Last time I checked, Western Union was still delivering telegrams, albeit with the distinct air of just going through the motions.
But no more: The final telegrams were dispatched on Jan. 27, 2006.
“Discontinuing this service completes our transformation into a financial services company.”
Those are the words of Victor Chayet. Mr. Chayet, who is not the […]
Letting go is hard.
On the web site of Target Corp.—the former Dayton-Hudson Corp.—you can still find a Flash presentation promoting Marshall Field’s flagship on Chicago’s State Street. (One year and two owners ago, Field’s was owned by Target Corp.)
The Marshall Field’s brand name will be thrown in the trash, as new owner Federated Department Stores announced today that the stores will take the Macy’s name.
Shoppers “will continue to benefit from regional buying that remains attuned to local preferences and lifestyles, plus enjoy the distinctive merchandise and shopping experience that’s part of the […]
Ice cream for dogs is now the most profitable product line for America’s biggest ice cream company.
Q. When my society becomes decadent, how will I know?
A. People will keep saying things like: “We did some studies and found that all dogs love peanut butter;” and, furthermore, will regard such utterances as perfectly normal.
Who doesn’t like olive oil? Dip everything in it, you’ll live forever, no problem at all. Except for the small matter of horrible, $8 french fries.
What we do know is that trans fat has got to go. The FDA says so. New York’s health commissioner says so, this week urging restauranteurs to make the switch […]
Bathtub reading, favored affectation of Zooey Glass, finally gets recognition as a for-profit venture. A small New York publisher has patented the waterproof book.
If you’re a tub reader, or if Alice Munro makes you cry, perhaps DuraBook is for you.
If you want thousands to show up for the opening of your new big-box retail emporium, here’s what your ads should say: DON’T shop. DON’T spend.
It worked in Prague.
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RCA has quite a web site. Which is surprising, really, all these years after it stopped being an actual company. I was expecting the internet equivalent of Buford’s Grocery, an old corner store I remember from childhood–they went out of business one day, but their sign (provided by the makers of 7UP) remained up for […]
It happened to ginger ale, licorice and the Beach Boys. Now the humble scone is prepared to sacrifice its essential self to pander to Milquetoast tastes (and just in time for its “500th anniversary in the UK”).
A new line of scones launched by a Scottish company has been formulated to taste “more buttery.” It’s […]
Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood is leaving Berlin, for who knows where. She dressed the Sex Pistols in the ’70s, and in 1984 she said something that would make a sassy epitaph for this queen of punk:
“Sometimes you need to transport your idea to a world that doesn’t exist and then populate it with fantastic-looking people.”
Know […]
How many readers of Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age, by Michael H. Shuman, would buy the book from Wal-Mart?
Here’s a blurb from the publisher, spotted on Wal-Mart’s web site:
Going Local shows how some cities and towns are fighting back. Refusing to be overcome by Wal-Marts and layoffs, they are taking over […]
Wal-Mart comes to China, bringing cheap melons and electric fans shaped like sad penguins. (Via Future Now)
Wal-Mart has no stores in South Africa, where big-box discounters are not yet pervasive. (Woolworth-style variety stores are found in most malls. In fact, the Woolworth name lives on in South Africa, but here it’s an upscale department store.) […]
Saddam Hussein has been definitively linked to Doritos, and Low Culture calls PepsiCo to account.