List of renamed products

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This is a list of renamed or repositioned products.

• Andersen Consulting became Accenture on January 1, 2001.^{[citation needed]}
• AT&T Broadband Internet became Comcast in November 2002.^{[citation needed]}
• Bell Atlantic became Verizon.^{[citation needed]}
• In France, Danone's yoghurt Bio changed to Activia on January 16, 2006 because of EU regulations on organic agriculture.^{[citation needed]}
• Borland changed its name to Inprise in 1998, and back again to Borland in 2001.^{[citation needed]}
• Boston Garden became Shawmut Center which became FleetCenter which became TD Banknorth Garden.^[1][2][3]
• Cellnet became BT Cellnet in 1999 which became O2 in 2001.^{[citation needed]}
• Cellular One became Cingular Wireless.^{[citation needed]}
• Cinamon Grahams became Curiously Cinamon.
• Coco Pops (as it is known in the United Kingdom) took the name used in the rest of Europe, Choco Krispies in 1998, before changing back to the original brand of Coco Pops in 1999.^{[citation needed]}
• Deloitte Consulting became Braxton in 2002 before changing back to the original brand of Deloitte Consulting in 2003.^{[citation needed]}
• Dime Bar, a confectionery product from Kraft Foods was rebranded Daim bar in the United Kingdom in September 2005 to bring the product in line with the rest of Europe.^{[citation needed]}
• Freeserve changed to Wanadoo and then to Orange in 2006
• GTE became Verizon in 1997.^{[citation needed]}
• Immac (as it was known in the United Kingdom) became Veet in 2003.^{[citation needed]}
• Jif cleaning products (as it was known in the United Kingdom) became Cif in 2001.^{[citation needed]}
• Marathon (as it was known in the United Kingdom) became Snickers in 1990.^{[citation needed]}
• Several MSN products from Microsoft became Windows Live products.^{[citation needed]}
• Nestlé Quik (as it was known in the United States) took the European name Nesquik.^{[citation needed]}
• NYNEX became Bell Atlantic.^{[citation needed]}
• NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund became Legal Momentum in 2004.^{[citation needed]}
• Oil of Ulay (as it was known in the United Kingdom) became Olay in 1999.^{[citation needed]}
• Opal Fruits (as it was known in the United Kingdom) became Starburst in 1998.^{[citation needed]}
• Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, USA rebranded itself as Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center after its parent company (Gaylord Entertainment Company) announced plans to build similar hotels in new markets.^{[citation needed]}
• Ondigital became ITV Digital in 2001.^{[citation needed]}
• Pacific Telephone & Telegraph, one of the original 7 AT&T Bell Operating Companies became Pacific Bell in 1984, split off its wireless division into Airtouch, was merged into SBC (Southwest Bell Communications) in 1997, and became AT&T Corp in 2005.^{[citation needed]}
• Parwill became Vegemite.^{[citation needed]}
• Pricewaterhouse Coopers' Consulting division became Monday in 2002 before being sold to IBM.^{[citation needed]}
• Purple Pill anti-heartburn medication was Prilosec (omeprazole magnesium)) until 2001, when the patent ran out and the Purple Pill name was switched to Nexium (esomeprazole magnesium).^[4]
• Telecom Éireann became eircom in 1999.^{[citation needed]}

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