid. We noticed this Parade Magazine ad last April, and hadn’t realized how on target the marketing is. Today, the drink, and its namesake Spokespitcher, are about as well known as any national brand. But withMORE HERE
At BrandlandUSA, we love to look at great American brands. Some of our most popular stories on old American brand names, including Toni, Hydrox, Cub Cadet, Royster Fertilizer, Carroll Reed and H.J. Stotter. What ever happened to the Toni Twins? Hydrox Cookies have returned Goodbye Future Levittowns Saluting the InternationalMORE HERE
We are liking what Dunkin Donuts is doing with their napkins. Funny graphics, that are at once current and at another time classic.For more fun old brands, visit our main website brandlandusa.com. Questions? E-mail Garland PollardMORE HERE
At the Heartstrings kids’ clothing store in Ellenton, Florida, we found an old Ranch Trac kids’ tractor. It was the AMF Ranch Trac brand. Even had a safety “chain drive” that was enclosed. For more fun old brands, main website www.brandlandusa.com.MORE HERE
Citgo is one of the great American gasoline brands. We get a hefty bit of nostalgia everytime we see these any of the old brands, even if they are owned by a certain not-so-friendly country in South America called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Here, a Citgo ad that ranMORE HERE
Read our recent post on the Helmsley hotel brand. The home of Trouble ought to keep the master’s name. Visit us at our main website www.brandlandusa.com.MORE HERE
Thinking about dime stores like Kress, Kresge, Murphy and Woolworth. Read our post on F.W. Woolworth at Bring F. W. Woolworth back. In these times when we need dime stores, where are they? Thank goodness for Macon Brock’s Dollar Tree. Visit our main website www.brandlandusa.com.MORE HERE
Regional clothing brands are the best. Here, a logo from the late Nelson & Gwatkin, which was the J. Press of Main Street Richmond, Virginia. If you had a suit from Nelson & Gwatkin, you were not to be messed with. Read about great Northern Neck of Virginia brands onMORE HERE
U.S. automakers got a loan! $25 billion! Guess they will be around for a bit longer, we hope another hundred years. Read our post on General Motors called GM’s Unpopular Models. It tells you that for Buick to survive, it needs the LeSabre, Century, Park Avenue and Electra 225. VisitMORE HERE
BORON, CALIFORNIA – Only a few days until the big celebration in Boron, California! October 4, 2008 is the 51st Annual Twenty Mule Team Days. It’s a salute to the olden times in this mining town that is home to the famous detergent and famous material, Borax. America’s great brandMORE HERE