ORRVILLE, Ohio – Peter is officially home again. In his last Christmas trip home during the Roaring Reagan year of 1986, Peter was dropped off in an old VW bug in a Norwegian sweater. When he got home to his nice mansion in the early morning, he went into theMORE HERE
Here’s a word relationship that won’t be on S.A.T. tests. As Schweppes is the top brand for tonic water, Canada Dry is the top brand for ginger ale. This pre-1960 guide, from the collection of the late attorney Charles P. Pollard, shows a historic, and sellable, image of the brand.MORE HERE
Here are our Top 19 stories so far this year. More people are concerned with the ugliness of the new Kraft logo than anything else: Don’t Like the New Kraft Logo. Bring Back General Foods Bring back Morton Honey Buns BrandlandUSA’s 100 Brands to Bring Back Guide to Retro StyleMORE HERE
SAVANNAH – Can old and aging brands really be brought back to life? Or have their times come and gone. Do we really need Hai Karate and F. W. Woolworth, or is our wish for these old products pure nostalgia? Again this year, advertising students at The Savannah College ofMORE HERE
The idea that department stores are dead as an idea is disproven by the success of Mast General Stores. Our reader Chris, who was interested in the surviving downtown department stores, wrote us to tell us that Mast had gone into an old empty store, and opened it up. Greenville,MORE HERE
LAWRENCE, KANSAS – We hear from BrandlandUSA reader Joe Vaughan that we need to mention Weaver’s Department Store. Says Vaughan, “It has operated continuously in Downtown Lawrence, Kansas since 1857 – that’s correct 1-8-5-7! It has been passed down through one family and has been in its present four-story buildingMORE 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
MONTVALE, N.J. – There is but one grocery chain that inspires literature. It’s the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (NYSE: GAP), this year celebrating its 150th anniversary. In John Updike’s Kennedy-era short story “A&P” a 19-year-old clerk identifies with three scantily clad girls who come into an A&P inMORE HERE
RICHMOND – Worth a visit is the restored Miller & Rhoads department store building, which is now Miller & Rhoads Residences condominiums and a Hilton Garden Inn. Click on the link above to learn about the condo project and to make reservations in the hotel. It is hard to believeMORE HERE
OKINAWA – Okinawa rarely ventures into the minds of most Americans. The subtropical archipelago – actually closer to Taiwan than the Japanese mainland – comes to most folks in small snippets history and a few snippets of pop culture. The World War II battle scarred the region, destroying the prefecturalMORE HERE