List of defunct consumer brands

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

Automobiles

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Airlines

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Banking

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Energy

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Food and beverages

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Processing, distributing and retail companies

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A PET milk advertisement from 1922

Dairy

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Pet food

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Food items

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Alcoholic beverages

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An advertisement for Bunker Hill Breweries' Boston Club Lager

Breakfast cereals

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Soft drinks

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The demolished Silver Spring Soft Drinks plant

Heavy manufacturing and processing

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

Media

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Professional services

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Retail

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Chain stores

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Clothing and accessories

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Consumer electronics and software

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Home consumer products

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

Photography

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Toy manufacturers

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Telecommunications

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Shipping and mass transportation

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See also

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References

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  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.