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How do Necco wafers, paper receipts, and farmers almanacs still exist?

How do Necco wafers, paper receipts, and farmers almanacs still exist?

Katherine Laidlaw

9/1/26
The tiny logos behind a global power shift

Your gadgets are entering a safety arms race.

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Dave Placek is a naming legend whose agency, Lexicon, has been devising household brand na...

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