DETROIT – Recent press reports indicate that Saturn might completely disappear as part of a new General Motors, and Pontiac might be a sub-brand sold at other dealers. Who knows what will happen to Saab, but whatever will happen, Saab, Hummer and Saturn are all for sale, perhaps free ifMORE HERE

LAGUNA BEACH – For many of us fogies who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, surf and skateboard brands that come to mind might be all about Quicksilver, Ocean Pacific, Sims and Birdwell’s. If you are a boomer, the brand might be Hang Ten. Yet it doesn’t take longMORE HERE

WASHINGTON – AAMCO, the iconic car care company, selected Qorvis Communications as its new agency of record. Qorvis will lead all creative development for AAMCO’s television and radio advertising, interactive marketing and public relations.”As only AAMCO’s fifth agency in almost 45 years, it is an honor to be leading theMORE HERE

NEW YORK – We happened upon Manhattan music industry exec Jon Vanhala‘s new blog entitled Who Can Dance to That. It’s about music, technology, trends and whatever else he finds amusing. The “Who Can Dance” comes from his music days, when that was the ultimate question at one of hisMORE HERE

Cuticura ointment in the Works Progress Administration museum in Highlands Hammock State Park, Sebring, Florida. BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard.MORE HERE

We just thought this was good, Shug. And we say “Shug” because our old friend Bunny Tomerlin used to say it in her blog, and we miss “Shug.” BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard. Contact him about freelance writing and editing; his personalMORE HERE

Why did Kraft turn General Foods into scrap? This week Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) revealed its new logo in a ceremony at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York Conference in Boca Raton. It is, according to Adweek‘s report, to differentiate the product brand Kraft from the company brand Kraft.MORE HERE

RICHMOND – The Inertial putter is back. The original Inertial putter sold more than one million units and was once second in putter sales in the ‘80s. Attendees at the 2009 PGA Merchandising show in Orlando saw the return of the Inertial putter series from Slotline, as well as 14MORE HERE