First vinyl records make a comeback, and then telegrams? The website Telegramstop will let you write a telegram online, and send it anywhere, for just a few bucks, $4.70 actually. The company is unrelated to the current Western Union, which is a worldwide service that sends money, and is ubiquitousMORE HERE
LOS ANGELES – Johnson Products, makers of Ultra Sheen and other African-American haircare products, will again be an independent company. Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) announced the sale of its Johnson Products Company to a company named RCJP Acquisition, Inc., a newly formed independent entity comprised of Los Angeles-based privateMORE HERE
Sad day for soap fans. Sad day for Springfield. The classic CBS soap opera Guiding Light has been canceled by CBS. First started in radio, it apparently began on NBC radio in January 1937 and moved to CBS television in 1952. It apparently will end its run in September, andMORE HERE
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. – Sara Lee Corporation (NYSE:SLE) said it would possibly sell its International Household & Body Care business after receiving “expressions of interest” from possible buyers. The company has some classic low growth brands, including Kiwi shoe polish and Brylcreem hair goop. Both could very interesting brands ifMORE HERE
DENVER – Vicorp Restaurants Inc. announced today the sale of the pie restaurant Village Inn to American Blue Ribbon Holdings LLC, a new entity formed by Fidelity National Financial Inc. and Newport Global Advisors. American Blue Ribbon Holdings, LLC will own and operate the Village Inn and Bakers Square restaurantMORE HERE
The venerable prep brand Duck Head is for sale. Duck Head became a private label brand sold at Tennessee-based Goody’s Family Clothing. The bankruptcy of the company has put the brand up for sale, according to Gabe Fried, principal of Needham Heights, Mass-based Streambank LLC. Wrote Fried on Linked in:MORE HERE
PARIS – The International Herald Tribune has a redesign. Thankfully, the 122-year-old IHT, owned by The New York Times, has been able to keep a separate identity, though seems to be looking more and more like the New York Times, and staffs are now pretty much merged together. A newMORE HERE
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