Their label's name is supposed to be a nod to both first-growth wines and to hip-hop, a genre whose musicians refer to their ensembles as crews.
BASF's name or label now adorns things like wrinkle-free bed linens in Germany and a household cleaning product in Brazil.
His low-key, piano-led music has won numerous fans, including Lily Allen, who originally signed him to her record label, In The Name Of, earlier this year.
Using his distinctive Virgin logo -- first used to brand his record label of the same name in 1972 -- Branson has created companies across a range of industries since the mid-1980s.
Soutter bought the Yellow Tail name, label and in-store marketing program off the shelf from the Adelaide design house Just Add Wine just after arriving from performing a post-mortem on Carramar in New York with W.J.
The name on the label is unlikely to belong to the hand at the loom.
When a label refers to a place name, then the product has to come from that place.
You can tell it wasn't pressed in Moscow, they explain, because the publisher put the band's name on the label.
Nondesigner chic has its limits, however, particularly in places like China where new money likes a fancy name on a label.
Of course, the Shea name on a label helps a lot, too.
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Soutter had bought the name and distinctive kangaroo label off the shelf from an Adelaide designer.
The firm used the image on everything from needle boxes to promotional novelties, and eventually adopted His Master's Voice as the name of its record label.
"They're starting to lay out stores differently, with better merchandise like private label food and more brand-name apparel, " says Dreher, who also stressed that a more decentralized approach to inventory management figures will help Wal-Mart do a better job stocking stores based on local tastes in each market.
Liturgy, whose members live in Brooklyn, records for the respected indie-rock label Thrill Jockey, which made its name in the mid-nineties releasing avant-garde but civilized rock.
With the Honesty Index, the company cleverly dubbed their results with a label that is instantly tied to their product name, as should we.
Dillard's Inc. ( DDS - news - people ) caters to middle- and upper-middle-income women, selling name-brand and private-label merchandise with a focus on apparel and home furnishings.
And really, in the grand scheme of things, Dolby didn't fare that badly, an artist who rode the major label rollercoaster and actually managed to make a name for himself in the process.
This time they packed off for Vienna, where two hastily assembled orchestras, the Vienna Film Orchestra and the Vienna Symphony (the opera label for the Vienna Philharmonic, which also appears by name in the file) stood at the ready, pending resolution of legal issues.
Just when it seems as if every long-forgotten band from rock's past has been resurrected by blogs and online traders, here's among the most obscure: a black power-trio from Detroit who recorded portions of an album in 1975, only to see it shelved over its label's reservations with the group's admittedly nihilistic name.
RCA, the label to which both 5ive and North and South are signed, made his name by signing Take That, the first and biggest modern boy band.
Still more franchises are elevating from within rather than gearing up to bid for big-name and high-priced talent: with Minnesota taking the interim label off Leslie Frazier on Monday and Dallas expected to do the same with Jason Garrett, as soon as it can complete Rooney Rule obligations in interviewing a minority candidate.
It was only when the Fab Four set up their own record label, Apple Corps, in 1968 (and incidentally laid the groundwork for another predictably name-based lawsuit) that they took on the rights to their subsequent catalogue of songs and shared the royalties between the four band members equally.
Sold under the name Bagel K, with "Made in New York" prominently printed on the label, Bell's Japanese bagels make up about 20% of his sales.
Although she's happy to hear you say her name is a little quirky, the 29-year-old may cringe if you label her music as such.
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Two big mistakes were to choose a name that meant little to Russian drinkers, and to skimp on the advertising needed to establish the new label in the crucial markets of Moscow and St Petersburg.
She divided the label into two parts, separated by a thick black line, and placed the critical information, such as the name and dosage of the medication, at the top, with everything else relegated to the bottom.
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