On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 15:07:31 +0100, Alan
wrote:

In message , chunkyoldcortina
wrote
Brian Gaff wrote:

Who runs goodmans these days, I've lost track, is it anothe Argos
badge?
I know Argos have been selling talking phones and other stuff of
that ilk of late, most of it aimed at 'senior citizens' apparently.

Harvard.

http://www.harvardplc.com/brands_overview

Harvard used to own Bush and Alba too but they sold those brands to Argos.

I believe that Argos have also been branding no-name TVs with the
Hitachi brand.

I thought Hitachi (among others) were buying the likes of Vestel kit
and sticking their badge on it.

Some of these people actually manufacture some but not all of the
products they brand.

Apocryphal story - when Ford sold their Transcontinental truck in
Europe, the MD said

"It has a Cummins engine, Fuller gearbox, Rockwell axles, Berliet cab,
and it's assembled by DAF in their Belgian factory"

"What do Ford make?"

"The profit!"