List of defunct consumer brands

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This is a list of defunct (mainly American) consumer brands which are no longer made and usually no longer mass-marketed to consumers. Brands in this list may still be made, but are only made in modest quantities and/or limited runs as a nostalgic or retro style item.

A set of 6 white-on-red signs with white block text along the side of a road, reading in order "BIG MISTAKE", "MANY MAKE", "RELY ON HORN", "INSTEAD OF BRAKE", and, stylized, "Burma-Shave".
A set of signs promoting Burma-Shave, on U.S. Route 66
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Automobiles

Airlines

Banking

Energy

Food and beverages

Processing, distributing and retail companies

A PET milk advertisement from 1922

Dairy

Pet food

Food items

Alcoholic beverages

An advertisement for Bunker Hill Breweries' Boston Club Lager

Breakfast cereals

Soft drinks

The demolished Silver Spring Soft Drinks plant

Heavy manufacturing and processing

Advertisement for McKaig-Hatch tools published in the April 1921 issue of Forging and Heat Treating

Media

Professional services

Retail

Chain stores

Clothing and accessories

Consumer electronics and software

Home consumer products

The Instamatic 100, the first Instamatic sold in the United States

Photography

Toy manufacturers

Telecommunications

Shipping and mass transportation

See also

References

  1. ^ Gazel, Neil R. (1990). Beatrice: From Buildup through Breakup. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-01729-2.
  2. ^ Charles Gipfel Milwaukee, Wisconsin Early Stoneware
  3. ^ a b c d e f Galindo, Brian (February 15, 2013). "25 Cereals From The '80s You Will Never Eat Again". BuzzFeed. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  4. ^ Evers, Joris (January 6, 2005). "Microsoft to phase out Pocket PC, Smartphone brands | Hardware". InfoWorld. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
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