tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20709534.post7385427922347609850..comments2024-03-03T02:49:09.379-06:00Comments on Geographic Travels: Cinco De Mayo: The American HolidayCatholicgauzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14622737803852974030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20709534.post-31140292372020171862009-05-07T14:39:00.000-05:002009-05-07T14:39:00.000-05:00Since Cinco de Mayo comes roughly halfway between ...<I>Since Cinco de Mayo comes roughly halfway between the two, they settled on that as the perfect way to promote beer sales.</I>Sounds like <B>Lobster Fest</B>, a month-long "holiday" invented by the seafood chain Red Lobster to boost lobster sales.Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894273214901544346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20709534.post-74117391910859109502009-05-07T09:26:00.000-05:002009-05-07T09:26:00.000-05:00Depressing but not unexpected, the power of busine...Depressing but not unexpected, the power of business to market a holiday. Of course, given that so few people remember President's Day save the various sales it is not surprising.<br /><br />I asked several of my Mexican-American student in my GEOG 1103 course if they were celebrating or ever did when at home. One student point blank said, "I think it celebrates a battle, but I can't remember who we beat."Darren Purcellhttp://ags.ou.edu/~dpurcell/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20709534.post-9973906843304155022009-05-06T14:27:00.000-05:002009-05-06T14:27:00.000-05:00A couple of years ago the Wall Street Journal had ...A couple of years ago the Wall Street Journal had a story where the beer company executives explained why they promote Cinco de Mayo so much. The found that beer sales flattened out between St. Patrick's Day and Memorial Day. Since Cinco de Mayo comes roughly halfway between the two, they settled on that as the perfect way to promote beer sales.Roger Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163856444688116094noreply@blogger.com