We found there is another “brand” that is becoming extinct. It’s the English village church. We read that some in larger cities, Anglican churches have become mosques, and that is sad. Mostly, these churches just get abandoned, and sold off and deconsecrated. For instance, St. Mark’s in Mayfair might beMORE HERE
Download Our Free White Paper Imagine your city without a daily paper. Newspaper publishers, editors, managers and owners are worrying, not only about having to lay off staff, but who will cover the community in a meaningful way. In Economics 101, it’s the classic “free rider” problem. Who will attendMORE HERE
We wish we were here, RIGHT NOW, having a Big Boy Breakfast or some sort of lunch special at this Richmond, Virginia restaurant. It is on Jefferson Davis Highway south of downtown. This photograph was taken in 1987 or so. Thus it might be logical that there is a PlymouthMORE HERE
The ABC television drama Life on Mars with Jason O’Mara and Harvey Keitel is the perfect show setting for brands. To put it intellectually, the central theme is about the overlap of past and present. What were some of the brands they dredged up? Theme song “Life on Mars” byMORE HERE
Consumers love regional dairy brands, including the Sunny Florida Dairy of Tampa. Regional dairies could be the next microbrews. If they did a few things. Sunny Florida is a great regional milk brand, and the largest independent dairy in Florida, founded by the Guagliardo family in 1911. It has aMORE HERE
BOCA RATON – The weekly newspaper known for stories of aliens, Elvis and the like is coming back to life. A group of investors will revive the Weekly World News title, according to the Palm Beach Post. The company American Media Operations Inc. sold the title of the late newspaperMORE HERE
Who knew that Arthur Treacher’s Fish and Chips was still around? BrandlandUSA’s Hoosier Stringer Brian K. Stevens tells that was thinking about about Arthur Treacher’s, and found that they are still around. Says Stevens, “There used to be Arthur Treacher’s Fish and Chips all over the Indiana, where I liveMORE HERE
These were the best, with their Peter Max commercial style. And they came with a chocolate mix. There was something very TRUE about Mean Gene. If he didn’t have it, he didn’t want anyone else to have it. Plus, they really made Libby’s vegetables and fruit salad much more enticingMORE HERE
We were fascinated reading about Archeophone Records, a company out of Illinois that has rescued old sound recordings and re-released them. It’s a fascinating niche, especially since they have found old music from wax cylinders and re-issued them. The Wall Street Journal featured their compilation of William Howard Taft andMORE HERE
In this time when the market is down, we wonder what the late Charles Engelhard would have thought? Gold, gold, gold. Oh, and platinum, platinum, platinum. Can’t be sure about that, because he’s gone. But we guess Goldfinger would be sitting happily. Read our posts on why BASF should notMORE HERE