Retailing
Follies of the Madmen #597
An epic crossover! Rosie (of Bounty fame) meets Mr. Whipple (of Charmin notoriety).
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 31, 2024 -
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Category: Domestic, Hygiene, Advertising, Retailing, Wimps, Milquetoasts and Cowards, 1970s
The Vincent Price Art Collection at Sears
Read the whole story here.
Sears had commissioned famous actor and art collector, Vincent Price, to assemble a collection of art and gallery paintings that would be merchandised through its stores, making fine art more accessible to all Sears’ customers. They gave Price carte blanche to travel the world to put the collection together. After that first opening in Denver, the program was broadened with exhibits of art in ten additional Sears stores and after the first 1,500 pieces of art has been sold, it was expanded nationwide to all Sears stores. The program ended in 1971, but more than 50,000 original artworks had been sold during its time.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 29, 2023 -
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Category: Art, Celebrities, Hollywood, Retailing, 1960s
UK Shopping: 1949
Halfway to Christmas!
Source: Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) 29 Jun 1949, Wed Page 3
Uncle Holly apparently dates to 1950:
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Info on Ginger Nutt here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 02, 2021 -
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Category: Holidays, Advertising, Retailing, Myths and Fairytales, Cartoons, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, United Kingdom
The Traveling Candy Store
I must confess that the notion of a vehicle that brings candy directly to you had never occurred to me before. But what a great idea!Here's the tale of a modern incarnation.
Here's their website, with an itinerary.
And here's the tale of someone who had the idea 100 years ago! (Scroll up.)
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 19, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Retailing, Motor Vehicles, Travel, Candy, 1920s
Mall with Indoor Canal
Singapore mall features indoor canal with rentable boats.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 29, 2019 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Retailing, Asia
Grocery Store with Moving Shelves
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Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 17, 2019 -
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Category: Food, Retailing, Chindogu, 1930s
Mystery VHS Pack
For $40, Urban Outfitters is offering a mystery 5-pack of VHS tapes, which means they send you 5 VHS tapes of their choosing. Though, at least, you get to choose the genre (horror, romance, etc.).I guess that's one way to get rid of their inventory of old VHS tapes that, evidently, people aren't otherwise buying.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Feb 20, 2019 -
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Category: Television, Retailing
A Forecast of Amazon?
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 23, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Retailing, Futurism, 1950s
Eddie the Elegant Elephant
The elephant was brought to Marshall Fields in Chicago as a publicity stunt. She was to rubber stamp copies of a new children's book called THE ELEGANT ELEPHANT. Unfortunately, the elephant did not want to get back on the elevator to leave the building after the book signing. They were forced to build a ramp to the third floor for the elephant to walk down to leave Marshall Field's.
Read the story at much greater length, with many pix, here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 15, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Advertising, Retailing, Books, 1940s
Tavern Trove
With over 35,000 items, ranging from beer cans to cocktail napkins, matchbook covers to letterheads and many other tchotchkes, the Tavern Trove site provides many happy hours of browsing into the weird niches of the liquor biz.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 10, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Retailing, Collectors, Alcohol
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