List of defunct consumer brands explained

This is a list of defunct (mainly American) consumer brands which are no longer made and usually no longer mass-marketed to consumers. Brands in this list may still be made, but are only made in modest quantities and/or limited runs as a nostalgic or retro style item.

Banking

• Barnett Bank
• Bank One Corporation
• Crocker National Bank
• Fleet Bank
• Lehman Brothers
• Lincoln Savings and Loan Association
• National City Corp.
• Valley National Bank of Arizona
• Washington Mutual

Energy

• Clark Brands
• Enron
• Gulf Oil
• Standard Oil of Ohio

Food and beverages

Processing, distributing and retail companies

• Beatrice Foods^[1]
• Bill Knapp's
  • Blue Valley Creamery Company Borden, Inc.
• Burger Chef
  • Freezer Queen Pet, Inc.
• Revco
• Sexton Foods
• ShowBiz Pizza Place
• White Tower Hamburgers

Dairy

• Golden Guernsey
• Louis Trauth Dairy
• Swerve

Pet food

• Ken-L Ration
• Ralston Purina

Food items

• • Arch Deluxe Certs
• Gerber Singles

Breakfast cereals

• C3PO's Cereal^[2]
• Crazy Cow
  • • Crispy Critters Cröonchy Stars Fruit Brute^[2]
• Halfsies
  • • Hidden Treasures Ice Cream Cones Kaboom
    • King Vitaman Kream Krunch Morning Funnies^[2]
• Nerds Cereal^[2]
• Nintendo Cereal System
• Quake
• Quisp
• S'mores Grahams^[2]
• Sprinkle Spangles
• Yummy Mummy^[2]

Soft drinks

Heavy manufacturing and processing

• Bonney Forge Corporation
• Coes Wrench Company
• Columbus Castings
• Dormeyer Corporation
• Fokker
• Goodell-Pratt
• McDonnell Douglas
• McKaig-Hatch
• National Amusement Devices
• North Brothers Manufacturing Company
• TRW Inc.
• Vlchek Tool Company
• Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Media

• 4Kids Entertainment
• Auckland Star
• Auckland Sun
• The Cincinnati Post
• Columbia House
• DuMont Television Network
• UPN
• The WB
• Quibi

Professional services

• Lehman Brothers
• Arthur Andersen
• Drexel Burnham Lambert

Retail

Clothing and accessories

• Avenue
• Elgin National Watch Company
• I. Magnin
• Jean Lassale
• Rike Kumler Co.

Consumer electronics and software

• Apple Newton
• Coby Electronics Corporation
• Commodore International
• Compaq
• iPod
• Microsoft Band
• Microsoft Kin
  • Microsoft Lumia RCA
• Windows Mobile^[3]
  • Windows Phone Zune
• Zune HD

Home consumer products

• Burma-Shave
• Darkie
  • Gleem Sani Flush
• Wisk

Photography

• Instamatic
• Land Camera
• Minolta

Toy manufacturers

• Coleco
• Dinky Toys
• Kenner Products
• Louis Marx and Company
• Trendmasters

Telecommunications

• 10-10-321
• GTE
• MCI Inc.

See also

• Lists of brands
• List of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States
• List of defunct breweries in the United States
• List of defunct department stores of the United States
• McDonald's Deluxe line
• New Coke

Notes and References

1. Book: Gazel, Neil R.. 1990. Beatrice: From Buildup through Breakup.. registration. Urbana. University of Illinois Press . 978-0-252-01729-2 .
2. Web site: 25 Cereals From The '80s You Will Never Eat Again. BuzzFeed. Brian . Galindo. February 15, 2013. November 4, 2017.
3. Web site: Evers . Joris . Microsoft to phase out Pocket PC, Smartphone brands | Hardware . InfoWorld . January 6, 2005 . July 14, 2011.