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New list of brands that won't be around in 2012

submitted 339 days ago by HouTex in "Stores / Merchants"

Each year, 24/7 Wall St. regularly compiles a list of brands that are going to disappear in the near-term.

Products that have stood the test of time for decades are falling by the wayside at an alarming rate.

You may be surprised to see the list:

1. Sony Pictures

2. A&W

3. Saab

4. American Apparel

5. Sears

6. Sony Ericsson

7. Kellogg’s Corn Pops

8. MySpace

9. Soap Opera Digest

10. Nokia

Read why at http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/....._business/

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Posted by pablos17 339 days ago
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Wow! Some big names there. And they say the economy is improving.

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Posted by CouponNut 338 days ago

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Could be by the wayside, but it seems as though their competitors might be waiting in the wings to pickup the pieces or should I say profits!

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Posted by midget 338 days ago
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Why do they say Corn pops are going to disappear? now I'm depressed

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Posted by clover 338 days ago

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ABC is getting rid of two of their Soaps so I can see Soap Opera Digest biting the dust!

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Posted by lootango 338 days ago [reply] 0 0

I think American Apparel was on the list last year. They just keep enduring.

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Posted by velosity 337 days ago

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A & W? Corn Pops? (see where my mind runs... I am only concerned about the food) LOL!! Sears too?

On a strange note like the above though... I saw boxes of Quisp Cereal in Target the other day.... I haven't seen Quisp since I was a kid, or thirty something years ago...

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Posted by HouTex 337 days ago

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Quisp was introduced in 1965, and discontinued in the '70s due to low sales. They unsuccessfully tried selling it in every decade since then. Apparently it has been available online, and they sold it direct from the company. In August of 2010, it was re-introduced through SuperTargets. "Quisp has come back to earth, find him at Target!" They've even posted some wallpaper and a little video about it at http://www.quakeroats.com/prod.....quisp.aspx .

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Posted by equipurple 327 days ago [reply] 0 0

But what about Quake? They were sibling cereals?

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Posted by HouTex 327 days ago

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You are right (you have good a memory!

), they were even advertised together with their character mascots competing against each other.

From Wikipedia:

The commercials often asked children to choose which cereal was better. The competition reached its peak in 1972, when a series of commercials asked children to vote for which cereal should remain on the shelves. Quake had a makeover in 1969, but that was not enough. Quisp was the winner and Quake was discontinued.

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Posted by velosity 334 days ago [reply] 0 0

YEAH! I love Quisp, as did my brother. I might just go buy us each a box tonight! Thanks!

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