Rise and fall of catalog showrooms

Once this industry was the darling of the stock market, with such names as Service Merchandise, H J Wilson, O G Wilson, Best Products, Edison and so forth. Then, in…

Comic book stores

Rise and fall video about why did the major publishers move to comic book stores and why are they struggling to stay alive.

Swiss watch brands- how do they compete

Swiss watches are quite popular and there are many brands with diffrent price ranges competing for diffrent consumers- it will be interesting to take a look and see why they…

Yoo-Hoo!

It’s delicious, and supposedly has an interesting history

Hertz Global Holdings

They just filed for bankruptcy. https://www.businessinsider.com/hertz-filing-for-bankruptcy-as-early-as-this-weekend-report-2020-5?amp

Luby’s, Inc. The rise and fall

Luby’s, Fuddruckers, and Cheeseburger in Paradise are under the umbrella of Luby’s Inc. A company started as a single cafeteria, that grew organically all over Texas and the Southern US….

Hex Bugs The rise and Fall

I’m genuinely curious about what happened to Hex Bugs. They used to be pretty big for a while where I live but then one day the fade just sort of…

OTIS Elevators

Elevators are everywhere. We use them every day without a second’s hesitation. But if you really think about it, they’re metal boxes that hang by steel rope that (if damaged)…