Quote Originally Posted by wsteve55 View Post
If the"British" brand, is what was important,why dont we own Rolls Royce,etc! It seems a contradiction that the brand is great,except when it's owned by us,so it's sold off,and re-invented,then, given back to us!? (does this make sense?)

I HATE that we do not own all the wonderful companies that were once ours. I was also very shocked that we don't own much of what I thought we did. We don't even own Weetabix anymore,



There is a lot of 'buying the name' Steve. When say, Tiffany is sold, the new owners buy the name too. It is not owned by the Louis Comfort Tiffany family now so you buy the name therefore buying all the good will and fame that goes with it.