Hail corporate and all that.

With a garage full of cheap-to-not-cheap tools, many made by Stanley-Black & Decker, and many of those dremeled to use the same batteries because I specifically researched their brands and market segmentation, I’m a bit nonplussed that I was today years old when I figured it out.

    • wjrii@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      10·
      9 months ago

      Not exactly the same, but Canada’s domestic shipping company, Purolator, always hit my American ears oddly, and sure enough, it is related to the American oil filter company. They diversified into automotive-adjacent industries in the 60s and 70s, and the name stuck even after the courier was sold off.

      • radix@lemmy.worldEnglish
        18·
        9 months ago

        Yes, in case it wasn’t clear, that’s what I was trying to say. The “beer and world record publisher” are related. The “tire and restaurant rating” are related. Both unlike the Stanleys which are not.