Now on with the countdown! Yes, you can still catch Casey Kasem’s original 1970s American Top 40 radio shows on your local FM. The shows have returned from a tape morgue in Hollywood, and have been completely remastered. They were remastered by “syndicated radio junkies” at the Cabot, Arkansas basedMORE HERE
We are totally stumped by this one. Blogger Gentleman Agitator emailed to tell BrandlandUSA of his frustration with a new Holiday Inn logo. Don’t get us wrong. We love Holiday Inn. But we loved their old lettering. OK, so we here at BrandlandUSA were hopeful that it was the otherMORE HERE
There was a time when Sears ruled the world of sporting goods, and brands like Ted Williams and Sears Yachtsman were seen as prestige. At right, a Sears Yachtsman logo and shield sewn onto a Sears life vest. This attic find looks cool and stylish as ever, even though itMORE HERE
What happens when you have a 200-year-old insurance brand name and some smartsy fartsy “branding” and “marketing” people get involved? The brand dies in favor of a name that would be better as a diet pill. Believe it or not, it happened recently with the U.K. insurance company Aviva, whichMORE HERE
Forbes columnist Jerry Flint wrote a great column June 17, 2008 on the future of Ford Motor Company’s Mercury brand, and whether the sorta-dashing Ford President Mark Fields really wants to keep the brand. We love to read Flint because he loves great American companies and believes that Americans canMORE HERE
Of the surviving pieces of Trans World Airlines, or TWA, includes Canteen, the office catering and snacks company, the TWA Hotel and Ethiopian Airlines. Ethiopian was once run by TWA. The African airline has survived Civil War, famine and economic crisis. The airline was founded by Emperor Haile Selassie, withMORE HERE
In all this business of branding and nostalgia, the question is whether it is relevant to today. How does one live in the present while seeking to turn back to the past? How much nostalgia is too much nostalgia? We found an answer on the blog Notes from the LilypadMORE HERE
COPIAGUE, NEW YORK – The blood pressure brand that decorates just about every medical exam room in the U.S. is the Baumanometer. The device is most often seen attached to a wall, with a small basket next to it to hold the fabric cuff that goes on patient arms. Technically,MORE HERE
What a waste! This once-great American grocery company is now a shadow of its former self. The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company still lives on in the Northeast, thankfully. It’s really a group of grocery store brands, including Waldbaum’s, Food Emporium, Super Fresh, Pathmark and A&P. Yes, it’s stillMORE HERE
Since the advent of hormone free milk, new national brands of milk have been established. That’s great. And it proves there is a market for national brands. But there are some great milk brands that should have survived. Brands that would be PERFECT for marketing this new wave of milk.MORE HERE