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Old 5th Jan 2019, 7:05 pm   #29
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Default Re: Is Ever Ready still a part of your life?

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Originally Posted by Richard_FM View Post
I did read a an article posted online originally written in 1992 that explained that Ever Ready had made a lot of bad management decisions over the years, particularly turning down the chance to licence the alkaline battery technology from Duracell.
The version of the story I read was that Every Ready developed alkaline cells but couldn't see a market for them so sold the rights to Mallory who then renamed themselves Duracell.
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