Probably the most interesting brand history would be Marlboro cigarettes. Originally marketed to women, but switched to men with the advent of the most successful marketing campaign in history -- "The Marlboro Man."
DuPont - originally manufactures gunpowder - he likes hunting but disliked the gunpowders that he bought so he decided to make it himself. There are lots of interesting history with DuPont. The guy who inherited DuPont's wealth, John Eleuthère du Pont, is involved in the murder of Dave Schultz. The modern day DuPont have their own unique history. They employed people like Wallace Carrother and Hermann Staudinger to establish polymer science as an academic discipline which ultimately lead them into fiber market. Their nylon ultimately displaced the Japanese silk market in US during WW2. They also have some interesting relation with GM. Thomas Midgley gets transferred to DuPont. He is considered the most unluckiest inventor as he invented CFCs and tetraethyl lead which have terrible impact on environment. Apart from that, Kevlar was invented there and they used to employ important people like Charles Kettering
Other brands:-
Levi Jeans - marketed for californian gold miners also the first jeans
Maybelline -->his sister combined vaseline + coal dust
Esso - is actually S.O. (standard oil). Its one of the Companies that broke from standard oil like Socony. Standard Oil themselves have a lot of history.
Lego - originally a company that manufactures toy products. their factory burnt down. they found outabout plastics and bought new equpment that can manufacture toys from plastics. In Danish, Leg Godt means "play well"
Siemens is founded by the guy whose name is the unit for conductance.
Allied chemicals - the small family chemical business like Grasselli merged to form big companies
There are lots of interesting companies. Do you want more?
The word “brand” comes from the Old Norse language (“brandr”) and means “to burn, the fire.” So the word was used by owners of cattle to mark their animals. Actually English concept of the word “brand” defines its purpose.
Ford, AT&T, GM, Westinghouse
Try mercedes benz and rolex
The diet aid called "Aids". It changed it's name to "Ayds" when AIDS, the illness, appeared. They were actually quite tasty. My mom used them.
