Is Vineyard Vines in Trouble???

Ok, I'm not starting rumours or even hoping something bad is happening. I'm even wearing a VV tie today!!

However, if you are like me and on Vineyard Vines email dist. list you have noticed the sale after sale after sale; up to 60%+ off . Today even buy 2 ties get 1 free...

Are they in the same trouble as other retailers. I'm sure yes. Are they at the end of the rope (belt), don't know...

Everyone is cutting back and it may be the VV was not ready for the slowdown...Hope knot (pun intended).

Taste Test

I assume most of you out there remember the big move by Coke to make "new Coke". How the country rebelled and then the company came back with "Coke Classic".

Well I was on a flight the other day an took a Coke as the beverage. It tasted different, better. Then I looked at the can, from the UK and it had sugar in it...not the high fructose corn syrup in the US Coke.

It reminded me of a trip a few years back to Europe when I figured out the greatest bait and switch in US history. Coke promised to give back the original Coke, but they gave us a different one with high fructose bah, bah, bah...not even mention that the new additive may be bad for you too...

I don't drink soda often, but I really enjoyed the good ol' sugar drink...

Guess I need to go to Europe more...


posted by Tod

Back to the grind

So we are done with the family Christmas trips and time to get the 2009 going..We took our tree and all Christmas decorations down this weekend...

Serious question to many, is your Christmas stuff still up? And if it is, when do you really think it will be down?

You don't want to be one of those people with a dried out wreath on your door, or an inflatable Santa still on the front lawn.