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Isaac J
Posted: 04 March 2025 10:25:04(UTC)
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to Aberdeen.

I guess after Stphn Brd's departure, the new management thought it was time for a change.

https://www.ft.com/conte...2-4f08-bc43-eeffd94e4d18
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ANDREW FOSTER
Posted: 04 March 2025 10:46:20(UTC)
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Isaac J;336449 wrote:
to Aberdeen.

I guess after Stphn Brd's departure, the new management thought it was time for a change.

https://www.ft.com/conte...2-4f08-bc43-eeffd94e4d18


Oh that is hilarious..... made my day.

It was a ridiculous thing to make people stuggle with the spelling and pronunciation of your corporate name. Terrible for web searching, spell scheckers etc.

Is jaGUar next...?

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Hilda Ogden
Posted: 04 March 2025 10:48:57(UTC)
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Totally predictable.
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Hilda Ogden
Posted: 04 March 2025 10:50:16(UTC)
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ANDREW FOSTER;336451 wrote:
Isaac J;336449 wrote:
to Aberdeen.

I guess after Stphn Brd's departure, the new management thought it was time for a change.

https://www.ft.com/conte...2-4f08-bc43-eeffd94e4d18


Oh that is hilarious..... made my day.

It was a ridiculous thing to make people stuggle with the spelling and pronunciation of your corporate name. Terrible for web searching, spell scheckers etc.

Is jaGUar next...?


That's as in "yah-goo-ahh" ?
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Sara G
Posted: 04 March 2025 10:56:43(UTC)
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Finally, some common sense. What a waste of time and money that rebranding exercise was (as are too many of them).
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John Bleke
Posted: 04 March 2025 11:25:53(UTC)
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The scary thing is that an ad agency would have been paid loads to come up with abrdn when even a child would have told you it's a stupid idea. Someone should have been sacked over that one!
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bearcub
Posted: 04 March 2025 19:36:16(UTC)
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John Bleke;336460 wrote:
The scary thing is that an ad agency would have been paid loads to come up with abrdn when even a child would have told you it's a stupid idea. Someone should have been sacked over that one!

From what I've read, the agency is Wolff Olins, one of the biggest names in that business, and they were paid £1.5mn.

It's a shame that the Standard Life name was lost.
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