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Thought you knew everything about America's most popular brands? Think again. Think you knew everything about America's well-known brands? Here are 10 facts about the origin of America's most popular mega brands we're betting you didn't already know.
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EVERY WOMAN SHOULD WATCH THIS! A shocking video about the ugly truth hidden in beauty and fashion magazines. For more visit http://www.oskartbrand.co
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Ugly Truth In Beauty Magazines
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Wishing everybody a magically delicious St Patrick's Day! Sugar Frosted Flakes took a back seat especially on St. Patrick’s Day when General Mill’s Lucky Charms was introduced in 1964. A bowl full of magically delicious charms in the shape of pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers, was a magically delicious way to… 
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America's middle class is vanishing before our eyes, fading away like a once cherished Kodacolor snapshot. Today the possibility of obtaining the American Dream feels as outmoded as these vintage advertisements from Kodak. The sad fall from grace for American icon Eastman Kodak, the very recorder and reinforcer of middle class America, seems to sadly…
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These campaigns were good enough to live beyond the world of ad copy.
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Who says "you’re right in liking meat?" Certainly not the World Health Organization who caused mass hysteria recently by adding much beloved processed foods like bacon, sausage, cold cuts an...
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Inspired by the hit Netflix series Narcos, about the exploits of Pablo Escobar, some fans decided to dig up some of the period's not-so-subtle ads for cocaine paraphernalia. They posted their finds, clipped from drug magazines ranging from 1976 to 1981, to art and culture site The World's Best Ever. 
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September 20, 2015 2:06 PM
Too young but amazed at the open ads for cocaine use. Really? Mindblowing.
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September 2, 2015 11:17 AM
Lysol was sold as a douche? Yes, but here's the catch. It was really for birth control. "These ads aren’t frightening women into thinking their genitals smell badly. According to historian Andrea Tone, “feminine hygiene” was a euphemism. "Birth control was illegal in the U.S. until 1965 (for married couples) and 1972 (for single people). These Lysol ads are actually for contraception. "The campaign made Lysol the best-selling method of contraception during the Great Depression." Quote from thesocietypages.org.
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As we've mentioned before, some logos like to sneak in some hidden symbols and meanings. Some might have been staring at you right in the face without you noticing.
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I’d like to say that we Baby Boomers were savvy shoppers in our youth—that we never fell for fancy packaging or seductive advertisements. I’d like to say that, but I’d be lying. Why else would we have slapped down our hard-earned baby-sitting money on products like these in the eternal quest to look and smell our best?
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It may look like a world of balloons and bad tweed. But making a living on the lot is anything but a Sunday drive.
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Ninety-five years ago, American women won the right to vote. But not before they were ridiculed and vilified. |
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A scroll through any collection of contemporary graphic design portfolios makes for a dizzying tour of the seemingly unlimited range of colors, textures, fonts, etc. available to the modern commercial artist.
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The 1970s must have taken place on a different planet. These photos of men’s fashions from that decade leave us drowning in astounding mustard knits, garish patterns, high waists, way-too-skimpy briefs, and other fashion faux pas that defy description 40 years later. As synthetics fell in price, casual menswear was suddenly available to many young men looking to cut loose.
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He sold a record number of Big Macs. Crowds mobbed him. So why did McDonald's have to retire his satin jacket early?
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The principal role of a logo is to identify, and simplicity is its means… Its effectiveness depends on distinctiveness, visibility, adaptability, memorabil
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The makers of the Hula Hoop would also like to interest you in a bomb shelter.
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Ninety-five years ago, American women won the right to vote. But not before they were ridiculed and vilified.
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It's hard to imagine a time like this. Thank goodness for all those who fought for women's rights and for those who continue to fight for equal rights for everyone!
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You might be surprised to learn that some of these words are trademarked.
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Since the dawn of time, people have found nifty ways to clean up after the bathroom act. But the idea of a commercial product designed solely to wipe one's bum? That started about 150 years ago, right here in the U.S.A.
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Can you pick the brand names that have used the given slogans or ad campaigns? 
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June 22, 2015 3:57 AM
Petit jeu des slogans publicitaires, combien en reconnaitrez-vous ?
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Cliff Dickens Honest Slogans site is a treasure trove of corporate truths – here are some of our favourites. 1. You Tube 2. Adobe 3. Google 4. Ben and Jerry’s 5. Pizza Hut 6. Linked In 7. Men’s Health 8. Victoria’s Secret 9. Yellow Pages 10. Chapstick 11. Frosties 12. iTunes 13. Netflix 14. Harley-Davidson … 
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June 11, 2015 1:22 PM
This is a classic writing prompt: what if companies told the truth? What if we said, buy this beer so you will think, after four, that you are irresistible? Of course, everyone knows dreams and promises are far more popular than reality and experience. Still, at the very least we should make an effort to promote clever and somewhat honest advertising. Just because it's fun. |
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