What makes us believe in brands, true brands, is that they are expressions of a dream made real. When a good one is lost, or screwed up, it’s sad, not because we care about the brand itself, but instead we care about the human component that made it happen. It’sMORE HERE
Read about Cypress Gardens. It reopened. Read about it at our post, History of Cypress Gardens. BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard.MORE HERE
HAMILTON – If you want a taste of Bermuda anytime, there is Barritts Bermuda Stone Ginger Beer. Barritts, founded by William John Barritt in 1874, was originally a dry grocer on Front & King Streets in Hamilton, bottling mineral water into Barritt’s Ginger Beer. His son Jno. Barritt took overMORE HERE
TAMPA – I always wanted the Islander. Up on stilts, it had two bedrooms, a big living area and a kitchen that backed up to the bathroom, to save on plumbing. The islander was cheap; you could buy it unfinished, and finish out the interior. As Levittowns were to theMORE HERE
MIAMI – Macy’s (NYSE: M) is considering revitalizing its important, and historic downtown Miami store. The store is the former flagship Burdines. At right, a vintage photo of their old tea room. Macy’s Florida President J. David Scheiner said to a meeting of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce thatMORE HERE
BrandlandUSA reported last year about the demise of the Georgette Klinger brand, and its possible revival by the founder’s family. They released a form letter as recently as December. Dear valued patron, Thank you for writing to the new Georgette Klinger. Kathryn and Trevor are working hard to restore theMORE HERE
NEW YORK, March 24, 2009—Brandchannel, the world’s leading online exchange about branding, has announced the winners of its second annual Brandjunkie awards. The 2009 awards not only recognize the brands with the greatest impact, but also how they impact our behavior and view of the world. “The prevailing sentiment fromMORE HERE
Yearning for the simplicity of a spreadsheet that just does the basics? Think VisiCalc. Before VisiCalc, MBAs couldn’t come up with crazy financial models. People couldn’t balance their checkbooks at home. Instead, people just had to balance that checkbook on the back of their monthly bank statement. And investment bankersMORE HERE
WINTER HAVEN – Cypress Gardens Adventure Park is thankfully ditching its disastrous foray into becoming a theme park, and will rename itself Cypress Gardens with an adjacent Splash Island Water Park. Cypress Gardens closed on Nov. 17 and was the last day under old ownership for the park. Read theMORE HERE
STOCKHOLM – We are so there. It’s a Jumbo Jet hotel that opened in January in Stockholm. It’s a converted 747, made extra cool because it was formerly operated by Pan Am. The plane is apparently called Liv; it was grounded at Stockholm Arlanda Airport back in November 2002 andMORE HERE