On Sun, 07 Mar 2021 22:11:09 +0000, Theo wrote:

Bob Eager wrote:
On Sun, 07 Mar 2021 10:40:40 +0000, Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) wrote:

Yes indeed, many of the brands I grew up with are just names. It
first starts with getting the stuff made abroad, then the company
finds financial issues and sells out or goes to the wall. Then if the
name is not wanted by the new company it becomes a commodity in
itself.
Wharfdale, Alba, Goodmans, Bush, Murphy, indeed most of the older
names are
like that.

Bush (the name) is now owned by ... Argos!

The fridge we inherited has a label:

Technology by Bush Service by Argos

It's rubbish. The best service Argos could provide is to take it away.

(and it's almost certainly a whitelabel actually made by someone else)

Oh, it is. We have one (purchased in an emergency back during the first
lockdown)




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