Brands of the Southern Lit Novel The Help
Kathryn Stockett’s 2009 novel The Help has been a sensation of a bestseller. It broke through one major literary taboo, namely a white author writing in d... Read more.
Shutting Auto Dealers Caused Job Loss
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Just off the headlines. The massive shutdown of dealers ordered by the Obama administration was a massive failure. Not that you couldn&... Read more.
Great Brands: Tip Top Tomato Products of Ohio
TIPP CITY, Ohio – Back in the day, there were hundreds of regional tomato brands across the U.S. Canneries were not giant agribusiness, but were instead c... Read more.
Top Company Museums To Visit This Summer
Take a break and enjoy America’s industrial legacy. And to all those companies that have shut down their factory tours because of some straw men like insu... Read more.
Seven Totally Archaic Things That Will Survive
am not sure whether copper telephone wires will survive, I am sad about Kodachrome and I wonder about the revival of vinyl records. Will newsweeklies make it? N... Read more.
YMCA Now the “Y”, But Where is the “C”?
Didn’t most people already call it the Y? Wasn’t the logo already a Y? On the heels of General Motors asking people to start calling Chevy by its fu... Read more.
General Motors Jumpstarts AC Delco
There is one type of job you can’t export. The repair man. Companies in recent years have ignored the repair man; before the Great Recession it was almost... Read more.
Summertime: Top Seven Bug Killer Brands of All Time
Summertime. Time for bugs. Poison. Almost everyone can recall the boogie man, who came down American streets. My what fun it was to go run in the mist! What bra... Read more.
A Brand Challenge for Lincoln Mercury Dealers
When a car company kills off a longstanding brand, it never ends up well. Marketing people and analysts always believe that killing off the brand will help the ... Read more.
Consumer Group to Sue Over Happy Meal Toys
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yes, it has come to this. A D. C. watchdog group will sue McDonald’s if the fast-food chain continues to use toys to promote Happ... Read more.