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Acme is just a way of calling your company "Best Brand" or "Peak Product" while being just a tiny bit less pretentious about it (and, conveniently, getting your
by alterom 9d ago
Acme is just a way of calling your company "Best Brand" or "Peak Product" while being just a tiny bit less pretentious about it (and, conveniently, getting yourself listed before "American Anything" in lexicographically sorted lists).
It was only a matter of time before company names like that would be mocked.
That said, Best Buy is still a thriving business / brand (as are American Apparel and AAA).
- rbanffy 9d agoAt this point in time, it's impossible to use the ACME brand and not think of Wile E. Coyote's engineering career. And, quite frankly, it would make me chuckle a bit. Since whoever's doing it knows about the cartoon ACME, I am sure they take quality seriously.