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Unable to turn a profit, Aris Industries sold XOXO to Global Brand Holding in 2003 for $43 million. Global Brand licensed the sportswear, dresses and intimate apparel to Kellwood. [1] [2] The equity firm Sun Capital Partners acquired Kellwood (and XOXO) in 2008, and sold it to a group of investors based in Hong Kong in December 2016. [3]
OXO was founded by Sam Farber, an entrepreneur in the housewares industry, and his son, John Farber. [2] Sam Farber chose the name "OXO" as an ambigram that renders the three letters in "OXO" the same regardless of their orientation, either horizontal or vertically.
Oxo (stylized OXO) is a brand of food products, including stock cubes, herbs and spices, dried gravy, and yeast extract. [1] The original product was the beef stock cube, and the company now also markets chicken and other flavour cubes, including versions with Chinese and Indian spices.
Oxxo was founded in Guadalupe, Nuevo León, in 1976. In the first stores, the only products sold were beer, snacks, and cigarettes. The success of the stores was such that the project kept growing and Oxxo built new locations rapidly, becoming ubiquitous in Mexican cities and towns.
In advertising and marketing, foreign branding is the use of foreign or foreign-sounding brand names for companies, goods, and services to imply they are of foreign origin, generally to make them appear to come from a place that seems attractively fitting, or at least exotic. It may also be done if the country of origin has a poor image, in ...
Oxo (food), a brand of food products in the UK, South Africa and Canada Oxo Tower , a London landmark formerly owned by the makers of Oxo food products OXO (kitchen utensils brand) , a US-based manufacturer of ergonomic handheld kitchen utensils
This is a list of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) products by country. Protected Designation of Origin is a Geographical Indication under EU and UK law. Applications can be made both for EU/UK product designation and for other territories. An extensive list of registered PDO's is available in eAmbrosia, [1] the official register of the ...
The name Africa was originally used by the ancient Romans to refer to the northern part of the continent that corresponds to modern-day Tunisia. There are many theories regarding its origin. Africa terra means "land of the Afri" (plural, or "Afer" singular), referring to the Afri tribe, who dwelt in Northern Africa around the area of Carthage.