The Incredible Tales Behind The Planet’s Most Recognized Brand Names

Published on 11/26/2020
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You are probably familiar with the coffee empire’s employees’ penchant for misspelling your name. Ironically, this would be how their brand name would come about. When a founder happened to be reading Moby Dick, his eye stopped on one of the character’s names, “Starbuck.” He added an “s” at the end of the famous hero’s name and the rest is history. Next time that someone misspells your name, or gets it completely wrong, you might want to save it!

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