AUDIO: ORIGINAL NAMES OF COMPANIES
Qualtrics (an “experience management company”) has done some digging and found the original names of famous companies before they rebranded.
– Target – Goodfellow Dry Goods (1902)
– Pepsi – Brad’s Drink (1893)
– 7-Eleven – Tote’m (1928)
– Canon Copiers – Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory (1933)
– Nike – Blue Ribbon Sports (1964)
– Subway – Pete’s Super Submarines (1965)
– Best Buy – Sound of Music (1966)
– Snapple – Unadulterated Food Products (1972)
– Applebee’s – T.J. Applebee’s Rx for Edibles & Elixers (1980)
– Yahoo – David’s Guide to the World Wide Web (1994)
– Amazon – Cadabra (1994)
– eBay – Auction Web (1995)
– Google – Back Rub (1996)
– Instagram – Burbn (2010)
– Tinder – Matchbox (2012)
– Meta – Facemash (2003)
CLIP: Name change can be a tricky thing. Just ask the XLuminX company!
