GRAFTON, Va. – On Route 17 in York County, Virginia remains one of the great remaining Western Auto stores. Don’t you just love the flags on the front? Six of them! The chain was a national giant in auto parts and appliances. The chain opened in 1909 in Kansas City,MORE HERE
Weed was an after-market brand of bumpers on early 2oth century cars, including Studebaker. Here, a logo from a collector in Currituck, North Carolina. BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard. Contact him about freelance writing and editing; his personal website is at GarlandPollard.comMORE HERE
LINCOLN, Nebraska – Made in America? Bright colors? Simple to repair? Low tech? In this time of economic challenge, is there a market for a cheap, good looking scooter? Not some overly done number, but a stylish ….. Cushman? Yes, there is a market. Cushman Scooters are a different sortMORE HERE
With many newspaper flags are falling these days, there is a great opportunity for folks to pick up the pieces of the brands. We happened upon a great discussion on Metaprinter.com about saving newspapers; one central point of the discussion is that a newspaper brand, however struggling it is, givesMORE HERE
Regional restaurants can be great brands. And the key to the longevity of your restaurant brand is developing a few signature, classic dishes that are not only loved by customers that visit, but also enter the regional vernacular. If you are curious about how to brand a regional restaurant, pleaseMORE HERE
NEW YORK – (February 11, 2009) AdweekMedia announced the launch of its new and improved social networking website, AdweekMedia Connect. Previously entitled At The Roundtable, AdweekMedia Connect will compliment AdweekMedia’s expert news and information by giving users a targeted social network to share best practices, discuss news items and connectMORE HERE
Editors’ Note: We got this great anonymous post from a graphic designer who composes ads for the Yellow Pages in response to our story “19 Ways to Maybe Save the Yellow Pages.” We thought it was very helpful in understanding the situation. It’s a sad commentary on how private capital,MORE HERE
Why can’t eBay see the obvious? On a radio interview a few weeks ago I heard Sherwood Schwartz, executive producer of Gilligan’s Island, say that he felt that it was entirely rational that the Professor, genius that he was, could never figure a way off the island, when all heMORE HERE
RICHMOND – Adweek has a Q&A with Virginia’s Gov. Tim Kaine, on the 40th anniversary of the Virginia is for Lovers ad campaign. Great insights into its birth, and where the campaign is going. It’s on their site with ads posted timeline style on their Adfreak blog. Amusing that KaineMORE HERE
TARBORO – So we had some shrimp. And we needed cocktail sauce. Lucky for us, somehow we found some Billy’s Cocktail sauce in the cupboard. It is made by Billy and Jean Trevathan of Tarboro, N.C. Don’t quite know where it came from, but apparently Billy’s starts with an appleMORE HERE