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    procrastinator, esq.: And, not to get off-track here, but Flynt Publications just bought Whole Foods Market. Inevitably, the new stores will be called Whore Foods... more »
    procrastinator, esq.: Cox Communications is nixing their proposed foray into the condiment industry. Seems like Cox-Smuckers wouldn't sell very well. At least outside of ... more »
    procrastinator, esq.: Looks like that planner merger between Mother Jones magazine and Fuddrucker's is off. more »
    MisterHippity: Their slogan: "The company with attitude!" more »
    SaraRueful: What's the big deal? Nigeria is overwhelmingly black -- it's okay if they say it! (Also, Ice Cube is totally hot, family movies notwithstanding. Yeah,... more »
    atlasfugged: There's the little-known Djibouti and Argentinian adult tourism conglomerate: Buenos-Bouti Ventures, and Djibouti's more prominent partnership with Bu... more »
    dado: If Papa John's Pizza merged with Chubb Insurance. more »
    Colonel Mustard: I hear Balenciaga will be producing a line of handbags for Le Sac. I wonder which celebrity will be hired as the face of BalSac! more »
    jbwan: Whoa, maybe the same consultant helped on the Flakland Islands-European joint venture Falk-Eu more »
    Niko Bellic: No one's getting fired over the connotative meaning of this name in US. Just check AmericaIsNotTheCenterOfTheWorl....ru more »
    Mama Penguino: I'm wondering if this is how the new Czech theme park in Paris got its name -- Frague. more »
    FrozenHaddock: Not exactly a joint venture, but... SC Governor and offspring PR firm: Sanford + Sons more »
    DahlELama: I wonder if this has any connection to why the Ugandan-Libyan modeling agency, UgLi, has had so little success. more »
    TableNine: I heard Sharpie is issuing a ladies-only line of markers.... more »
    minge: PS - The funniest thing about the BBC article you link to is that it nowhere hints that anything is wrong with the name. Not even in a throwaway: "Th... more »
  • #branding

    Consultant Somewhere Fired

    What to call the Nigerian joint venture with Russia's Gazprom, hmmm? Hmm. "Nigaz." That's an even worse faux pas than Gazprom's Ukrainian joint venture, "VladimirPutinIsAnEvilFucker." [Post your own joint ventures in the comments!]