The Apple Brand is Larger than Steven Jobs CUPERTINO – So wait, it’s the 25th anniversary of the Macintosh, and the Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) disclosure of Steven Jobs’ illness? Is this the same brilliant S.E.C. that refused to regulate hedge funds, and couldMORE HERE
Michigan Needs a GM Auto Tour A week or so ago, we happened upon a Business Week story about General Motors auctioning off some of its car collection. Some of these items were either flubs or concept cars, and not actually produced. All are fascinating, including a Harley Earl Buick.MORE HERE
So Circuit City is gone, and it’s Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and Radio Shack (NYSE: RSH). How opportune for Radio Shack, whose stock seems to be in miracle zone, namely above $10 a share. In August 2007, we wrote on BrandlandUSA some of our ideas for improving Radio Shack. TheyMORE HERE
BEVERLY HILLS – Hilton Hotels Corp. announced Wednesday, Jan. 21 that it would move its headquarters from Beverly Hills to the Washington D.C. area, either the Maryland or Virginia suburbs. As a former Virginian who would love to see Hilton in the Commonwealth, I still think it is a horribleMORE HERE
We just thought this was an amusing brand; we’d love a Silver & Co. airtight case, though we don’t know what we’d use it for. BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard.MORE HERE
LIVERPOOL – The Bibby Line Group, a British logistics, shipping and finance company, is one of the surviving early shipping lines. The company was founded in 1807 as a shipping company, by the first John Bibby (1775–1840) and it survives to this in altered form, but essential in the sameMORE HERE
Sporting Club Partially to Blame? Readers: Another person who watches The Greenbrier closely takes a different view of the resort’s losses. Dear BrandlandUSA: I recently read a post “Unions the Problem at The Greenbrier” that attempted to blame all of the problems The Greenbrier resort is currently facing on whatMORE HERE
The Repair and Parts Business Offers Great Margins and Improved Customer Relationships According to recent news reports, consumers are apparently buying clothes they like in three colors, instead of trying out new styles. This is old school. This is a big change. It’s the same philosophy that is driving theMORE HERE
Here, the front of an early 1970s Buick Electra 225. Genius. What happened to this GM?MORE HERE
Historic Checker Cars of Kalamazoo DETROIT – For the Obama inauguration, two Detroit News staffers, Charlie LeDuff and Max Ortiz, drove a 1973 Checker cab from Michigan to D.C. Thanks to our buddy Peter Hubbel, a native of Michigan, for pointing the article out to us. He’s a Checker CabMORE HERE