brand news
Posted by Dale Buss on March 6, 2012 09:04 AM

Apple stock price looms large as iPad 3 (aka iPad HD) debut nears, and the company is sued by a firm that has a patent deal with Microsoft.
Boston Beer expands beyond Sam Adams.
BT and TalkTalk lose case against UK's anti-piracy legislation.
Chevy Volt woes may take solace from Toyota Prius.
Dunkin' Donuts brings pork doughnuts and LeBron James to China.
GM and Peugeot cement alliance.
Geneva International Auto Show opens amid slump in European car sales as Volkswagen shows off a Bentley concept SUV.
Jack Daniels opens "drinking school" with Zac Brown Band.Continue reading...
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brand news
Posted by Dale Buss on December 14, 2011 09:02 AM

Anheuser-Busch InBev tries a tea-lemonade "light alcohol" drink for Michelob.
Ann Taylor woos younger women by featuring stylish students.
Avon replacing Andrea Jung as CEO.
Best Buy finds that deep discounts sacked profits.
Canadian Tire buys house in Toronto just for webisodes.
China plans to impose duties on U.S.-imported cars, ratcheting up trade tiff.
Chrysler picks up sales and financial momentum while parent Fiat treads cautiously.
CNN rehires Christiane Amanpour, who will continue to contribute to ABC News.Continue reading...
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brand and bottle
Posted by Jennifer Sokolowsky on June 10, 2011 05:30 PM

Anyone who has taken the time to read the label of a bottle of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey has probably taken note of the population of Lynchburg, Tenn., the town where Jack Daniel’s is distilled: 361.
Well, its population hasn't been that number for decades, and Jack Daniel’s is replacing the folksy label with a new label that removes the population misinformation altogether and corrects a few other inaccurate details. For instance, the claim that Jack Daniel’s is the “Oldest Registered Distillery in the United States” is gone, as well as the citation of “Lem Motlow, Proprietor” — the Motlow family sold the distillery for $20 million in 1956 and it is owned by drinks giant Brown-Forman.
The new label even volunteers that Jack’s name was actually (gasp!) Jasper. But truth only goes so far. There seems little danger that your average biker is going to roll up to a bar and ask for a “shot of Jasper.”Continue reading...