Another brother/brother business rivalry, although not involving founders, was Sears and Montgomery Ward from 1985-1990. In 1985 Bernard Brennan become CEO of Montgomery Ward and in that same year his older brother Edward Brennan become CEO of Sears.
Chicago-based Sears was the largest US retailer at the time, and Chicago-based Montgomery Ward was the 5th largest.
And Puma by his brother Rudi, in the same town. Great Feud story.
Rudidas would definitely be a worse name. Though I'd be surprised if an Amazon Marketplace knockoff brand is not already using it.
Adolfler would've been even worse.
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It was briefly "Ruda" before it morphed into "Puma".
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Another brother/brother business rivalry, although not involving founders, was Sears and Montgomery Ward from 1985-1990. In 1985 Bernard Brennan become CEO of Montgomery Ward and in that same year his older brother Edward Brennan become CEO of Sears.
Chicago-based Sears was the largest US retailer at the time, and Chicago-based Montgomery Ward was the 5th largest.
Similar thing with Aldi. Both brothers kept the name, sort of.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi#Split
all day i diss another sibling
Imagine how glad they were at some point that they didn’t go with “Adolf’s Sneakers”!
Well, Rudi was an enthusiastic (card-carrying, german, literal) nazi.
The story is that Adi was less of a hardliner, but still a card-carrying member of the nazi party.
https://in.rediff.com/sports/report/adi/20051108.htm