I know that name! : the people behind Canada's best-known brand names from Elizabeth Arden to Walter Zeller / Mark Kearney and Randy Ray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kearney, Mark, 1955- author.

Ray, Randy, 1952- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Businesspeople--Canada--Biography.

Businesspeople.

Business names--Canada.

Business names.

Brand name products--Canada.

Brand name products.

Corporations--Canada.

Corporations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario ; Oxford, England : Hounslow Book, [2002]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Full of fun facts, intriguing trivia, and engrossing explorations of more than 100 Canadians who beat the odds to become household names.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Introduction; James Aikenhead - Aikenhead's Hardware; Peter Lymburner Robertson - Robertson screwdriver; Aris Alexanian - Alexanian Carpet and Flooring; Elizabeth Arden - Elizabeth Arden Inc.; William G. Ballard - Dr. Ballard's Animal Food Products Limited; Thomas Bata - Bata Shoe Organization; Bruce Becker - Becker's; Alexander Graham Bell & Alexander Melville Bell - Bell Canada; Walter and Jeanny Bick - Bick's Pickles; Henry Birks - Henry Birks & Sons; Eddie Black - Black Photo Corporation; Mark Blumes - Mark's Work Wearhouse; Joseph-Armand Bombardier - Bombardier Inc.

Benjamin and Charlotte Bowring - Bowring CanadaJim Brickman - Brick Brewing Co. Ltd.; William Knapp Buckley - W.K. Buckley Ltd.; Carlo Onerato Catelli - Catelli's; Jack and Carl Cole - Coles The Book People; Samuel Cunard - Cunard Line Ltd.; Charles H. Doerr - Dare Foods; William Mellis Christie - Christie, Brown & Company; Herbert Henry Dow - Dow Chemical Company; Sam Dvorchak - Dickie Dee Ice Cream; Timothy Eaton - Eaton's; Ezra Butler Eddy - Eddy Match Company / E.B. Eddy Ltd.; Jack Fraser - Jack Fraser Stores Limited; James Beatty Grafton - Grafton & Co.

Charles Edward Frosst - Charles E. Frosst and Co.Alfred C. Fuller - Fuller Brush Company; Gilbert and James Ganong - Ganong Brothers Limited; Louis Garneau - Louis Garneau Sports Inc.; Pasquale Gattuso - Gattuso Food Corporation; Ben Ginter - Uncle Ben's Brewery; Mike's Hard Lemonade; William Gooderham and James Worts - Gooderham and Worts Distillery; Henry Corby - Corby's Distilleries Ltd.; Peter Goudas - Goudas Food Products and Investments Ltd.; James Grand and Samuel Toy - Grand & Toy; Harvey ? - Harvey's; Kelsey's; Kenneth Harvey and James Woods - Harvey Woods Ltd.

Theodor Heintzman - Heintzman PianosIrene Hill - Irene Hill Women's Wear; Roy Hill - Hilroy Envelopes and Stationery Ltd.; John Holt and G.R. Renfrew - Holt Renfrew; Tim Horton - Tim Hortons Donuts; Robin's Donuts; John Inglis - John Inglis and Sons; Kenneth Colin Irving - Irving Group of Companies; Samuel and Beatrice Irwin - Irwin Toy Limited; Allan Jackson and Donald Triggs - Jackson-Triggs Vintners; Alexander Keith - Alexander Keith Brewery; Vickie Kerr - Miss Vickie's Potato Chips; James Lewis Kraft - Kraft Foods; John Kinder Labatt - John Labatt Ltd.; Thomas Carling - Carling Brewery

Robert Laidlaw - Laidlaw Inc.Ablan Leon - Leon's Furniture; Albert Edward LePage - Royal LePage Real Estate Ltd.; Theodore Pringle Loblaw - Loblaws Companies Ltd.; Moses Loeb - M. Loeb Ltd.; Jack Long and Jack McQuade - Long & McQuade; William C. Macdonald - Macdonald Tobacco Co.; John B. Maclean - Maclean's Magazine/Maclean-Hunter; Roland Macleod - Macleods True Value; Harvey Reginald MacMillan - MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.; Daniel Massey - Massey-Harris Company Ltd./ Massey-Ferguson Ltd.; Andrew, Harrison, and Wallace McCain - McCain Foods

John McClelland and George Stewart - McClelland & Stewart Ltd.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-304) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-55002-979-7

1-282-80947-4

9786612809477

1-77070-126-5

1-4175-9410-1

OCLC:

699474549