03/06/2026
Same heart logo. Same ice cream. A different name in every freezer.
Wall’s in the UK. Algida in Italy. Kibon in Brazil. Good Humor in the US. Ola in the Netherlands.
Unilever didn’t export one name across the world. It bought the local hero in each market and kept its name, because that name already carried trust the brand could never build from scratch.
Coca-Cola almost failed in China for the opposite reason: its own name. Too hard to write in Chinese, and nothing sounded right. So they changed it to 可口可乐 (Kěkǒu kělè): same sound, new meaning, “tasty happiness.”
One bought the local name. One rebuilt its own. Same instinct underneath.
Global brands don’t win by being understood everywhere. They win by feeling local everywhere.
Link in the first comment 👇🏼