SUNSET BOULEVARD – The historic Hollywood Palladium, once the home to radio shows and even Lawrence Welk, has been restored by Coe Architecture International and is now run by Live Nation. It reopened in October 2008, with a show by Jay-Z. Coe has a list of stories relating to itsMORE HERE

“One of the classic Christmas commercials is the Folgers “Peter” commercial where college student “Peter” comes home for Christmas in a VW Bug, during a snowstorm, and makes Folgers coffee with his little sister. BrandlandUSA has an interview with Peter. Peter is actually Greg Wrangler, and he is still busyMORE HERE

NEW YORK – We have had a number of requests for information on Georgette Klinger, the New York salon brand. It closed down, and we wrote that the family is in the process of rebuilding the company in a post called Georgette Klinger is Back. During this brand hiatus, BrandlandUSAMORE HERE

LONDON – Woolworths Group PLC, one of the last remaining pieces of America’s F.W. Woolworth Company, might have a saviour for its brand. While the company, which is in bankruptcy administration, would be shut down, there are apparently groups interested in the company’s intellectual property, including the brand. In addition,MORE HERE

We think it would be so much more interesting if CBS still used this bumper, which dates from the Lou Dorfsman era. We thought about it because Dorfsman just died, and Charlie Brown Christmas, which used to be a staple on CBS, is now running each December on ABC.MORE HERE

They used to make this sort of stuff in America. Here, the old Shiny Brite brand of glass Christmas Tree ornaments. We are now looking up some history on Max Eckardt & Sons, the company that made these back in the day. Find out more at www.brandlandusa.com for in depthMORE HERE

NEW YORK – Each year, as part of Christmas, we pull out a box of Shiny Brite glass ornaments. But each time, there are fewer and fewer. But we keep the box, as it reminds us of another era, when Americans actually made things. Eckardt was a German immigrant whoMORE HERE