According to Ad Hoc news, 70 year old German beauty company Marbert went into Chapter 11.
Marbert was one of inventors in the German beauty market and not too long ago one of its strongest brands.
Marbert held licenses from brands such as Onofri, Masayume and Subderma, with subsidiaries holding brand licenses from Bogner, Marc O’Polo, GGL and Strenesse. It also distributes Alessandro, Revlon, Piz Buin, Transvital und Les Fleurs de Bach.
Eastern Tools and Equipment unveiled its line of Duracell generators to the home improvement market during the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas.
The licensed products were launched softly in November 2010 at the APEX automotive-after-market show in Las Vegas.
Price points run from about $299 for a 28-lb. inverter generator to $999 for a heavy-duty portable unit.
The Duracell generators operate at less than 5% total harmonic distortion – a measure of the cleanliness of the power – allowing for use with sensitive electronic equipment such as computers.
In Indien schloss die letzte Fabrik für mechanische Schreibmaschinen, Teil von Godrey and Boyce.
In den 90ern verkaufte die Firma noch bis zu 50.000 Geräte im Jahr, 2010 waren es dann nur noch 800.
Große Marken für Schreibmaschinen waren u. a. IBM, Remington, Adler, National, Olivetti, AEG, Olympia.
In ein paar Jahren wird der berühmte Slapstick von Jerry Lewis kaum noch jemandem etwas sagen.
Hier ist eine Aufzeichnung für alle, die noch Schreibmaschine schreiben durften:
Hier sehen Sie, was man mit Schreibmaschinen noch veranstalten kann, Typewriter Art: Portraits from Letters & Numbers
http://www.visualnews.com/2011/06/13/typewriter-art-portraits-from-letters-numbers/
In India the last manufacturer of typewriters, Godrey and Boyce, closed the factory.
In the 90s the company still sold up to 50,000 typewriters annually. In 2010 sales had dropped to some 800 machines, sold to government offices mostly.
Already in the 80s many big name manufacturers had given up on typewriters. Big brands at one time were IBM, Remington, Adler, National, Olivetti, AEG, Olympia.
A few years from now, the famous Jerry Lewis piece will be awkward. Here it is, for an early morning smile:
Update:
Here you can see Typewriter Art: Portraits from Letters & Numbers
http://www.visualnews.com/2011/06/13/typewriter-art-portraits-from-letters-numbers/
Iconix Brand Group announced it has acquired the worldwide master license for the Ed Hardy brand from Nervous Tattoo. Iconix already had a small investment in the brand through its joint venture with Don Ed Hardy.
Iconix paid $55 million plus a $7 million earn-out for this acquisition. As part of the transaction, Nervous Tattoo will pre-pay $7 million in royalties and continue as a licensee for Ed Hardy t-shirts, hats and hoodies.
Iconix will gain control of the licensing and marketing, and increase its total ownership stake in the Ed Hardy brand to 85 percent.
