Board: Company Man

Joseph Enterprises (Chia Pet and The Clapper)

Ch-Ch-Ch Chia! The Clapper and Chia Pet commercials rules the airwaves in the 80’s and 90’s. Did you know they were manufactured by the same company, Joseph Enterprises? How did…

Claire’s

What’s their history how are they doing have they declined ?

Calvin Klein

The Rise and Fall? No designer was bigger (and more controversial) than Calvin Klein in the 1980s and 1990s. Iconic ads featuring Mark “Marky Mark” Wahlberg and a young Brooke…

Jersey Mike’s

You’ve done videos on Subway, Fire House Subs, Quizno, and other sub restaurants. Now it’s time to do a video on the best one Jersey Mikes!

Sound Wherehouse

It would be interesting, because there is not a lot of history on Sound Where-house. It was purchased by Blockbuster in the 1990s, but had been around since the 1970s….

Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment

Rankin/Bass was known for their classic Christmas specials such as Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, Santa Claus is Coming to Town and others. In addition to them, they were known…

Jazzercise

Used to be one of the easiest franchise to get into (back in the day, about $600) but with one of the highest continuing franchise fee (20%). It’s been around…