by - May 6, 2010 - 11:36 AM {VIA - mental_floss}
Dozens of companies use acronyms or initials in their names, but how well do you know what the abbreviated letters
mean? Let’s take a look at the etymologies behind a few abbreviated company names.
mean? Let’s take a look at the etymologies behind a few abbreviated company names.
1. CVS
Sorry, drugstore fans, there aren’t three fatcat pharmacists with these initials running around out there. When the pharmacy chain was founded in Lowell, MA in 1963, it was known as “Consumer Value Stores.” Over time the name became abbreviated to simply CVS.
2. K-Mart
Longtime five-and-dime mogul Sebastian S. Kresge opened his first larger store in Garden City, Michigan, in 1962. The store was named K-Mart after him. (Kresge had earned the right to have a store named for him; he opened up his new venture at the tender age of 94.)
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