We buy big brand products without ever knowing how these names made history. I bring you the interesting stories of these brands getting their names and how their logo design has been created.

It will be fun reading these facts, you will definitely enjoy!

Procter and Gamble:

Procter-Gamble William Procter and James Gamble might never have met if had they not married sisters. The father of the brides convinced his new sons-in-law to become business partners and as a result, a bold, new enterprise was born.

Maybelline:

MaybellineT.L. Williams created the Maybelline Company, which was named after his sister Maybel, whose dark lashes inspired him to come up with the idea of producing and selling an easy-to-use product to darken eyelashes.

Lacoste:

LacosteRene Lacoste, a famous tennis player had a winning bet with his team captain over an alligator skin suitcase and after winning the bet, he started wearing an embroidered crocodile on his tennis blazer. He later founded a company to manufacture the shirt, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Flogers Coffee:

Folgers-CoffeeIn 1850, an entrepreneur was looking for a carpenter to build his first coffee mill in San Francisco. He hired a 16 year old young but skilled in the trade of carpentry, carpenter James A. Folger. Later, became a full partner of The Pioneer Steam Coffee and Spice Mills.

Wendy:

Wendy HamburgersDave Thomas, the founder of Wendy’s Hamburgers, dreamt of running the best restaurant in the world, when he was eight and from the age of 12 he started following this dream. In 1969, his dream came true and he opened the first Wendy’s Old Fashioned.

Baskin Robbins:

Baskin-RobbinsAs a teen, Irvine Robbins worked in his father’s ice cream store and Burton Baskin, was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and produced ice cream for his fellow troops. They started out in separate ventures but later their separate identities merged into a single ice-cream chain, world knows as Baskin-Robbins.

Hope you enjoyed this information about your favourite brands. If you know any interesting facts about any other brand, don’t hesitate to share.