What to call new company ?
What to call new company ?
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samn01

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874 posts

296 months

Monday 3rd February 2003
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I am starting a new business venture and need some help in choosing a company name.
The company will be a retailer of men and women’s designer fashions.

Sales will be generated via various means including the Internet so a great WWW address is essential.

The best idea yet is Second Skin. All the good websites based around this seem to have gone though.

Any ideas would be great, and you never know, when we are the largest designer retail company in the UK you will be able to tell your grand children you came up with the brand name.

Thanks
Sam

willdew

2,138 posts

292 months

Monday 3rd February 2003
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I used to work for an IT Recruitment company called Aston Carter. The name came from Aston Martin and Get Carter.

Think of 2 iconic things & combine them. And don't tell any copywright people!!

samn01

Original Poster:

874 posts

296 months

Monday 3rd February 2003
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Hmmmmmm.

Not sure about that one Will.

I need the name to be catchy and sexy. Aston Carter might be OK for a rec firm but not a Designer retailer.

mannginger

10,228 posts

285 months

Monday 3rd February 2003
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I'm pretty poor at this kind of thing, but what the hell, I've nothing better on at the moment! What about...

"Fly"?

"Zipped"?

"Collared"?

"Layered"?

"Laid"?!

Like I said - absolutely useless at this stuff...

That'll be me getting my coat then....

mervynP

366 posts

289 months

Monday 3rd February 2003
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Samn01,

Second Skin is a song by the Chameleons, one of the great forgotten groups of the eighties. It also sounds like a rubberware company, is that a good thing or a bad thing for your enterprise?

johnelliott

293 posts

288 months

Monday 3rd February 2003
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The best name for a company is usually your own name (unless there's a problem with it?). This worked well for Ford, Ferrari, Ferregamo etc etc, the list is endless.

John

samn01

Original Poster:

874 posts

296 months

Monday 3rd February 2003
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No rubberised is not the image I am going for.

Yeah I hear ya, but I don't have a cool Italian sounding name (Or even a cool English sounding one)

Any more ideas ??

samn01

Original Poster:

874 posts

296 months

Monday 3rd February 2003
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mannginger said: I'm pretty poor at this kind of thing, but what the hell, I've nothing better on at the moment! What about...

"Fly"?

"Zipped"?

"Collared"?

"Layered"?

"Laid"?!

Like I said - absolutely useless at this stuff...

That'll be me getting my coat then....


Thanks but er.....no thanks

joospeed

4,473 posts

306 months

Monday 3rd February 2003
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mervynP said: Samn01,

Second Skin is a song by the Chameleons, one of the great forgotten groups of the eighties. It also sounds like a rubberware company, is that a good thing or a bad thing for your enterprise?


I thought second skin already was a name for a rubber fetishwear company .. or maybe I just want it to be!! have I given too much away there ...

samn01

Original Poster:

874 posts

296 months

Monday 3rd February 2003
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joospeed said:

mervynP said: Samn01,

Second Skin is a song by the Chameleons, one of the great forgotten groups of the eighties. It also sounds like a rubberware company, is that a good thing or a bad thing for your enterprise?


I thought second skin already was a name for a rubber fetishwear company .. or maybe I just want it to be!! have I given too much away there ...




Er....I would not know about that (the gf likes leather )

alan_driver

1,281 posts

285 months

Monday 3rd February 2003
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Does the winner of the deceided name get a £100 gift voucher?
If so I might get thinking

mannginger

10,228 posts

285 months

Monday 3rd February 2003
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samn01 said:

mannginger said: I'm pretty poor at this kind of thing, but what the hell, I've nothing better on at the moment! What about...

"Fly"?

"Zipped"?

"Collared"?

"Layered"?

"Laid"?!

Like I said - absolutely useless at this stuff...

That'll be me getting my coat then....


Thanks but er.....no thanks




Thought as much!! Back to the day job then! Good luck with it all. If I have any more inspiration I'll jot it down anyway and wait for further rejection

dubaiguy

356 posts

285 months

Monday 3rd February 2003
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"Second Skin" ..........
"Four Skins" .......... fits well and should attract plenty of attention.
Try writing down a number of words related to the business and then look them up in a Thesaurus to see if you can find some suitable words from which you can form a name. THESAURUS HERE

andymadmak

15,534 posts

298 months

Monday 3rd February 2003
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How about:

www.wear-it.com

www.clothesline.com

www.threadswear.com

Just a few to be going on with
Andy 400se

PatHeald

8,058 posts

284 months

Monday 3rd February 2003
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I had a summer job at a doctor's surgery back in the 1980's.

I had to file away all the patient records. Crap job, but someone had to do it.

There was a patient whose name was Randolpho Grandidier, which struck me as a bit incongruent, as the surgery was in Wigan.

For reasons I will never understand, it stuck in my mind.

I always thought it would be a great pseudonym if I ever opened an ice cream parlour or clothes shop.

Needless to say, I haven't, so feel free to use it.

bruce fielding

2,244 posts

310 months

Monday 3rd February 2003
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alan_driver said: Does the winner of the deceided name get a £100 gift voucher?
If so I might get thinking




We normally get between £6k and £30k for naming companies... but a £100 gift voucher sounds almost tempting...

plotloss

67,280 posts

298 months

Monday 3rd February 2003
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Pseudo

Matt.

samn01

Original Poster:

874 posts

296 months

Monday 3rd February 2003
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The entire stock is not worth £100 as it stands

Keep em comming ! They are getting better....

Clothesline is the best so far. Thanks !

samn01

Original Poster:

874 posts

296 months

Monday 3rd February 2003
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dubaiguy said: "Second Skin" ..........
"Four Skins" .......... fits well and should attract plenty of attention.




I saw that one cumming (excuse the pun)

johnelliott

293 posts

288 months

Monday 3rd February 2003
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bruce fielding said:
We normally get between £6k and £30k for naming companies... but a £100 gift voucher sounds almost tempting...


Was it your lot that named Consignia? How much did you get? It's OK, only kidding

John