Dockers Commercial 1993

 In 1853, Levi Strauss landed in San Francisco after leaving his home of Bavaria. After getting his business going, he resumed selling goods to the American people. Some of the goods he sold included clothes and footwear.

Dockers emerged as one of the largest boat shoe manufacturers in the Northwestern United States, for people to wear shoes on the dock.

Still in the early 1900s, khaki color chino cloth trousers, known as "khakis", become domestic and are worn for “classier” occasions. All the while, undergoing a few label changes. 1916 marks the creation of the label Levi Strauss Make, which khakis then fell under. In the 1920s, Levi Strauss and Co. began producing women’s khakis made specifically for outdoor activity and comfort. By the late 1920s, khaki underwent another label change and now falls under the “Two Horse Brand”.

in 1963, the company opened its first warehouse below the Mason–Dixon line. The new factory was located in Blackstone, Virginia. The late 1900s consisted of major moves on a business level for Levi Strauss and Co.

Khakis were more widely worn in the US when “casual Fridays” gained popularity in offices in the late 1980s, and led to the emergence of Dockers as a popular brand.

Before going global in 1992, characters from the television series Cheers were prominently wearing Dockers clothing in the late 1980s, and Dockers made an appearance on an episode of the television series Seinfeld.

In the 2000s, the company started producing denim and continued to expand into different countries. By 2011, khakis were being worn by both genders of all ages.

Advertising Archive - McDonald's 1990's and 2000's

If you like what you see - why not chip in to buy me a coffee! https://ift.tt/RvCVeEp During the 1990s through the early 2000s, McDonald’s was at the height of its global influence, expanding rapidly while cementing its place in pop culture. The brand focused heavily on family-friendly marketing with mascots like Ronald McDonald, the rise of the Happy Meal as a cultural staple, and high-profile promotions tied to movies, toys, and collectibles. Menu innovation increased during this era, including items like the McFlurry, Chicken Selects, and expanded breakfast offerings, while experiments such as pizza and premium sandwiches reflected attempts to broaden appeal. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, McDonald’s began modernizing its image in response to changing consumer tastes, introducing the “I’m Lovin’ It” campaign, renovating restaurants, and placing more emphasis on coffee, convenience, and value as competition and health awareness grew.

Noma Lights Commercial 1993

 NOMA was a company best known for making Christmas lights. It was once the largest manufacturer of holiday lighting in the world. As of 2021, the rights to the brand in Canada and the United States are owned by Canadian Tire, which sells NOMA-branded products through its namesake stores in Canada, and through an e-commerce website in the United States.

WNED Ident Early 2000s

 WNED-TV (channel 17) is a PBS member television station in Buffalo, New York, United States. It is owned by the Western New York Public Broadcasting Association (doing business as Buffalo Toronto Public Media) alongside NPR member WBFO (88.7 FM) and classical music radio station WNED-FM (94.5). The three stations share studios in Horizons Plaza at 140 Lower Terrace in downtown Buffalo; WNED-TV's transmitter is located in Grand Island, New York.

More than half of WNED-TV's viewership is from Southern Ontario, Canada, where the main channel is included in cable and satellite packages by television service providers.

Peachtree TV Ident Early 2000s

 WPCH-TV (channel 17), branded on-air as Peachtree TV, is a television station in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, affiliated with The CW. It is owned by locally based Gray Television alongside CBS affiliate and company flagship WANF (channel 46), and low-power, Class A Telemundo affiliate WKTB-CD (channel 47). WPCH-TV and WANF share studios on 14th Street Northwest in Atlanta's Home Park neighborhood, while WPCH-TV's transmitter is located in the Woodland Hills section of northeastern Atlanta.

Leons Commercial 1995

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Grand Am Commercial - Early 2000s

 The Pontiac Grand Am is a mid-size car and later a compact car that was produced by Pontiac. The Grand Am had two separate three-year runs in the 1970s: from 1973 to 1975, and again from 1978 to 1980. It was based on the GM A platform. Production of the intermediate sized Grand Am was canceled in 1980 when it was replaced by the Pontiac 6000. The compact-sized Grand Am was reintroduced in 1985 when it replaced the Pontiac Phoenix. It became Pontiac's best selling car and was later replaced by the Pontiac G6, so named as it was intended to be the 6th generation of the Grand Am.

All 1973–1975 Grand Ams were built in Pontiac, Michigan at Pontiac's main assembly plant. The 1978-1980 Grand Ams were built in Pontiac, Michigan at Pontiac's main assembly plant and in Atlanta, Georgia at GMAD Lakewood. All Grand Ams between 1985 and 2005 were built in Lansing, Michigan at the Lansing Car Assembly.

Mr. Clean Commercial 2000s

 Mr. Clean (or Mr. Proper) is a brand name and mascot, owned by the American company Procter & Gamble, used for an all-purpose cleaner and later also for a melamine foam abrasive sponge.

The all-purpose cleaner was originally formulated by Linwood Burton, a marine ship cleaning businessman with accounts throughout the east coast of the United States and his friend, Mathusan Chandramohan, a rich entrepreneur from Sri Lanka.

Mr. Clean made his television commercial debut in 1958, initially portrayed in the live-action versions by character actor House Peters Jr.

Bold 3 Commercial 1988 UK

 Bold was originally introduced in the United States in 1965, and was launched in 1974 as the UK's first low suds biological detergent. In 1982, it was relaunched as the country's only combined detergent/conditioner, and has been a popular product since.

In 2004, the Bold 2in1 detergent/conditioner product was given a packaging revamp.

Tennents Ale Commercial UK 1988

 Tennent Caledonian is a brewing company based in Glasgow, Scotland.

It was founded in 1740 on the bank of the Molendinar Burn by Hugh and Robert Tennent. It is owned by C&C Group plc, which purchased the Tennent Caledonian Breweries subsidiary in late August 2009 from Belgian brewing company Anheuser-Busch InBev (formerly known as InBev).

The company produces Tennent's Lager, Scotland's market leading brand of pale lager since it was first produced at the Wellpark Brewery in 1885.

Advertising Archive - Lastman's Bad Boy

If you like what you see - why not chip in to buy me a coffee! https://ift.tt/SoaOGi1 Lastman’s Bad Boy was a Canadian discount furniture and appliance retailer founded in Toronto in 1955 by Mel Lastman and made famous by its loud, deliberately abrasive television and radio commercials and the iconic catchphrase “Who’s better than Bad Boy? Nooobody!” The chain built its brand on aggressive pricing, no-frills showrooms, and shock-value advertising that made it a pop-culture fixture in Ontario media, while also helping propel Mel Lastman to prominence and later a successful political career as mayor of Toronto. Despite its strong brand recognition and expansion across Ontario, the company struggled in a challenging retail environment marked by high interest rates and a slowdown in housing-related spending, and in November 2023 it sought bankruptcy protection and began liquidating inventory under court supervision. After failing to secure a viable restructuring plan, Lastman’s Bad Boy was declared bankrupt in early 2024, leading to the permanent closure of all its stores and the sale of assets to repay creditors, marking the end of one of Canada’s most recognizable retail and advertising brands.