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Old 20-12-2016, 12:28
Aetius_Maralas
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It came across that his girlfriend is very much the driving force behind everything he does, that he is one of those people that need to be led and doesn't really have much initiative of his own.
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Old 20-12-2016, 13:01
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Everyone has remembered the name and that`s half the battle with branding. Novelties by Courtney sounds Victorian; at least his choice was quirky and modern.
It's crap what he sells, anyway. And Reggie Perrin did it forty years ago, anyway! At least he (Reggie) called his business GROT!


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Old 20-12-2016, 13:35
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Plenty of company names have very little to do with their product or market
Apple Macintosh (Apple) I don't think they've had a problem using a name which means nothing.
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Old 20-12-2016, 18:25
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And to be honest I think Moon Pig is a pretty crap name for a business.

Any business - unless you're exclusively breeding pigs on the surface of the Moon.

It was only through its massive TV ad campaign that I heard about it. And that was only after glazing over the ads many times before I realised what they were selling.

Since I am not into TV advertising.
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Old 20-12-2016, 18:56
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To all you people who are trying to justify Courtney's reason to call his novelties business Purple Whale.

Why can't you accept Courtney's Novelties is a better name. And Google does work if you have the name of what you sell in your website name.

I know, from experience.

I'd rather call a hair transplant business, 'www.newhair. com - than trying to be clever and calling the business redkettles.com

Courtney's Crap / Courtney's CrapTat or simply Craptat Courtney.
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Old 20-12-2016, 22:06
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He should have named it Wet Lettuce, then everyone would associate it with him.

Agreed about Karthik - he was invaluable to Courtney in the final.
Very good -

Or Lemon Curd - but on refection instead of the letter C the letter T might be better.
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