Brand Bigger than the item

[Grays_1890]

We had this chat in the office about brands, as I work in marketing and we went down the road of talking about Brands that replaced the name of the item for example: TipEx and Tampax

How many can you name?

 

[NorwegianSpursFan]

iPad, 90 % of my customers who want to buy a tablet asks for a ipad. I regularly have people in who asks for the new samsung ipad.

 

[Baleforce]

Hoover
Tannoy
iPhone
Coke

 

[Grays_1890]

Hoover is a great one as is Ipad

 

[Baleforce]

not so much now but iPod was in the same boat a decade ago

 

[Baleforce]

biro

 

[Baleforce]

google

sorry, you've got me staring around the office now

 

[Spur of the moment]

Macintosh

Edit: well I meant as in raincoat. But I just googled it and got nothing but 'puters.

 

[r-u-s-x]

Walkman

 

[Baleforce]

 

[Seedy Ron]

First thing I thought of when you mentioned Tannoy, @galeforce

 

[Baleforce]

First thing I thought of when you mentioned Tannoy, @galeforce

it was the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

The 'Yid' brand....no-one I know calls me a Tottenham fan.

 

[billyiddo]

portakabin

 

[Lemonade Money]

Y-Fronts
Durex
Kleenex
Jacuzzi
Vaseline

 

[Lemonade Money]

Y-Fronts
Durex
Kleenex
Jacuzzi
Vaseline

That's my check list for the weekend. What was the question?

 

[Baleforce]

Y-Fronts
Durex
Kleenex
Jacuzzi
Vaseline

I see you also used the "look around the room" method

 

[Hotshot-Tottenham]

Cling film?

 

[Hotshot-Tottenham]

Pyrex?

 

[Hotshot-Tottenham]

Tupperware!