Best Buy
Best Buy was famous for the lines stationed outside the store every Black Friday, and yet, the story behind the brand’s name was even more insane. It used to focus on selling stereo and was called Sound of Music in 1996, but the store did not do well. Being hit by a tornado made things worse and had been forced to host a tornado sale to sell some of their items that had been damaged by the calamity. The advertisements for the sale had been called the “best buys” we could find.
Best Buy
Blackberry
We all knew at least one person from a few years ago who always held their BlackBerry phone between their hands. This person would be typically seen furiously typing to send their latest BBM or email. Anyone who held these phones seemed to be busy all the time. It was why it made sense that the original name for the phone was Research in Motion. However, they changed the name to Blackberry because they thought that the little keys on the phone looked like tiny bumps of the blackberry fruit.
Blackberry