12/27/2004

TBP CHALLENGE: INAPPROPRIATE BUSINESS NAMES

So we’re coming back from dinner tonight when we drive past the neighborhood strip mall and I see a store called “Dress Barn.” Who on earth would shop there? Fashion and farm animals really don’t mix well. But I got to thinking that I could make a neat challenge out of this, and here it is: Combine two words, the first a consumer product or service, and the second a building or building part, to come up with the worst possible name for a retail business. Here are some ideas to get you started:

  • Tuxedo Hut
  • Clam Fort
  • Taco Mezzanine
  • Hat Gazebo
  • Caviar Shack
  • Yogurt Yurt
  • Hair Foyer
  • Futon Crawlspace

Post here in the comments, or post on your own blog and track back to this post. Winner gets an impressive but vague sentence of praise, like, “Of all the blogs I’ve read, Dexter Fedurkowicz’s is one of the most recently updated.” Suitable for framing or shameless self-promotion.

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8 Comments

  1. Tofu Loft

    Comment by Kennedy — 12/28/2004 @ 1:28 pm

  2. Sorry, couldn’t help but to add this name to the list.

    Couscoustudio

    (My apologies to Phil Collins.)

    Comment by Kennedy — 12/28/2004 @ 3:24 pm

  3. Outerwear Outhouse
    Pizza Privy
    Bologna Boutique

    Comment by Harry — 12/29/2004 @ 3:48 pm

  4. Cheese Closet
    Salami Salon
    Software Shelf

    Comment by beastofsound — 12/29/2004 @ 4:19 pm

  5. How about ‘Casket Basement’
    with those bargain basement prices starting at $5,000 !

    Comment by dickd — 12/29/2004 @ 11:01 pm

  6. I’ll see your mezzanine, and raise you a sunroom
    Hasty is challenging people to come up with bad business names in the vein of “Dress Barn,” a name which I have been pestering my wife with for years. Everytime we drive past one I moo.

    Women are already sensitive about their size, so who in the h…

    Trackback by Zygote-Design — 12/30/2004 @ 1:13 pm

  7. Chainsaw Cottage

    Comment by Paul — 12/31/2004 @ 4:22 pm

  8. Girdle Garage

    Comment by Paul — 12/31/2004 @ 4:24 pm

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