The menswear company Anderson-Little has returned. Best yet, it is the original family, and their signature product, their blue blazers, are American-made. The company was founded in Fall River, Mass. in 1933, at the height of the Depression by Morris B. Anderson as one of the early factory showrooms. ByMORE HERE
At the Taj Gate, the wonderful Taj Mahal Hotel, once of Bombay, now of Mumbai. Check our main site for an upcoming history of the Taj hotel brand at brandlandusa.comMORE HERE
We wrote some time ago about the different versions of the Pan Am name that have survived even though the airline has died and come back to life a number of times. Such is the goodwill in the brand that it keeps on selling product. Today, we write about PanMORE HERE
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
McArthur Dairy, one of Florida’s great dairy brands.MORE 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
One of the best known repeat Christmas commercials is the Folgers “Peter” commercial where college student “Peter” comes home for Christmas in a snowstorm, and makes Folgers coffee with his little sister. While the 1986 commercial hasn’t been running recently, it has been shown so much at holiday time thatMORE 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