While Pan American World Airways is long gone, the airline is unique among airlines, defunct or still flying, in that they have two non-profits supporting the preservation and public display of the organization’s history. This November, the groups are working together on a Pan Am weekend of events, on Nov.MORE HERE
Minwax and parent Sherwin Williams have shuttered the beloved Homer Formby furniture refinishing brand. With the closing, a whole approach to conserving furniture has disappeared. An online search for the brand, eponymously named by America’s most famous furniture fixer, refers customers to a defunct web page for the Sherwin WilliamsMORE HERE
MIAMI – Burger King is going back to what made it what was, namely flame broiled burgers, in what it is calling a “Royal Reset” where the company will “Fuel the Flame.” In recent decades, the Home of the Whopper lost its way. In the 1980s, Burger King was theMORE HERE
CHICAGO – This month, the retailer Crate & Barrel marks 60 years. Gordon and Carole Segal founded Crate & Barrel on Dec. 7, 1962 on Wells Street in Chicago. As the story is told, it was a year after returning from their honeymoon. He was 23. They were eager to sell the modernMORE HERE
NEW YORK – The department store Bloomingdale’s will kick off a celebration of their 150-year history with a series of events on Saturday, September 10, 2022. They are using the term “Saturday’s Generation” for the kickoff, a nod to the 1970s era of the store, when Bloomie’s took on a larger than lifeMORE HERE
To see how China operates in the world, take a look at the return of the once-English MG automobile to Europe. The MG brand, now under Chinese ownership, dates from 1924. The initials are said to stand for Morris Garages. Entrepreneur William Morris was the Henry Ford of England; TheMORE HERE
BOCA RATON, Fla. – The toy marketer Basic Fun, a master licensee for Tonka, along with Hasbro Inc., the toy and licensing company, are kicking off a 75th anniversary celebration for Tonka trucks. The campaign calls on families to put down their screens and take a “Playcation” together with favoriteMORE HERE
SPRING, Texas – The oil brand Mobil 1 will sponsor and launch the Keep Route 66 Kickin’ campaign and website. The campaign will to help to preserve one of America’s most famous roads, Route 66, by promoting stories, memories and the actual businesses along the route. The move to elevateMORE HERE
This June, the cable television network Reelz revived the concept of a live police show when it launched On Patrol: Live. But a suit filed in New York City this week claimed said that new show was a copy of A+E’s canceled Live PD. A&E had canceled Live PD inMORE HERE
For much of the 20th century, four brands, namely Kellogg’s, Post, General Mills and Quaker, have owned much of the the cereal aisle in American supermarkets. But by looking at a cereal aisle today, at a Publix, it appears that Post, often a niche player, has gained appreciably. Post wasMORE HERE