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The Persistence of Brand
April 17, 2003How well do you know your brands?
I can’t get A D E F N O R Y. I blame it on my being Canadian, and not exposed to American brands on a daily basis.
(although I KNOW what E O and R are from, they’re at the back of my mind, and I just can’t pull out the rest of the logotype to make the connection)
4/20 update — it’s been solved, thanks to the help of Dale, rhapsodie, and swimunderground.
R is one of the few I did get: Hard Rock Cafe.
Oh, how about that, it is too. I was thinking Red Robin and couldn’t get over the “Red” part, but it’s obvious now that I see it. I’ve since deciphered the ‘E” in “Home Depot”, but the rest elude me.
The A comes from AMC Theatres (I don’t know how I knew that) and thanks Dale for pointing out the N in Dunkin’ Donuts.
That leaves DFOY. I’m racking my brains on that O, since it’s pretty generic, yet oh-so-familiar. Kellogg’s and Eggo it’s not, so that leaves…? (DFY are going to be head-slapping ‘oh yeah!’s when someone finally clues me in, I just know it)
Thanks to Dale for N and Y, rhapsodie for the R, and swimunderground for the D, we’ve got this sucker beat!
Amc theatres
arBy’s
Cnn
lorD and taylor
homE depot
Fanta
General mills
Hilton
sprIte
Jack in the box
Krispy kreme
Lysol
Motorola
dunkiN’ donuts
jOhnson & johnson
7-uP
Quaker state
hard Rock cafe
Safeway
Tropicana
United airlines
adVil
doWny
eXXon
goodYear
veriZon
That ‘o’ was heinous. I was convinced it was a food product. Jello, Kellogg’s, Eggo, Knorr, Coca Cola, Crisco, even Betty Crocker all were coming up blank.
The D is from Lord and Taylor. I knew it was a department store; tried Harrod’s first, but as soon as I saw their logo, I somehow knew it was in fact L & T.
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