Top 10 Worst Corporate Name Changes

In honor of Netflix's decision to rename its DVD-by-mail service Qwikster, TIME takes a look back at other questionable company moniker swaps

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Top 10 Worst Corporate Name Changes

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Netflix is arguably the most well-known name in DVD-by-mail rentals, and the company was able to leverage that brand recognition to augment its business with a wildly successful streaming movie offering. But when Netflix decided to split the DVD-by-mail and streaming services into two separate companies, it re-branded its DVD-by-mail company as "Qwikster," effectively dumping more than a decade of brand recognition down the tubes. Why? It may be that Netflix is looking towards a streaming-only future, as some have suggested and, if so, this name change could be a crazy-like-a-fox first step at putting its physical media business out to pasture.

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