April 13, 2010

Herbalife Launches Consumer Ad Campaign By UNIT Design Collective

MLM Site

PR Newswire: Herbalife International of America, Inc. has launched its first consumer print and outdoor advertising campaign with UNIT design collective as part of the ‘Herbalife 30th Anniversary Campaign’ to increase brand awareness throughout the U.S. market about the company as a global leader in nutrition. The campaign copy is bold—declaring, ‘This is Herbalife.’ Yet […]

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Seattle’s Best Coffee Rolls Out New Canned Iced Lattes In Western U.S.

Franchise Site

MarketWatch: Seattle’s Best Coffee today announced the availability of its new line of canned Iced Lattes in more than 10,000 major grocery, convenience and other retail stores throughout the Western U.S. Through the North American Coffee Partnership (NACP), a joint venture between Starbucks Corporation and Pepsi-Cola North America Beverages, the new convenient, on-the-go coffees extend

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Gamer Doc(R) Video Games Franchise To Open First Store In New Jersey

Franchise Site

Franchising.com: Gamer Doc®, the retail video game store franchise that delivers a new and interactive customer experience, today announced the sale of its first store in New Jersey. Rylan Entertainment, LLC is the new owner, which plans to open the store in Cherry Hill at 843 Cooper Landing early this summer. “We are pleased to

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Still In Biz: Barber Poles

History

The red-and-white poles that adorn barber shops may be iconic, but they’re fast fading into a nostalgic relic according to a story at CNNMoney. William Marvy Company, the last known manufacturer in North America of the poles, typically sells 500 of them each year, down from 5,100 in the company’s late-1960s heyday. Bob Marvy, a

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Walls You Can Eat

Ideas

According to a story at CNNMoney, Jim Mumford, had built a reputation as a nontraditional gardener. In March 2007, he embarked on a “giant experiment,” replacing the 1,800-square-foot roof of a commercial building he owned with a planter’s paradise: three inches of specialized, lightweight soil over a padded waterproofing and drainage system. Now, 46 varieties

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The REAL Whac-A-Mole Story

History, Inventions

According to a story at Mental Floss, Aaron Fechter invented the original Whac-A-Mole game in 1971. Well…he took the idea from “some Japanese guys” who had created a creature-whacking game first, but Fechter made the mechanism work reliably by inventing an air cylinder system to power the moles and an audio-tape-driven pattern that governed the

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