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Uniqlo got its name by mistake because there was a typo

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Published 10:44 26 Oct 2022 GMT+1

Uniqlo got its name by mistake because there was a typo

The retailer's intended name made a lot more sense, but they took the mistake and ran with it

Jake Massey

Jake Massey

If you've ever wondered how Uniqlo got its name, then wonder no more. Watch the company explain the unique story here:

In a video posted on the retailer's US TikTok page, the popular Japanese clothing outlet explained that the name was in fact the result of a typo.

The text on the video explains: "The company was initially called Unique Clothing Warehouse.

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"We wanted to register the brand under 'Uniclo'.

"But in 1988 the staff in charge of registering misread C for Q!!!

"The name stuck! And now we're UNIQLO."

What a happy little accident, as Bob Ross would say.

The video has been liked more than 100,000 times, and people are in agreement that it turned out for the best.

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One person wrote: "Q is more eye catching than C. Soooo! That's a good mistake."

Another commented: "It’s cooler with a Q."

A third added: "Sometimes typos are a good thing."

The Q was supposed to be a C.
Sipa US / Alamy Stock Photo

UNIQLO is just one of tonnes of brands we may come across on a daily basis, oblivious to the meaning behind their names.

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For example, Amazon is now one of the most well-known companies in the world, but many people haven't a clue what its name and logo represents.

When the online shopping giant first started out all the way back in 1994, founder Jeff Bezos planned on creating the world's biggest bookstore. As such, he wanted a fitting name and logo.

Tech editor Brad Stone wrote in his best-selling book The Everything Store that the CEO initially landed on the name Cadabra, as in abracadabra, but this was decided against as it was confused with the word cadaver. A pretty solid reason to rule it out, I'm sure you'll agree.

After looking at a number of different possibilities, Bezos then turned to the A section of the dictionary and came across Amazon.

Stone explained in the book: "This is not only the largest river in the world, it's many times larger than the next biggest river."

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Once you see what the logo represents, you won't be able to unsee it.
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It was a perfect fit for his intentions with the company, as he was hoping to make the online book selling platform equivalent.

Since those early days, Amazon has become a global juggernaut, branching out into pretty much any category you can think of. And it's for this reason that the simple logo design it actually pretty damn genius.

You see, while most people assume the orange arrow under the name represents a smile, it's actually pointing from 'a' to 'z', highlighting that Amazon sells everything you could need.

Featured Image Credit: Maurice Savage / Ellen McKnight / Alamy

Topics: Fashion, TikTok

Jake Massey
Jake Massey

Jake Massey is a journalist at LADbible. He graduated from Newcastle University, where he learnt a bit about media and a lot about living without heating. After spending a few years in Australia and New Zealand, Jake secured a role at an obscure radio station in Norwich, inadvertently becoming a real-life Alan Partridge in the process. From there, Jake became a reporter at the Eastern Daily Press. Jake enjoys playing football, listening to music and writing about himself in the third person.

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