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According to 24/7 Wall St., these 10 brands will cease to exist* by 2014. Name them. (a couple hints inside)

Posted by TWuG May 28 '13, 07:38

* Defined by these criteria:

Declining sales and losses;
Disclosures by the parent of the brand that it might go out of business;
Rising costs that are unlikely to be recouped through higher prices;
Companies that are sold;
Companies that go into bankruptcy;
Companies that have lost the great majority of their customers; and
Operations with withering market share.

Hints:
A couple magazines
A pair of automakers
A couple of consumer electronics items

Responses:

Here's the article. The one's not guessed: Volvo, Martha Stewart Living, Leap Wireless -- (link) - TWuG May 28, 08:17
Final hints: The cell provider has "Wireless" in the name. The auto maker is Scandinavian. The camera company has a Greek God-related name. The mag - TWuG May 28, 08:08 6
- Verizon? -- nm - Spawn May 28, 08:09 2
  - Nope. I'd never heard of this company. -- nm - TWuG May 28, 08:11 1
    - *phew* -- nm - Spawn May 28, 08:12
- Olympus for camera. -- nm - Don Homer May 28, 08:09 2
  - yup. Cell phones have pretty much killed the point-and-shoot camera industry -- nm - decline May 28, 08:10
  - That's the one. -- nm - TWuG May 28, 08:09
More hints: The automaker is European. There's a sports league on the list. A cell provider and an internet deals site. A camera company. A home - TWuG May 28, 08:00 19
- Groupon or Living Social. Both are valid. -- nm - David May 28, 08:04 4
  - I'm surprised livingsocial hasn't suffered more from the account theft -- nm - Beryllium May 28, 08:05
  - Living Social is on the list. -- nm - TWuG May 28, 08:04 2
    - that's a shame; it seems to be a far better company than groupon imo. -- nm - Don Homer May 28, 08:06 1
      - That's no high hurdle :) -- nm - Beryllium May 28, 08:06
- WNBA? -- nm - Krusty May 28, 08:03 1
  - Correct -- nm - TWuG May 28, 08:03
- kodak...nm - x May 28, 08:03 9
  - I kind of want a Polaroid camera again. -- nm - Krusty May 28, 08:14
  - Not on the list. -- nm - TWuG May 28, 08:04 2
    - Even his IM? -- nm - Inigo May 28, 08:07 1
      - Nope. Neither on the list -- nm - TWuG May 28, 08:09
  - I thought Kodak was already done, or am I misremembering? -- nm - Don Homer May 28, 08:03 4
    - They're just clearing bankruptcy hurdles now. Corporations are like the undead; the brand can live on... - Beryllium May 28, 08:05
    - company is still there - in bankruptcy. They've sold off a good portion of their patents but are still making some products -- nm - decline May 28, 08:04 2
      - yep. they are getting like a half a billion for their digital image patents....nm - x May 28, 08:07
      - ah -- nm - Don Homer May 28, 08:05
- League has to be WNBA. No question. -- nm - MDH May 28, 08:02 1
  - Correct -- nm - TWuG May 28, 08:03
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- Nope. -- nm - TWuG May 28, 07:56
Magazines, huh? Horse and Hound? -- nm - Inigo May 28, 07:50 10
- No, but it has a title in that same "blank & blank" format -- nm - TWuG May 28, 07:56 9
  - Car and Driver? -- nm - Inigo May 28, 08:00 3
    - Getting very close -- nm - TWuG May 28, 08:01 2
      - Road and Track? -- nm - Inigo May 28, 08:02 1
        
        That's the one! -- nm - TWuG May 28, 08:04
  - Garden and Gun? I didn't know this was a magazine until last week. -- nm - Inigo May 28, 07:58 2
    - Ashotgun blast will give you the perfect depth and spread for planting your spring bulbs. -- nm - Krusty May 28, 07:59
    - No -- nm - TWuG May 28, 07:58
  - Jugs and Guns? -- nm - Don Homer May 28, 07:58 1
    - No -- nm - TWuG May 28, 07:58
Royal Carribbean. - David May 28, 07:49 4
- Not on the list. But I envision the CEO having a lot of "WTF?! Are you f@#king kidding me?" moments over the last year. -- nm - TWuG May 28, 07:55 2
  - You've got the wrong company. Carnival is the sh*t one. RC is much better, and handled their fire and pr, world's better. -- nm - Don Homer May 28, 07:56 1
    - Huh. I guess I know less about cruise ship companies than I thought. Oh, well, none are on the list. -- nm - TWuG May 28, 07:58
- Heh -- nm - MDH May 28, 07:50
Barnes & Noble is always on this list -- nm - MDH May 28, 07:49 3
- You're close to something on the list with this guess. -- nm - TWuG May 28, 07:54 2
  - Bye bye, Nook. -- nm - Inigo May 28, 07:54 1
    - It's on the list. -- nm - TWuG May 28, 07:55
was it Mitsubishi that announced it was leaving the US auto market, i think it was, so them. -- nm - tRuMaN May 28, 07:43 4
- I'm guessing you looked at the list before 'guessing'? -- nm - Don Homer May 28, 07:47 2
  - i guess i should stop participating - tRuMaN May 28, 07:55
  - no. two auto brands have announced they are leaving the US - tRuMaN May 28, 07:53
- Correct. It's on the list. -- nm - TWuG May 28, 07:46
I bet someone said Blackberry :( -- nm - Walt_Disney May 28, 07:42 4
- I love my Blackberry devices. -- nm - Walt_Disney May 28, 07:50
- that would make you sad? -- nm - Don Homer May 28, 07:43 1
  - Isn't it a Canada thing? -- nm - Spawn May 28, 07:44
- Nope. -- nm - TWuG May 28, 07:43
US Airways -- nm - ty97 May 28, 07:41 2
- Actually that won't happen by 2014. Maybe by 2015. Airtran could disappear by 2014 though -- nm - ty97 May 28, 07:42 1
  - Neither are on the list -- nm - TWuG May 28, 07:43
considering all its problems recently, jc pennys seems like a good choice. -- nm - tRuMaN May 28, 07:41 1
- JCP is on the list. -- nm - TWuG May 28, 07:42
Kmart/Sears -- nm - Bacon May 28, 07:40 2
- Best Buy -- nm - Bacon May 28, 07:40 1
  - None of those 3 are on the list -- nm - TWuG May 28, 07:46
Local radio station went over the list this morn (so I won't post) - but I was very surprised by a couple of these -- nm - decline May 28, 07:40 1
- They put this list out annually and always go for home runs so that they have bragging rights if it happens. - spamlet May 28, 07:49

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