Comments on: 20 Brands & Products that Died in 2009

By: James

James — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:59:20 +0000

I think Circuit City is still up. I thought I read somewhere that it went down too…

In Canada there were stores called “the source by circuit city”.

The wiki says that they are still running.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_City_Stores#Canada_expansion

By: Bart Zehren

Bart Zehren — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:35:51 +0000

Here’s another one: Carte Blanche, right? Except that Citicorp tried to revive it in 2000 as part of its Diners Club card family, to try to compete w/AmEx Platinum Card. (How has that worked out?)

By: Wilson

Wilson — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:03:05 +0000

Re Woolworth’s, they also operated abroad, have been to them in Germany, where last I saw one I go by in Nurnberg was still open within the last month. Although the legal relationship is unclear, I know some Woolworths are unrelated, but the Germany Woolworths has the same lettering in its name, so suspect it at least spun off from the American one.

By: Rob Kraft

Rob Kraft — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:27:42 +0000

And none will really be missed, by me anyway. Except for maybe Pontiac, which I suspect we’ll resurrected in one form or another.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:26:38 +0000

What I find amusing, albeit frustrating, is how the Government can GIVE AWAY triilions of Dollars to companies and not force them to comply with business ethics. There are no ethics left in business today, hence the gross failure in our economy. “Screw them for all they have, because they won’t come back to us later” has been the quid pro quo at almost every one of the targets for bail-out. How many of you are in Loan modification? How many of you were approved by WAMU only to be declined later? It’s a conspiracy, no matter how you slice it. We live in the instant gratification age…get all you can now, and businesses are self-emolatting because of it. Better stockpile food while you can. Soon it will be too late.

By: Nat

Nat — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:13:10 +0000

its the biggest depression of our generation.

By: Kristie Evans

Kristie Evans — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:22:34 +0000

I find it really interesting when people nonchalantly remark about companies who go out of business being poorly run. I find myself wondering if the person understands how much effort it takes to create, build and run a company – good, bad, or average. It is a formidable task. Many companies going out of business are being impacted by markets that are no longer performing like housing and American cars. Every company that we lose weakens our economy by leaving employees with no jobs, families with less income, communities with less spending power, and investors with less money to invest in new companies. To last in business for as many years as some of these examples is admirable – regardless of the circumstances.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:00:05 +0000

It would be interesting to see how the list of dead brand names in 2009 compares to the list of dead brand names from boom years. I don’t think it will be all that different. Brand names come and go all the time.

By: CarolAnnB

CarolAnnB — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:36:56 +0000

Sad really…hopefully, there’ll be a spring to replenish the empty well.

By: Dwight

Dwight — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:23:52 +0000

lol! It’s funny and surprising that all these, (some of them long-standing and memorable) just went away like that!

TOo bad I won’t be seeing Hummers anymore! I love those machines!