Woolworths Group PLC, while bankrupt, will survive as an online brand. The UK retailer Shop Direct UK has purchased the brand for an “undisclosed sum.” Sadly, it came just after the company announced the layoff of over 1,000 employees. The Independent reported that the sale of the Woolworths brand wasMORE HERE
Dear Radio Shack So business stinks. But when we go by to the store closest to our house, we can’t tell the difference between a Radio Shack and the Sprint store at the other end of the shopping center. We got a great comment on BrandlandUSA today about one ofMORE HERE
It’s 1977, The Great Sign of Holiday Inn beckoned at the roadside. Well, actually, it didn’t beckon, it screamed. BIG arrow pointing into hotel. Very often, each sign had a letter board announcing upcoming meetings and conventions at the hotel. Turn off the Interstate, and into the Holiday Inn. GoodMORE HERE
BrandlandUSA.com is not only on our own site, but syndicated to a half dozen other websites and blog aggregators, increasing our exposure beyond our core readers. BrandlandUSA now appears on the BlogBurst syndication network, so you might be seeing our posts on the Reuters and Chicago Sun-Times websites. In addition,MORE HERE
Visit our Facebook Application, Brands to Bring Back from BrandlandUSA.com; there you can vote on brands you miss, from F.W. Woolworth five and 10 cent stores to Tickle deodorant. Tee Hee. Tons of fun. If you like-ee, please visit us at BrandlandUSA.comMORE HERE
So this morning the Twitter site was flooded with folk saying that the Google search had been hijacked. Then, in about 10 minutes or so, the site was back up again. A few of the posts from twitter, from around 10:15 to 10:30 JesseNewhart HAS GOOGLE SEARCH BEEN HACKED!!!??? http://bit.ly/78VbMORE HERE
It is stunning to see the number of restaurants closing, both chain and not chain. We can’t help but to think that commercial real estate brokers are going to have to make some really hard decisions. Do we sit with an empty storefront or out-parcel for three years, or doMORE HERE
Yes, we found him at Dollar General, and we are sure he is a few more places. Read about it, and other former Ascendia Brands, at our main website, BrandlandUSA.comMORE HERE
Still wondering about our old deodorant friend Tussy That staple of 1970s tub time, Mr. Bubble, has found a new home at Minnesota-based The Village Company. Mr. Bubble was part of the consumer products portfolio of Princeton, NJ-based Ascendia Brands, which went bankrupt in August 2008. Mr. Bubble was partMORE HERE
This is some great marmalade. Tart and sweet. Visit kensingtonmarmalade.com/ BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard.MORE HERE