Branding: It’s Beginning To Grate on Nerves
Edwin Heathcote, writing in the Jan. 15, 2011 Financial Times on old British eateries, said: The more everything becomes the same, the more ubiquitous branding begins... Read more.
Tidewater Motor Oil, Washed Up at Cracker Barrel
MATHEWS, Va. – For brand archaeologists, the best dig site is Cracker Barrel. They are fascinating museums of America’s business history, not to mention... Read more.
Landor Exec On Word-less Starbucks Nymph
The new Starbucks logo has removed the word Starbucks. Many do not get it. We talked to a veteran branding executive, Allen Adamson of the New York office of Landor... Read more.
Procter & Gamble’s 28 Brands That Matter Most
In a discussion about whether Episcopalians believe in purgatory, our parish priest asked us to consider our actions, what we practice. Regularly, we pray for the... Read more.
Off-Course Airliner Reminds That Piedmont Airlines Lives On
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The news that a civilian airliner was a bit off course and went into restricted airspace around Washington, D.C. made a bit of a surprise... Read more.
Retailers Benefit from the Salvation Army Brand
Recently, our parish priest “commissioned” another week’s worth of bell ringers for The Salvation Army. Our family adopted a kettle, and one star... Read more.
Merry Christmas From Coca-Cola
Here, the famous song with Hillside Singers in a late 1970s commercial for Coca-Cola. Below is the original. And below is Lorri Hafer, who was the original lead,... Read more.
Remembering Canoe By Dana Advertising
Some readers were discussing distinctive men’s colognes that were still around. One of the survivors (and a potent scent) is Canoe by Dana. The brand was originally... Read more.
Fans Still Miss Marshall Fields
The folks in Chicago are still missing Marshall Field’s. We just encountered this BBC report on the issue, and are grateful that the FieldsFansChicago are... Read more.
What Happened to A&P Grocery Stores?
Today, the A&P, once the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., and the largest grocer in the U.S., is no more. How did it get there ? Simple. It neglected its... Read more.