Business names

[EXT]

I am doing some writing and need some help. Possibly some of our American readers can provide me with some information. I need the names of a few retail businesses that have unusual names that appear to have nothing to do with the business that they are doing.

I will give you an example from here in Canada: Canadian Tire Corporation and London Drugs. While Canadian Tire does sell tires and started out only selling tires, they now concentrate on retail sporting goods, hardware, tools, house wares, work clothing, gardening supplies and garden plants, auto parts and auto repairs. London Drugs sells the usual drug store things but also sells software, computers, home electronics such as TVs. I am sure there are others but they don't come to mind.

What I am looking for are US based retailers that have similar business models that bare little or no relationship to their business name. I am sure that when someone gives me the name(s) I will think "I know that company, why didn't I think of that". Can you help?

[RLM]

Walmart

[Ed Pawlowski]

Right, I've yet to see a wall for sale there. Same with K Mart. Not a K to be found.

[RicodJour]

Harbor Freight.

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[gfretwell]

The door store.

[Shy Picker]

Mustang Ranch.

[JoeSpareBedroom]

CVS Pharmacy

Tractor Supply Staples

[Oren]

Low, Ball & Lynch - A Professional Corporation

Weiner & Cox - Attorneys at Law

[Stormin Mormon]

They sell neither walls, nor Waltons.

[Stormin Mormon]

What does Harbor Freight Tools sell?

[Joe]

well, as long as we're going fictional

Duey, Cheetem & Howe, Attys

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[HeyBub]

Democratic Party

[Oren]

In the South, convenience stores are called/named:

Hogly-Wogly

Root N Scoot

Piggly Wiggly

Now, 7-11 stores are open 24/7

[James]

heee hee heee heeee heeeee heeee heeee!!

Best one I've heard in a week !!

James

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BEST BUY comes to mind at once.

[Bob-tx]

BEST BUY comes to mind at once. Bob-tx

[clare]

Tractor supply DOES sell things for your tractor - like oil, tires?, mufflers? Oil filters and other small bits. And you CAN buy staples at staples. (for the little swingline, or whatever)

[JoeSpareBedroom]

I was following his Canadian Tire example.

[aemeijers]

I think 'Staples' refers to 'stuff you use in your office every day', not the little bits of wire that hold papers together. More commonly used to describe traditional groceries like bread, milk, eggs, butter, etc.

-- aem sends...

[h]

Well..."K-mart" was for "Kresge" and "Wal-mart" was for "Walton", which were/are both the names of the founding families. Not exactly a long - seek. You might try google-ing thing before posting these moronic questions...

[gfretwell]

I still stand with my "Door Store" example. They don't sell doors unless it is part of a piece of furniture and you have to buy the whole piece