5 Most Popular Brands That Disappeared Over Time

Bangalore: There are some iconic brands like Sony Ericsson, Cingular and Compaq that just vanished over time. Similarly, there are also some other popular brands that that have gone unseen for many decades now. That could be due to different reasons like financial crisis, mergers and acquisitions, or through poor management.

Here is a list of those iconic companies that vanished, listed by 24/7 Wall St.

1. Compaq

Founded in 1982, Compaq is a company that develops and supports computers, and related products and services. It rose to become the largest supplier of PC systems during 1990s before being overtaken by Dell in 2001.

In 2001, Hewlett-Packard (HP) decided to purchase Compaq for $25 billion, but since both the companies has dipping sales and as there were management issues, HP was not able to buy it and Compaq vanished over the time.

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