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  We do like Holiday Inn at BrandlandUSA.com. BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard. Visit his personal website at GarlandPollard.comMORE HERE

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The F.W. Woolworth Company was one of the great icons of United States retailing prowess. While the brand no longer survives in the United States, it has been reborn in the United Kingdom. Interestingly, the successor company to Woolworth, Foot Locker (NYSE: FL), is still around and based in NewMORE HERE

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Good branding often means minimalism. It is hard to resist the lure of spending empty space, but that’s sometimes what it takes. Here, genius from a 1984 menu from Royal Air Maroc. Very good. BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard. Visit his personalMORE HERE

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Great classic of the mid-century card game. BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard. Visit his personal website at GarlandPollard.comMORE HERE

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Whenever we talk business, my friend Tom tells me the following: “You can’t fight the macro.” He means, of course, that while you might have a good business idea, if it goes against macro trends, you better rethink it. You can’t fight it. I think of the macro when IMORE HERE

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today confirmed David Kappos as the new Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S Patent and Trademark Office. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke issued the following statement: “We are grateful to the Senate for its swift confirmation of David KapposMORE HERE

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Stop in for a drink after you leave N.O.B. Norfolk. It’s right near the pier in Ocean View. BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard. Visit his personal website at GarlandPollard.comMORE HERE

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Two name changes-or more correctly, modifications-have received attention in the media and branding worlds recently. Pizza Hut has announced that its boxes and select locations will carry the name “The Hut,” and RadioShack plans to unveil new creative for “The Shack,” its shorter, catchier moniker. These name shortenings are proofMORE HERE