Texas Instruments TI-1200
2008-11-26
The classic calculator of the 1970s. Still works. Love Texas Instruments. Visit our main site www.brandlandUSA.com for in depth stories. Ideas? Leave a comment or email editor Garland PollardMORE HERE
Jefferson Clothing Company of Richmond
2008-11-26
Once the brand of the Friedman Marks company of Marshall Street in Richmond, Virginia. It was around until the mid-1990s. It was a great brand, and could have been Jos A. Bank. Or not. Visit our main site www.brandlandUSA.com for in depth stories. Ideas? Leave a comment or emailMORE HERE
Dhalishan Cashmere
2008-11-26
A great classic brand of cashmere. What decade, we are not sure. Visit our main site www.brandlandUSA.com for in depth stories. Ideas? Leave a comment or email editor Garland PollardMORE HERE
Mark Fore No More
2008-11-26
Nope, it’s not around this year. Visit our main site www.brandlandUSA.com for in depth stories. Ideas? Leave a comment or email editor Garland PollardMORE HERE
Mrs. Beasley Returns This Christmas
2008-11-25
Mrs. Beasley was my favorite doll. Just like Buffy on Family Affair. (Above, Mrs. Beasley sits on a chair as Uncle Bill explains the birds and bees.) I don’t know if Mrs. Beasley was created for the show or if she was a popular doll made more popular by theMORE HERE
British Woolworth’s in Jeopardy
2008-11-23
LONDON – Decades of missteps and a brutal retail recession have hurt the British retailer Woolworth’s, which was one of the few surviving legacies of the giant F.W. Woolworth Co., a company that closed in the U.S. in the late 1990s. In mid-November, the stock price was less than £2.MORE HERE
Thinking of Fenwicks, a Real British Department Store
2008-11-22
An often unsung, but interesting British department store chain is Fenwick. It is not one of the big London stores that tourists know, but instead it was one of literally hundreds that were across the British isles, and Empire. Others have disappeared, including Ricemans was a modern, post-war department storeMORE HERE
Some Interesting Branding Topics, Plus DePinna
2008-11-22
We pulled some favorite branding stories from across the web. Thought it might make some good reference. And we just stuck a DePinna ad to promote our old story on prep brands that are no longer around, like DePinna, but have some residual brand value. BBC Report on Dead Brands,MORE HERE
Briefly: Lilly Pulitzer in New York
2008-11-21
PALM BEACH, NEW YORK – A revived Lilly Pulitzer retail operation has opened a boutique on the Upper East Side of Manhattan at 1020 Madison Avenue. The story of Lilly Pulitzer, of how she opened up a juice stand in Palm Beach, started printing up some fabric, sold it asMORE HERE
Days of Drake’s Cake Numbered?
2008-11-21
BROOKLYN – First the Dodgers and now this? If you grew up in Brooklyn or the Northeast, you know of Drake’s and their Yodels, Funny Bones, Coffee Cakes, Yankee Doodles and Ring Dings. This week, we found that a package of Drake’s Devil Dogs were sold with the Drake’s duckMORE HERE