On Oct 24, 2012, at 7:07 AM, Mike Ward wrote: > He was going to call his venture in Canada a name that was trademarked by > some other company, remembered Giant Tiger in Cleveland, and took that name > in Canada.
This is essentially the same explanation as Woolworths stores in Australia, which have also outlived their foreign inspiration -- actually, the founders almost used the name "Wallworths," but then basically said, "Hey, we're all the way down here in Australia, so F.W. Woolworth will never find out about us." -- Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en.
