Some GM cars aren’t selling. Why that’s a news flash! The Wall Street Journal reported today that General Motors has a large number of slow selling cars, including the Pontiac G5, Pontiac G8, Saab 9-7, Saab 9-5 and Saturn Astra. Apparently, they are pretty good cars, and get decent mileage.MORE HERE
In any city, regional building suppliers can convey a real sense of history and their own importance in the community. Would you trust bricks and building supplies from W.R. Taylor? Of course. They have been in business “Serving Pensacola Over 100 Years.” Check out our new website www.brandlandusa.com.MORE HERE
Sometimes even a small resort can be a cool brand. Here, the Harbour Club in the northern part of Naples, Florida. The brand is the lettering, all well designed on a simple background of tile. Check out our new website, www.brandlandusa.com. If you have questions, send them to Click hereMORE HERE
North of Port Royal, near Dalhgren. We are loving America, and the American roadside. We are moving to our www.brandlandusa.com. Visit us there.MORE HERE
We think Northwest ought to stay Northwest, and Delta ought to stay Delta, though they can be married. We found this timetable from 2000, and it reminded us how Northwest is a VERY well-known brand in Asia, and valuable brand equity will be lost if Pacific routes are branded asMORE HERE
A photo of an old Balenciaga dress from Marshall Field’s taken at the Marriott’s Blackstone Hotel, now called The Blackstone Renaissance Hotel. It’s from the book Give the Lady What She Wants. As far as we know it is out of print. Fans of the Marshall Field’s department store willMORE HERE
I was talking to a lower-level Circuit City exec in Richmond, Virginia, around 2001-02. He had just left the company. He shall remain nameless, mostly because I can’t remember his name! Wait, back on subject. So I am chatting with this fellow, and ask about the Alan McCullough era atMORE HERE
Those fans of the Marshall Field’s department store will rally again Tuesday, not only to express support for the Field’s name TWO years after Macy’s killed it off, but to celebrate a new book on the iconic Chicago department store. The full story at our main website, www.brandlandusa.com. More atMORE HERE
Those fans of the Marshall Field’s department store will rally again Tuesday, not only to express support for the Field’s name TWO years after Macy’s killed it off, but to celebrate a new book on the iconic Chicago department store. Details and information are at FieldsFansChicago.org. It’s quite amazing thatMORE HERE
Re-reading Peter York’s 1984 book Modern Times, we came to ask the question. Has it come too far? York (real name Peter Wallis), astute author of The Sloane Ranger Handbook, asserted in the chapter “Chic Graphique” that before the sixties, corporate identity was abstract. But with the advent of theMORE HERE